Lawyers of the Tiamzon couple asked the court, presided by Judge Madonna Echiverri, to give them five days to study the records and the evidence so they could appraise their clients about the charges being filed against them, but the court proceeded with the arraignment.
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Workers Gear Up for More Battles as Aquino Gov’t Continues to Favor Big Business
By MARYA SALAMAT
Judging from the first six months in office of the Aquino government, there seems to be no relief in sight for workers who have been suffering from record joblessness, runaway prices of basic goods and services, and violent attacks on their democratic rights.
Tribal Rights Still Being Violated to Favor Mining Interests
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The Aquino government continues to implement Arroyo’s National Minerals Policy, said Piya Malayao, spokeswoman of KAMP. “Aquino’s private-public partnerships would further hasten foreign investments on mining at the expense of indigenous peoples,” Malayao added.
Video: Women of Morong 43 Recall Indignities They Suffered in Hands of Philippine Military
Morong 43 Recall Abuse by Military
PPP: More Public Debt, Less Government Responsibility
By IBON FEATURES
Experiences show PPPs did not guarantee savings for the government but even bloated the public debt. It can only get worse under the Aquino government’s new schemes for more of PPPs.
Peasants Worry Mediation Panel May Prolong Luisita SDO Case
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO, MARYA SALAMAT and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
After playing tough against the Luisita SDO during the first oral argument, the SC justices seemed to have “retreated” during the second hearing, forming a mediation panel for a “happy compromise.” The peasants’ desire for actual distribution of land, which the peasants say is no longer negotiable, should have been clear by now.
Church, Rights Groups Petition UN Human Rights Council to Urge Aquino to Solve Killings of Activists
By RONALYN V. OLEA
During the 14th session of the United Nations human Rights Council, the Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights asked the help of the council to push the next government to fulfill the promise of incoming president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III that he would have the perpetrators of extrajudicial killings captured and sent to jail.