They decried the state’s land use conversion process, which has threatened their livelihoods in order to make room for corporate-backed development projects.
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News in Pictures: Legislators urged to support fight for justice for Ampatuan massacre victims
News in Pictures: Legislators urged to support fight for justice for Ampatuan massacre victims
A photo exhibit on the Ampatuan massacre on November 23, 2009, that claimed the lives of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists, has been mounted at the North Wing lobby of the Batasan complex. It is organized by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and the Philippine Center for Photojournalism (PCJ), in coordination with the office of Deputy House Speaker Erin Tañada. (Text and photos by RONALYN V. OLEA / Bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Workers remember Ka Bel and his struggle for legislated substantial wage hike
News in Pictures: Workers remember Ka Bel and his struggle for legislated substantial wage hike
The labor center KMU which Ka Bel led for years said their group's vow to advance the people’s struggle for their basic rights and for a significant wage hike is, in their belief, the highest tribute they can give Ka Bel. (Text by MARYA SALAMAT ; Photos by RANDY EVANGELISTA / Bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Government employees defend their jobs, oppose privatization
News in Pictures: Government employees defend their jobs, oppose privatization
MANILA -- Employees of the National Housing Authority (NHA) are against plans of the Benigno Aquino government to privatize housing services and to create a Department of Housing and Urban Development. NHA employees and urban poor organizations under the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) have been fighting against moves to privatize public housing and legislative proposals on the same since the year 2000 and since the 9th Congress. (Text by Ina Alleco R. Silverio; Photos courtesy of Consolidated Union of Employees (CUE-NHA) / bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case Â
News in Pictures: Progressive lawyers, groups file manifestation questioning CHR decision on Roxas torture case Â
MANILA -- The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) filed a manifestation at the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday regarding its recent resolution absolving the military from its liability on the enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas and her two other companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Jandoc. (Photos by Tudla Productions / bulatlat.com)
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