“My art activism and activist art are life-long struggles to make life for myself and many others free and alive on paper, canvas, print as well as in the real humane world.” – Neil Doloricon
Neil Doloricon, people’s artist, dies at 63
Raymund Villanueva
Bishop seeks clemency for mother-son political prisoners
“With his death, Jesus Alegre is now free at last from worldly greed, oppression and injustice. But his widow and son, both unjustly convicted and imprisoned for the last 16 years, continue to languish and suffer in separate jails.” — Bishop Gerardo Alminaza
NDFP: Military blurs distinction between banned and allowable landmines
The NDFP bewailed that their enemies are using the deaths of the Absalons to blur distinctions between banned and allowable landmines.
‘Kill-kill-kill mindset’ caused police officer to kill grandmother, rights groups say
“How many more should die, before it is acknowledged that the system that drives State security forces to kill civilians needs to be changed?” By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions Human rights groups expressed alarm at the spate of killings of civilians by police officers, with Karapatan calling for a system change within State security…
Bloody Friday: 2 peace consultants killed in Iloilo, Cebu
State agents have killed and arrested several JASIG-protected peace process participants, especially after formal NDFP-GRP peace negotiations were cancelled by GRP President Rodrigo Duterte in 2017.
Group lauds impending passage of bill vs child marriage
“As with other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and poverty.”
Groups urge SC to act on attacks against rights lawyers and clients
“An urgent and decisive action from the Supreme Court is a matter of life and death for activists and human rights defenders especially now when we are being increasingly targeted in the government’s counterinsurgency and counterterror campaign for our work and causes.”
Canadian government urged to take action on human rights crisis in PH
“We implore the Canadian government to take action on these concerns with urgency, as our country further descends into an authoritarian state.”
Duterte’s new mining order disastrous to environment—groups
“Mr. Duterte’s order to lift the mining agreement moratorium will be a disaster upon disaster because the Mining Act of 1995 is still in place. We cannot allow this deluge of destructive large-scale mining when communities are still suffering from the converging pandemic and climate crises.”
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(Para kay Nelinda ‘Sr. Mary Francis’ Añover) BY RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Taym pers, hintay naman sana Sa dami ng maari nang mauna Bakit ito pang si Nelinda Ang inaya Mong maaga? Taym pers, nalimot Mo yata Ang dasal ng mga aba Ng katutubo’t magsasaka Si Francis ay makapiling pa? Ang madre ng kapwa bukid at…
CPP calls for unity against Chinese military aggressors
“[The CPP] calls on all forces, from the mass-based democratic forces to the conservative political oppositions as well as elements within the ruling regime and in the military and police forces, to exert all effort to assert the country’s sovereign rights and drive away the Chinese imperialist aggressors,” it said.