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Kadamay said 16 urban poor leaders had been killed under the Aquino administration. The latest victim, Benilda Santos, was shot dead in Quezon City on May 22.
“The US will not defend us against China, nor will Japan.” – GWP Rep. Luz Ilagan
Members of the Talents Association of GMA (TAG) staged the work stoppage and the June 5 protest action in response to the management’s withholding of their salaries.
“The Filipino people must demonstrate on World Environment Day our commitment to protect our natural heritage and ecology by opposing DMCI’s coal-fired power plant in the globally-renowned ecological treasure that is the province of Palawan.”
“We love our jobs that’s why we want to have security of tenure as regular workers.”
“We believe that even though we are a small group, we can be a formidable force that can mobilize every contractual worker in the country to stand up for labor justice.”
"Why did the police not arrest the goons for their violence earlier? Why did they handcuff the workers and treat them like criminals instead?"
“Self-determination is a democratic process and exercise defined and conducted by the people themselves, free from intervention, manipulation and dictate of the ruling elite based on their vested interests.”
“The Aquino regime has emerged as the worst violator of the Jasig by harassing Jalandoni with an invalid and improperly served subpoena and threatening to arrest and imprison him on trumped up charges of non-bailable common crimes.”
“Where shall Aquino’s Cha-cha get the lands to be put up for sale to foreigners?”
“We are thankful that truth and justice prevailed.”
“No company with an atrocious environmental and social track record such as DMCI should be allowed to build environmentally-critical projects.”
“It appears that Aquino broke his silence on the issue more than two weeks after the factory fire to take a swipe at political adversaries at the local level and whitewash the accountability of Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz and Local Government Sec. Mar Roxas for the factory fire.”
“How can the Aquino administration claim that it’s ready for K to 12 when it can’t even provide basic access to schools to millions of children?”
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Adoracion Paulino wanted to see where Sherlyn Cadapan was going but was blocked by one of her companions, who said, “Don’t follow. You do not want to be involved here.”
"They don't know my daughter, they don't know us, but still, they're helping us.”
In its public launching, May 28, the newly formed Philippine Land Reform Movement (PLRM) said Aquino’s Charter change will worsen the widespread land grabbing, land-use conversion, and forced eviction of peasants and rural poor in the countryside.
Genuine land reform would result in genuinely broad-based overall economic growth, rapid poverty reduction and genuine food security.
Gabriela Women's Party Representative Emmi De Jesus said it is about time Congress ended the prolonged suffering of the Filipino working class by passing the Regular Employment Act or House Bill 4396.
Some survivors said there were victims who were so consumed by fire they just became part of the “debris” that were cleaned out and disposed of in sacks by a crew of “rescue” workers from the city government and firefighters.
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