Inilathala ng KADAMAY-Foreshoreland Pagpasok pa lamang ng taon, nagsimula na namang nag-iikot ang mga militar na nakadeploy sa komunidad ng maralita sa Baseco at pinupuntahan ang mga bahay ng mga lider-maralita. Ito ang aktwal na nararanasan ni G. Allan Monterde, tricycle driver, ikalawang Presidente ng Samahan ng Mamamayan sa Baseco at kasapi rin ng Kalipunan…
Press Releases
CHR on Ang Ladlad’s Disqualification: Homosexuality Does Not Equate to Immorality
On November 11, 2009, the Comelec Second Division promulgated its decision denying the petition for registration of the ANG LADLAD LGBT Party for the Party List System of Representation in the House of Representatives. The decision denied the petition on moral grounds, stating: “Petitioner [Ladlad] defines the Filipino Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community,…
No Christmas for the Urban Poor, Anakpawis Laments
Because of Surging Oil Prices Davao City — Less than 50 days before Christmas and yet, due to rising prices of oil products and rice in Mindanao, the poor would have a sad Christmas, Anakpawis partylist said. “The dismal state of the poor in Davao and in the whole country is appalling. And it is…
In Cagayan de Oro, Farmers Mark ‘Peasant Day’ with Cry for Land, Survival
PRESS RELEASE October 21, 2009 For Immediate Release Peasant Day Today PEASANTS MARCH AMID HEAT OF THE SUN: CRY FOR LAND AND SURVIVAL Cagayan de Oro City (October 21, 2009) — FARMERS coming from various municipalities in Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon are converging today at the Capitol grounds to start a protest march highlighting the…
Data, Photos of US Military Forces Raping an Iraqi Girl Emerge; Gabriela-USA Demands Justice
On October 3, 2009 graphic and disturbing photos of the brutal rape of a 14 year old Iraqi girl emerged via confidential source and caught media attention. The photos show US Soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division forcibly holding down and gang raping the Iraqi girl. The girl and her family, including a five year…
Enlisting of American Troops to Help in Rescue of Priest an Open Invitation to US Military Intervention — CPP
PRESS RELEASE Information Bureau Communist Party of the Philippines Enlisting of US troops to help in rescue of priest, an open invitation to military intervention–Ka Oris October 19, 2009 National Democratic Front-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos denounced as an open invitation to foreign military intervention Malacañang’s enlisting of US troops to help in rescue…
Leyte Landing Commemoration: Honor the Filipino Resistance Movement, Not the Return of US Imperialism
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today remarked that the Oct. 20 Leyte Landing commemoration does not do justice to the Filipino guerrillas of World War II and instead gives undue importance to the return of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and US imperialism. “The big politicians like Gloria Arroyo and others in the region give only token…
Quo usque tandem abutere, Gloria, patientia nostra?*
Statement on the Killing of Fr. Cecilio Lucero National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns in the USA We, of the National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns in the United States of America (NEFFCON), an alliance of Church-based individuals and groups in the United States of America, condemn the killing of Fr. Cecilio Lucero as an…
Taxpayers Revolt Vs. Text Tax
Consumer group TXTPower today called on consumers to prepare for a taxpayers’ revolt over a new tax to be imposed on text messaging and warned reelectionists in Congress they will pay dearly for making life even harder amid the worldwide economic crisis. “To rebel against this new tax is justified,” said TXTPower president Anthony Ian…
2002 Balikatan Terms of Reference allowed US troops to be in combat
The 2002 Balikatan Terms of Reference may have given rise to the initial combat involvement of US forces in Mindanao, according to the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan. Various news sources have pointed out that reports of US involvement in actual combat in Mindanao existed as early as 2002, with the reported shooting of Buyong-buyong…
State Workers’ Partylist Denounces Continued Presence of US Troops, Accuses Arroyo of Treason
At least 300 members of the militant Courage Partylist, a sectoral party of government employees, families and advocates, held a protest rally today along Elliptical Road in Quezon City to register their strong opposition to the retention of the presence of US troops within Philippine territory. “These foreign troops have been deployed here in our…