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Arroyo Regime Scuttling Resumption of Peace Talks — NDF
Arroyo Regime Scuttling Resumption of Peace Talks — NDF
The National Democratic Front accuses the Arroyo government of showing bad faith by not complying with an agreement that provides immunity guarantees to members of the NDF’s panel.
‘Dukot’: Courageous Movie Tackles Worsening Rights Abuses in Philippines
‘Dukot’: Courageous Movie Tackles Worsening Rights Abuses in Philippines
Dukot's fearlessness emanates from its depiction of the truth about the worsening human-rights situation in the Philippines today. As Bonifacio Ilagan, the scriptwriter, put it: “It minces no words in pointing out the real perpetrators” of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
By Justifying Torture of Melissa Roxas, Regime Violates International Agreements
By Justifying Torture of Melissa Roxas, Regime Violates International Agreements
Freedom from torture is a non-derogable right, meaning that states cannot violate this right under any circumstances, even in a state of emergency or martial law. By insisting that Melissa Roxas is a communist guerrilla, the Arroyo regime not only practically admits that it tortured her -- it seeks to justify the atrocity, thus violating the very international instruments that it had earlier agreed on.
Arroyo’s Claim of ‘8 Million Jobs Created’ a Statistical Hocus-Pocus
Arroyo’s Claim of ‘8 Million Jobs Created’ a Statistical Hocus-Pocus
In her recent State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo claimed to have created eight million jobs, or an average of a million jobs per year in the past eight years. But where exactly did this figure come from? A closer look at the government’s own data yields a statistical distortion.
National Artist Fiasco ‘Defiles’ Culture – Critics
National Artist Fiasco ‘Defiles’ Culture – Critics
Though there had been some controversy in past conferments of the National Artist Award, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's blatant political accommodation this year tainted the much-revered cultural institution, according to dissenting artists. View slideshow of protest
An Appraisal: Cory Aquino and Left
An Appraisal: Cory Aquino and Left
The Left’s engagement with Cory had been both pleasant and acrimonious at certain stages. While they linked arms with her on a number of causes, there were also issues on which leftists found themselves at odds with the late president.
One More Time for Cory: Filipinos Take a Glimpse, Feel the Pulse of People Power
One More Time for Cory: Filipinos Take a Glimpse, Feel the Pulse of People Power
Behind the massive outpouring of mourners for Cory Aquino and the reliving of People Power is the fervent desire among Filipinos to have “that good feeling again.”
Lessons Arroyo Should Learn From Cory
Lessons Arroyo Should Learn From Cory
Cory Aquino has secured her place in history as a fighter of tyranny. If Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not learn from the life and struggles of Cory Aquino, she will be relegated to the dustbins of history.
Paying Tribute to Cory, Who United Filipinos
Paying Tribute to Cory, Who United Filipinos
At the wake of former president Corazon Aquino, Filipinos mourn the demise of a “uniting force.” They also warn Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to do good and redeem herself.
MILF on Resumption of Peace Talks: ‘We Are Dealing with a Very Tricky Regime’
MILF on Resumption of Peace Talks: ‘We Are Dealing with a Very Tricky Regime’
Even as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced during her State of the Nation Address that peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are likely to resume before the end of this month, the MILF’s negotiating panel has expressed skepticism about whether or not the talks can go very far.
Cory Aquino’s Place in History
Cory Aquino’s Place in History
The failures of her presidency notwithstanding, Cory Aquino will be remembered for helping restore democracy in the Philippines and dismantle the vestiges of the Marcos dictatorship. When the Arroyo regime increasingly became corrupt and autocratic, she again rose to the challenge. Cory fought tyranny to the very end.
Video: CHR Hearing on Melissa Roxas Torture Turns Into a Witchhunt
Video: CHR Hearing on Melissa Roxas Torture Turns Into a Witchhunt
Video: Melissa Hearing Turns Into a Witchhunt
In Outburst Vs Palparan, Torture Victim Vents Frustration Over Continuing Injustice
In Outburst Vs Palparan, Torture Victim Vents Frustration Over Continuing Injustice
When Raymond Manalo suddenly stood up and shouted invectives at former general and now congressman Jovito Palparan during a hearing yesterday at the Commission on Human Rights, he was only venting his frustration that the man he had accused of abducting him and torturing him for 18 long months has not been punished.
Melissa Roxas Testifies in Congress: ‘I Will Not Tire to Tell the Truth’
Melissa Roxas Testifies in Congress: ‘I Will Not Tire to Tell the Truth’
"I have reason to believe that the Philippine military were the ones who abducted and tortured me, and held me captive for six days. I do not like to dignify the allegations being hurled at me now as they only echo what my abductors have been forcing me to admit during my interrogation and illegal, incommunicado detention."
Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs
Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs
Days before the Sona, thousands of farmers, workers, students and activists braved the heat and the rain as they marched from the provinces of Southern Tagalog to Commonwealth Avenue. The march, called Lakbayan, is their way of fighting the regime’s abuses and asserting their basic rights.
Outside Manila, Thousands Denounce Arroyo
Outside Manila, Thousands Denounce Arroyo
Thousands converged in other key cities across the country to denounce the Arroyo regime for the poverty, corruption, deception and repression in the Philippines.
In Sona, Arroyo Paints a Different Picture
In Sona, Arroyo Paints a Different Picture
In her ninth State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo painted a rosy picture of the Philippines – a world so much different from the one most Filipinos live in, her critics say.
Drenched But in High Spirits, Filipinos Gather Against a Hated Regime
Drenched But in High Spirits, Filipinos Gather Against a Hated Regime
Ordinary Filipinos – the perennially jobless, out-of-school teenagers, recently retrenched factory workers, vegetable vendors, proud homosexuals, among others – braved the heavy rain on the day of the Sona to let it be known that they have had enough of Gloria.
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