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By MARYA SALAMAT
“With two months to go, there is very little Comelec can do to drastically fix the flawed automated system.” – Fr. Joe Dizon
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Not only is there a dearth of jobs in the country, there is a dearth of decent jobs. More and more Filipinos are unhappy with jobs that offer meager wages and contractual status and deny workers their legitimate rights.” – Elmer Labog, KMU
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Golden rice is a genetically-modified organism, meaning it now has a set of genes that never existed in rice… scientific data from independent scientists have reported unintended compositional alterations associated with genetic transformations.” – Dr. Chito Medina, Masipag
By MARYA SALAMAT
On average, 90 trade unionists and activists per year become victims of filing of criminal charges since the Aquino administration took over. This is more than double the yearly number of cases from 2004-2009.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
On March 17, members and supporters of the Stop the Traffic network will gather at Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City to form a human chain to “symbolize the people’s resolve to end the problem.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The GPH has deliberately refused to comply with its commitments in agreements forged with the NDFP, despite the full knowledge that compliance would immediately break the impasse and cause the resumption of the formal talks of the GPH and NDFP Negotiating Panels.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
By MARYA SALAMAT
Progressive groups are protesting against high prices, high rates of utilities and mishandling of Sabah issue.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
'It is not enough for the Aquino government to say that the abuses are unacceptable, there must be proactive measures to protect Filipinos.' --Migrante
This virtual dropping of the Philippine claim to Sabah, Araullo said, “has defined Aquino’s behavior from the time the army of the Sultanate went there in Lahad Datu (in February).”
By MARYA SALAMAT
Former Sgt. Eduardo Bueno named at least six soldiers involved in the surveillance, abduction, torture and murders of labor leader Rolando Olalia and companion Leonor Alay-ay, but, he said, he read in newspapers that most of them had been gunned down one by one.
Adoracion Paulino, mother-in-law of missing UP student Sherlyn Cadapan, had a lot of questions when Sherlyn suddenly appeared in her house, being guarded by three women and two men, but Sherlyn did not answer her queries.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We enjoin our faithful to work and persevere in guarding the commitment of the GPH and NDFP to uphold the four substantive issues framed in the Hague Joint Declaration especially the Social and Economic Reforms.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“We hold the US-Aquino regime responsible for the wretched situation of Filipino women, for the plunder and destruction of our economy and natural resources and the massive attack on women’s economic and political rights and welfare. We deplore the poverty and the violence that we are being subjected to.” – Gabriela
By RONALYN V. OLEA
After typhoon Pablo struck the province, Gov. Corazon Malanyaon and Lt. Krishnamurti Mortela of the the Army’s 67th Infantry Battalion created the Incident Command Post (ICP). All the relief goods are in the military camp and the command for relief distribution comes from the 67th IB, and residents of Binondo, Cristina Jose’s village, said they only received help once, and instead of ten kilos of rice per household, they were given only five kilos.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“This type of violence against women doesn’t leave any physical or emotional mark. This is the type of violence against women that is silent but treacherously violates women’s as well as people’s rights. This is violence brought about by poverty and imperialist plunder.” – Gabriela
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The promissory note will make it easier for DAR and the Cojuangco-Aquinos to evict the farm worker-beneficiaries from their land. If the farm workers are unable to pay, their land would be confiscated.” – Jobert Pahilga, lawyer of Ambala
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The article cited in this year’s Hildegarde Award is about 13-year-old Mary who carries a heavy burden of being a mother to her three other siblings. Her family is among those whose homes were demolished in Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City.
By RIO MONDELO
Is there a basis for the claims of the Sultanate of Sulu over Sabah? Could the act committed by Kiram’s followers be called an incursion or are they right in saying that it is Malaysia which has no rightful claim to Sabah and are therefore the invaders?
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Schools and village halls are being used as camps by soldiers. Residents have to seek the permission of the military and sign in their logbooks whenever they go in and out of the community.
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Corruption, violence, human rights violations, chilling disasters one after another –these are what Filipinos have suffered as a result of implementing the Mining Act of 1995.” – Bayan Muna Party Rep. Neri Colmenares
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