A black ribbon placed by a reporter hangs from the last two digits of the street number at the gate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, symbolizing the number of media workers slain in the November 23 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao massacre (actually 31 media workers died). (Photo by Nonoy Espina) DFA reporters held a…
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News in Pictures: Jeepney Drivers and Operators Oppose Series of Oil Price Hikes
Members of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) renewed their call to the Big Three oil companies to stop oil price hikes during a noise barrage held in Cubao, Quezon City on Thursday. According to George San Mateo, PISTON secretary-general, since the lifting of E.O. 839, the big 3 oil…
News in Pictures: We are Farmers!
A farmer and his sons said they were picked up by members of the 69th Infantry Battalion in sitio Salagunting, Barangay Fatima in Paquibato, where a landmine recently exploded on November 23, wounding four soldiers. Mateo Molato, father, 57, (center) and his sons Jimboy, 21, (left), and Richard, 18,(right), said they were beaten and forced…
News in Pictures: Lights for Justice
Reporters covering the Department of Justice (top) and students of De La Salle University in Manila held separate candlelighting ceremonies on Wednesday, December 2, to honor the victims of the Ampatuan massacre and demand justice. (Photos courtesy of Nonoy Espina)
News in Pictures: Goodbye, Mom
Eldest daughter Sunshine bids goodbye to her mother, Lawyer Concepcion ‘Connie’ Brizuela. Brizuela was laid down to her final rest on Monday, November 30, in their residence in Del Carmen village, President Roxas town in North Cotabato. She was one of the victims of the gruesome massacre in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao. (davaotoday.com Photos by Barry…
News in Pictures: In Memoriam
Candles, a placard and a wall poster demanding justice for the victims of the Ampatuan massacre and showing Bombo reporter Bart Maravilla, one of the 31 media workers killed in the carnage, at the Makati headquarters of the Bombo Radyo Network Tuesday evening. The candle lighting was the first in a series of activities organized…
News in Pictures: An Explosion of Outrage
Human-rights group Hustisya on Tuesday opened the 10-day long commemoration of the International Human Rights Day with an explosion of outrage, symbolized by red paint thrown at a target board with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s face surrounded by other notorious human rights violators including Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. In this photo, Elizabeth Calubad, wife…
News in Pictures: Rage for Justice
In Davao City, journalists and lawyers light candles in Centennial Park calling for justice for their fallen comrades in the Ampatuan Massacre. Thirty journalists and two lawyers were killed in the worst election violence in Philippine history. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)
News in Pictures: Gays, Lesbians Denounce Comelec for Rejecting Ang Ladlad
Members of the Baguio Pride Network (BPN), an alliance of gay and lesbian organizations, individuals, friends and families in Baguio City and La Trinidad, Benguet, denounce during a rally this week the Commission on Election’s invalidation of Ang Ladlad Partylist. (Contributed photo)
News in Pictures: Christmas Lights Fantastic in Tarlac
Like laser beams, lighted Christmas decorations on sale illuminate the dark national highway in Gerona, Tarlac. These decorations are already selling briskly with Christmas barely a month away. Gerona is home to the famous lighted decorations in the north, a cottage industry that has made Tarlaquenos proud through the years. (Photo by Artemio A. Dumlao…
News in Pictures: Manny Pacquiao, Cover Boy
All rooting for their ring idol Manny Pacquiao, 20-year-old Ruel Soya (left), Isaias Boltia Jr. , 20 (middle), and WBO Youth Champion Javier Malulan, 24, show high confidence that the Filipino boxing great Pacquiao will win against Puerto Rican champion Miguel Cotto on November 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao was recently on the cover…