Lumad protest vs Aquino in Davao City visit
President Aquino has been blind to the deaths of the indigenous Lumads, said the protesters.
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President Aquino has been blind to the deaths of the indigenous Lumads, said the protesters.
Forced evacuation continues to take toll on the Lumads, with the death of a child.
"Her freedom is due to the resolute legal battle and campaign, no thanks to this government which inhumanly refuses or ignores pleas for compassion and humanitarian cries."
There is no more legal basis or impediment to hold Andrea Rosal in custody.
“No perpetrator has been arrested, while the 36th and 75th infantry battalion and Special Forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines continue their military operations in the mountain areas."
“Our unions, federations and regional chapters as well as institutions close to us are swamped with complaints from workers about their working conditions.”
"These killings were not isolated case. These are part of the serial killings happening now in Mindanao, and in some parts of the country, whose perpetrators are military elements and their own-created militia.”
The Philippine Army reportedly has a list of 67 people set to be arrested, which include tribal leaders and other civilians in Bukidnon.
Pamana’s long years staying in an artificial habitat and being fed by humans might have affected the bird’s ability to survive in the wild.
Bulatlat.com compiles its articles through the years on the attacks by military and paramilitary units against Alcadev and the Manobo communities.
“We are here because we will not let them be forgotten...These are their faces, these are their names.”
There’s more to the visits by US military officials, says a group.
Bulatlat.com asked protesters in Mendiola how they define themselves as Filipinos.
“Having support is a big thing.”
“A book is meant to be read and lived-by.”
Sorsogon human rights leader Teodoro "Tudoy" Escanilla was shot dead on Aug. 19 midnight, at his home.
"These trumped-up charges against us are acts of desperation.”
“Are they really trying to delay the case until ‘berdugong’ Palparan and his co-accused are free from accountability?”
Do the lump sum allocations in the 2016 national budget have a "special purpose?"
“Hearing the problems of the lumads (Mindanao’s IPs), they really inspire you and put your problems in perspective."
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