Statement on the Killing of Fr. Cecilio Lucero National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns in the USA We, of the National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns in the United States of America (NEFFCON), an alliance of Church-based individuals and groups in the United States of America, condemn the killing of Fr. Cecilio Lucero as an…
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No Revisions Needed; Text Tax Bill Must Be Junked — TXTPower
Consumer group TXTPower today flatly rejected calls by Malacanang to “revise” the text tax bill approved by the House committee on ways and means, demanding no less than the complete scrapping of the proposed revenue measure. “The correct and moral position is to junk the text tax. At a time of crisis, the least the…
Taxpayers Revolt Vs. Text Tax
Consumer group TXTPower today called on consumers to prepare for a taxpayers’ revolt over a new tax to be imposed on text messaging and warned reelectionists in Congress they will pay dearly for making life even harder amid the worldwide economic crisis. “To rebel against this new tax is justified,” said TXTPower president Anthony Ian…
2002 Balikatan Terms of Reference allowed US troops to be in combat
The 2002 Balikatan Terms of Reference may have given rise to the initial combat involvement of US forces in Mindanao, according to the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan. Various news sources have pointed out that reports of US involvement in actual combat in Mindanao existed as early as 2002, with the reported shooting of Buyong-buyong…
State Workers’ Partylist Denounces Continued Presence of US Troops, Accuses Arroyo of Treason
At least 300 members of the militant Courage Partylist, a sectoral party of government employees, families and advocates, held a protest rally today along Elliptical Road in Quezon City to register their strong opposition to the retention of the presence of US troops within Philippine territory. “These foreign troops have been deployed here in our…
In the Passage of Magna Carta of Women into Law, Rep. Liza Maza Lauds Filipino Women
“After all the attempts to block the passage of the Magna Carta of Women, the Filipino women have finally emerged victorious. This is a by-product of women’s continuous struggle for equality and serves as a gateway in support of women’s legitimate concerns.” This is the statement of Representative Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party as…
Global Oil Prices Fell 5X Faster Than Local Pump Prices in 2008 – Bayan
Multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) disclosed today that global crude prices fell five times faster than retail pump prices in 2008, resulting in overpricing that reached as high as P12.60 per liter for kerosene and P9.56 for diesel last year. The group released its latest study amid a fresh wave of oil price hikes…
Church-Based Groups Back Call for Military Withdrawal From Lumad Communities
Press statement The Ecumenical Movement for Justice and Peace together with the Ecumenical Mission for Peace and Development support the demand of the Lumad people in Surigao del Sur for the immediate pull out of the 58th Infantry Battalion from their communities so they can go back to their homes. “The deployment of military troops…
Bro. Eddie: ‘Even in Death, Cory Inspires the Nation’
Even in her death, former President Cory Aquino inspires the nation. This was how Bro. Eddie Villanueva described the outpouring of support for the bereaved Aquino family even as he joined the nation in mourning President Aquino’s death. But he said that while the whole nation mourns for the former President, touted as one of…
NDF: Cory an ‘Outstanding and Inspiring Figure’
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES NEGOTIATING PANEL 2 August 2009 NDFP MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel and its Consultants convey their heartfelt condolences to the family, relatives and friends of former President Corazon Aquino on her passing away…
On the 2009 National Artists Awards Fiasco
By the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) The Concerned Artists of the Philippines joins much of the Filipino arts and cultural community in expressing indignation over the unprecedented brazen use by the Arroyo regime of the National Artists awards for its moribund, decadent politics. We are outraged that Arroyo has transformed the National Artists…