Video Documentary: Noynoy’s Luisita
Video Documentary: Noynoy's Luisita
Video Documentary: Noynoy's Luisita
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Ironically, while the CHR is proceeding with its hearings on the human rights violations complaint filed by the Morong 43 - even as the AFP stubbornly refuses to cooperate - the rights of the 43 health workers are violated over and over again.
In this video commentary, Bulatlat.com destroys the myth of the "untainted" Noynoy Aquino. For decades, the Aquinos and the Cojuangcos have stolen from the farmers and workers of Hacienda Luisita, using every trick in the book, as well as brute force and violence to retain control of thousands of hectares of land that they do not own to begin with.
Video: Relatives, Supporters Slam Failed Transfer of Morong 43 to Camp Crame
Paquibato leaders decry continued harassment of residents despite military's assurance By Cheryll D. Fiel davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY - The disbandment of paramilitary units and the withdrawal of the firearms issued to them by the Philippine Army are some of the...
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...
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – A 74-year-old man, a 32-year-old mother, three farmers and two Bagobo lumads find themselves accused of the military’s trumped up charges as the government’s Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL) deadline to end...
Outside the Court of Appeals, relatives and supporters of the Morong 43 held a protest action.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
On Jan. 30, Gregan Cardeño went home happy that he had finally found a job. He had just signed a contract with a security agency that posted him as an interpreter for the American troops in Cotabato City. He ended up in Marawi where, inside a US barracks, he supposedly hanged himself. His family, however, is convinced that he had been murdered, probably even abused.
In a press conference, the detainees’ children issued an appeal to the government. “As we are about to celebrate the International Women’s Day on March 8, children of the 43 jailed health workers want their mother, sister and grandparents to celebrate the day together with them, outside Camp Capinpin and away from any harm, threat and abuse.”
PRESS RELEASE March 3, 2010 Manila – The left-wing Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) criticized Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's tactic of fronting his sisters Maria Elena "Ballsy" Aquino-Cruz, Aurora Corazon "Pinky"...
By MARYA SALAMAT
In a presidential forum on human rights, Noynoy Aquino, amid hemming and hawing and qualifiers, said he favors a pre-Marcos-like Anti-Subversion Law. He said he is not averse to curtailing rights in the name of national security, although, he hoped “we will not have a situation that will necessitate that.”
A community health worker in Negros Occidental was wounded when fired upon by unidentified motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Manlacahoc, Sipalay City on Feb. 23. The attack on Ronaldo Capitania came on the heels of the arrest of the 43 health workers in Morong, Rizal, on Feb. 6.
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