#BulatlatAsks | What made your Cordillera Day memorable?
Bulatlat.com asked participants when was their most memorable Cordillera Day celebration, and what made it memorable.
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Bulatlat.com asked participants when was their most memorable Cordillera Day celebration, and what made it memorable.
“The illegal imposition of increases in tuition and other school fees continues even without the Ched approval.”
“We stand with the Filipino people and the rest of the world to save Mary Jane Veloso from death row.”
“How much of this amount was allocated to exert efforts to save the life of Mary Jane Veloso?”
“He promised us, that he would have this case resolved before his administration ends. But where is Jonas now?”
“We should all unite, because without the land, we will have no food to eat.”
“Manny Pacquiao showed that no schedule is too busy and no impending fight is too important for us to not contribute to the call to stop Mary Jane’s impending execution.”
A day before her execution, the Indonesian Supreme Court rejected Mary Jane Veloso’s appeal for a second judicial review.
Edre Olalia, secretary general of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, said Mary Jane urged them to pursue a case against her recruiter, Ma. Kristina Sergio, “not only to give her justice but to save other future victims.”
“The clock is ticking. We have 72 hours to save Mary Jane’s life. The Filipino people are behind Mary Jane and her family. We are not giving up."
Mary Jane is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Tuesday, April 28.
“She tells her family not to feel sad and is buoying up their sprits.”
“The Aquino government just shows itself as anti-indigenous people and destroyer of the environment.”
“I sincerely pray to to be saved from the death penalty and to be given the opportunity to bring up my children.”
“What is important now is that the Indonesia’s High Prosecutor himself said the filing of the petition for a second judicial review may or may not affect the carrying out of the death penalty. It was not immediately dismissed.”
“This victory is a lesson to Sumifru and all capitalists that you cannot impose exploitative and unjust policies on your workers without facing resistance."
"The truth is that Aquino did not do anything for Mary Jane’s case.”
“It is difficult to accept that they are gone. But we are not the only ones hurting. They were both a loss to the thousands of Filipinos suffering.”
"In accordance with international and parallel local laws, (Veloso) must not be penalized for any alleged crime which was integral and in connection with such human trafficking scheme, and must instead be repatriated back to the Philippines.”
“The NLG recognizes that Veloso’s case is not a singular, isolated incident, but rather a product of an exploitative economic system purposefully built upon the labor of overseas workers.”
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