Orthopedic Center employees, patients hold sit down strike
"We also need to live, we are also human." - Jay-R, wheelchair-bound patient
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"We also need to live, we are also human." - Jay-R, wheelchair-bound patient
“The search for truth and accountability for the victims of the Mamasapano clash is far from over. The BOI report is but a starting point for more in-depth investigations.”
“We denounce the arming of the Lumad people against their own kin, making them pawns against the government's fight against insurgency.”
“Today we walk out against BS. No more lies, no more injustice, no more impunity.”
"People’s tribunals have had success in directing international attention to grave abuses of human rights in various countries including the Philippines during Marcos and Arroyo regimes."
“We demand change, change for governance that is pro-women and pro-poor. We want all to have better life conditions. We want women’s rights and contributions to be recognized in society.”
The Noynoy Out Now! Movement has been pushing for a People’s Council to replace Pres. Noynoy Aquino once he has been ousted, in place of a constitutional line of succession that would put Vice President Jejomar Binay in Malacañang.
“We are again calling on the House leadership to immediately resume the Congress probe on Mamasapano to further expose the truth because Pres.Aquino is again trying to obscure it and escape accountability.”
Throughout a major part of his life, Gustavo Salgado Delgado was involved in organizing vulnerable groups.
“The basic question is: will the BBL address the basic problems of right to self-determination, poverty and ancestral domain?”
Simultaneous mass actions nationwide were held by youth and student groups over yet another suicide by a college student who couldn’t afford tuition.
Some private universities and colleges violate students’ basic freedoms as they prohibit redress of grievances, and punish those who are critical of school policies.
Employees and patients of the Philippine Orthopedic Center ask Health Secretary Janette Garin to stay true to her word that she will block the private takeover of the hospital.
“Don’t be wary of what will come after ousting him. Be wary of what will happen if he stays in power."
Many Moro heroes in Philippine history have been ignored and forgotten because of a legacy from the colonizers: the alienation between Christians and Muslims.
“We are up against the entire institution, which has resulted to the culture of impunity.”
“He (Aquino) does not recognize and respect the indigenous peoples rights to their land and self-determination, and he turns a blind eye to the killings of indigenous peoples and the grave human rights violations committed against them by agents of the State,” said Piya Macliing Malayao, Katribu secretary general.
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