“There is something I must do. I should speak for the victims – the disappeared, tortured and killed – and expose how the government treats those who they perceive as enemies.” BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 Camp Panteleon Garcia, Imus, Cavite (23 km. south of Manila) —Pastor Berlin Guerrero…
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Bayan Muna Solons Condemn Abduction of Nat’l Council Member
BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS/BREAKING NEWS June 6, 2007 – 4:03 p.m. Bayan Muna representatives Satur C. Ocampo and Joel Virador condemned the abduction of Gilbert Rey “Jing” Cardino, the partylist group’s chairperson for South Cotabato and regional coordinator for SOCSKSARGEN, at 11:00 a.m. of June 6 at Crossing, Barrio 2, Koronadal City. The lawmakers called…
Beltran attends remaining sessions of 13th Congress
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Posted June 4, 2007, 5:15 p.m. Clad in red barong, Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran arrived at the House of Representatives around 3:15 p.m. today to attend the remaining session of the 13th Congress. Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda granted this morning Beltran’s motion for temporary release to…
Batasan 5 Urge Colleagues to Pass Resolution for Beltran’s Permanent Release
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Breaking News June 4, 2007 – 3:28 pm The party-list representatives known as the “Batasan 5” — Satur Ocampo, Teddy Casiño, and Joel Virador of Bayan Muna (People First); Rafael Mariano of Anakpawis (Toiling Masses); and Liza Maza of the Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) — have called on their colleagues…
No Free Basic Education: Public High Schools Charge Higher Tuition, Other Fees
Much to the consternation of various youth groups, some public schools that are supposed to provide free education are now charging tuition and other fees. The age-old problems of teacher shortage and lack of facilities, along with higher tuition, are more than enough basis for the protest actions being organized in time for the opening…
The Specter Haunting the Arroyo Administration
Two issues have put the Macapagal-Arroyo administration on the defensive since 2005. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Analysis Vol. VII, No. 17, June 3-9, 2007 Two issues have put the Macapagal-Arroyo administration on the defensive since 2005: electoral fraud and political killings. And on both issues, the Macapagal-Arroyo administration has been trying in vain to turn…
Families Ask Arroyo to Account for Missing Kin
Since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed power in January 2001, 196 Filipinos have become victims of enforced disappearances or politically-motivated abductions. BY BULATLAT Human Rights Watch Vol. VII, No. 17, June 3-9, 2007 As the world observes the International Week of the Disappeared, families of those who were abducted continue their call for the Arroyo administration…
Despite Police Claims to the Contrary: Pastor Abducted, Not Arrested
All that United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Pastor Berlin Guerrero, 46, could think of when he spent a horrifying night at the hands of police captors was that he could either rot in jail or join his “Creator.” BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat Human Rights Watch Vol. VII, No. 17 June 3-9, 2007…
Elections in Negros a Farce
By all accounts, the recently concluded elections remains a farce and reflects the moribund and decaying political system. BY FELIPE LEVY GELLE, JR. Secretary-General, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Negros Posted by Bulatlat Democratic Space Vol. VII, No. 17 June 3-9, 2007 By all accounts, the recently concluded election remains a farce and reflects the moribund and decaying…
Arroyo is `Responsible for my Abduction, Torture’ – UCCP Pastor
My abductors brought me to a place I didn’t know. Here, still handcuffed, men would take turns interrogating and beating my head with their fists and other objects like a 1,000-ml mineral bottle. All throughout, layers of plastic bags covered my head. My torturers would tighten the bag until I could no longer breathe. I…
Local Comelec Boss Nabbed for Explosives Possession
A Benguet election officer is in hot water after police operatives seized explosives allegedly in his possession at the premises of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) along Gov. Pack Road in Baguio City. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Election Watch Vol. VII, No. 17, June 3-9, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms.…