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By RONALYN V. OLEA
“This early, Aquino’s daang matuwid has become a U.S. inspired path that is increasingly being marked by the blood of the victims of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, forced displacement and other violations of human rights.” -- Karapatan
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International says if President Aquino will remain silent about the abuse of OFWs, “it means that he is siding with abusive employers and other institutions who are gaining benefits from Filipino migrants workers.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
In media forum to mark anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre, journalists, media experts and human-rights advocates define and dissect impunity, "the dark side of accountability," as one of them put it.
By MARYA SALAMAT
‘Tis the Christmas season and anxious workers at Philippine Airlines are wondering if there is cause for hope that Aquino will reverse the airline’s mass layoffs and contractualization scheme, or is the president merely helping Lucio Tan to buy time, until the peak season -- and the optimum time for a workers’ strike -- is over?
Family Undaunted in Search for 58th Ampatuan Victim
Bulatlat.com covered the events relating to the first anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre on Nov. 23. Read the updates here. To learn more about the massacre, read our past stories, commentary and view multimedia content.
“Philippines is not for sale!” This was the call of various progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) as they stormed the Marriot Hotel in Manila Thursday, where the Infrastructure Philippines 2010 Summit was being held. The summit aims to boost the Aquino administartion's private-public partnership (PPP) program by giving incentives to potential foreign investors, who are willing to invest in infrastructure projects.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“After this dialogue, there is still no clear resolution [on the Morong 43 case],” said Ofelia Beltran-Balleta, mother of Jane Balleta. “We came here with high hopes. After Aquino’s statement about the illegal arrest, we were expecting that he would soon order the release of the Morong 43.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
When the session resumed on November 8, members of the House of Representatives were being asked to vote on the proposed budget. ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio stood up and asked if they could still look into the amendments that were considered and included in the final version of the bill. The request, however, was denied.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"Since (we) are still stockholders and beneficiaries of the subject land, we have the right to information on such matter and HLI is under obligation to disclose whatever nature or kind of agreement it has entered or it intends to enter into with Wahaha with the assistance of DTI," the statement of Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita read.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“US troops have no business in Hacienda Luisita except to join the armed forces in stepping up the militarization and perpetuate a climate of fear as protesting farm workers persist in their demands for land," Gabriela Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan said, "We want the US troops out of Luisita and out of the Philippines.”
By RONALYN OLEA
LFS chairman Terry Ridon said the greatest terror threat present in the Philippines is the continued US intervention. Gabriela Women’s Party Luzviminda Ilagan added that there is a terror scare because the ‘lopsided VFA not only allows the entry of terrorists in the country, it also guarantees their protection from suit and accountability.’
Sidebar: The VFA, A History of Abuses
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A Year Later, Aquino and Ampatuan Massacre