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By RONALYN V. OLEA
"It’s no longer Freedom of Information but Freedom of Exemption." – Raymond Palatino, Kabataan Partylist
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Like what we did with the Chinese poachers who entered the Tubbataha Reef area, the USS Guardian officials and crew should be arrested and apprehended. The Philippine government should be the one doing the direct investigation and take custody of the violators.” -- Kalikasan PNE
Read also: Whitewash, greater damage to reef, marine life feared for Tubbataha
The experience of India may be a case in point in warning all the poor women and men in the Philippines that such step is just a beginning in policy changes that may hamper gender equality and women empowerment. It requires people’s vigilance as to remind us of India’s case. India has been a population control/reproductive health project of the USA and Europe where these countries take history of policies along population control for the global consumption.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
As both petitioners and the Office of the Solicitor General prepare for the Supreme Court hearings on the Cybercrime Prevention Act, netizens and various groups began their protest actions once more to make sure that their voices are heard.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The state witness revealed that the killing of labor leader Rolando Olalia and his companion Leonor Alay-ay was meant to ignite protests that would be used by the RAM to launch a coup d'état.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Progressive groups in Mindanao describe the devastation caused by typhoon Pablo as “an environmental apocalypse not simply caused by nature’s wrath but by the Aquino government continuing puppetry to foreign mining interests and the government’s greed and corruption in general.”
Read also: DENR hand in degrading environment, human rights as dirty as the military’s – IP and green groups
By MARYA SALAMAT
Failing to strip off Sgt. Medardo Dumlao Baretto’s status as state witness, defense lawyer Lorna Kapunan’s questioning this week proceeded to probe and try to cast doubt on his memory, motives, and the truthfulness or consistency of his sworn statement and testimony in court.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"It's not a question of who dumped the toxic waste. The question is whose toxic waste was dumped into our territory. Though Glenn Defense remains accountable for the act, the biggest accountability goes to the US and Aquino governments." – Rep. Emmi de Jesus, Gabriela Women's Party
By MARYA SALAMAT
‘If Harper truly respects the Filipino people’s sovereignty, he should be instrumental in the immediate pullout of Canadian mining corporations. We ask him to ‘mine his own business,’ if their capital will not benefit our communities and be detrimental to our ecological integrity and community welfare.’ – Kalikasan
See also: Open letter of Filipino groups in Canada to Canadian PM Harper
ByANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Transparency and accountability are part and parcel of good governance. Espousing an anti-corruption agenda without passing enabling laws is a conundrum beyond comprehension.” – Rep. Raymond Palatino, Kabataan Party-list
By MARYA SALAMAT
According to state witness Medardo Dumlao Barreto, they were assured that higher-ups from the Defense Department gave the go signal to abduct labor leader Rolando Olalia and companion Leonor Alay-ay.
By MARYA SALAMAT
It is a different kind of Halloween for the residents of coastal towns of Pangasinan. For them the scare is real and takes the form of black sand mining.
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