By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The League of Youth for the Environment awarded one bean point for every environmental friendly answer or record of a candidate or group. One mean bean, on the other hand, was awarded for every environmental destructive answer or record.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is the “most anti-environment and anti-people president ever,” an environmental group said.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
These “bold yet wearable” creations mirror a host of social issues and concerns ranging from poverty, press freedom, good governance, human rights, social justice, and national patrimony.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Making a mockery of the party-list system, which is supposed to provide space for marginalized and under-represented sectors in the formulation of laws, are party-list groups that are represented not by the marginalized but those who seek a seat in Congress to reinforce the Arroyo clique and those who are motivated by self-serving ends.
Press Release 7 April 2010 Some 19 distress OFWs in Saudi Arabia convey their belated birthday & ‘goodbye’ wish to Mrs. Arroyo upon learning that the she had her last birthday on the 5th of April as President. “Though late, we wish the President to have a kind heart for us, distress OFWs, who have…
PRESS RELEASE April 6, 2010 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Katribu Partylist blames the massive large-scale mining and logging operations in ancestral lands of indigenous peoples in Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro city as the main culprits in the abnormal climate in the region and even the rest of the country. “We don’t buy government’s…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com A 150,000-strong organization of Filipino-American nurses based in the United States joined the call for the release of 43 health workers. The 43 health workers or Morong 43 were arrested on February 6 while holding a health skills training in Morong, Rizal. They have been detained at Camp Capinpin…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Pagbabago! and Ibon Foundation dare the Filipino people to be more critical in choosing their candidates. High on their “people’s criteria” are concrete steps by the presidential candidate to stamp out corruption and to promote human rights and stop abuses.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Dolorith Obsid, 41, a resident of Brgy. Carayagan, Josefina, Zamboanga Del Sur and a member of Justice and Peace Group (Jpag) complained of frequent visits to her home by suspected intelligence agents from the 5th and 55th Infantry Battalions, Philippine Army (IBPA).
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Online and in the streets, Judy Taguiwalo is an inspiration to a new generation of Filipino activists, particularly women activists. Her world view is shaped by our nation’s history — a history that not too many Filipinos had the courage to confront nor the opportunity or inclination to take part in. She insists on correcting mistakes and learning from them. And she roasts a mean chicken with Kikkoman and lemon grass.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Josie Lichauco, who passed away recently, was that rare person who, despite or perhaps because of, her rich and privileged background, found the courage to speak the truth and tilt at the windmills of arrogant power. She came down from her perch in high society and marched with the abused and the dispossessed.