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By MARYA SALAMAT
“Tulungan nyo sila nang matapos na yang trabaho.” (‘Help them finish that job.’) a witness quoted Col. Eduardo Kapunan Jr. telling them. And it was Sgt. Sumido who informed witness that “the job is regarding Rolando Olalia.”
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By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Our accreditation was denied because they said we are not marginalized. But many government rank and file employees are getting low wages, even among those working in the judiciary.” – an employee of the Sandiganbayan
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The Army's non-compliance with a categorical and unqualified order of the Court is not unexpected. They have done this before over and over again.” – private prosecutor
By MARYA SALAMAT
The two peace panels still have to agree to at least three remaining contentious points that should have been part of the signed framework agreement. Now these would have to be annexed to the signed agreement.
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By MARYA SALAMAT
The public, especially the young people who have known him only as the senator who presided over Corona’s impeachment trial, must be educated that Enrile is far from the hero he depicts himself to be. Lest we forget, Enrile was tagged as among the leading plotters of ‘God Save the Queen’, which claimed the lives of Ka Lando and Alay-ay, as well as former Bayan secretary general Lean Alejandro.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"As the U.S. begins to implement [the rebalance], Subic will play an important role because it is one of the important facilities that can service its presence in the Pacific." One would think that this quote is from a US military or government official, but this actually came from the executive director of the Philippine Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The progressive teachers’ movement under the banner of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers commemorated its thirty years of struggle by drawing lessons from the past, as well as celebrating its victories, as it vowed to continue its struggle for the rights and welfare of teachers and the interests and rights of the Filipino people.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A relative of the two Capion victims, Liah Capion, has previously denounced SMI saying that because she and her family had stood up against the entry of the mining company in their once peaceful community, the Army imprisoned one of her sons and declared three others as outlaws and fugitives.
By MARYA SALAMAT
“They are not marginalized. Are they marginalized when their leaders hold positions in the government? There they are – so near to those in power and you’ll say that they are marginalized and unrepresented? Unrepresented voice of the marginalized? Even if you don’t know how to think you will easily see that.” – Henrietta de Villa, chairwoman of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The demolition team, accompanied by a large police contingent, arrived without any prior notice to preempt the preparations of the community to resist the demolition of their homes.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Not only was he illegally arrested, detained and mistaken for somebody else, Rolly Panesa was even tortured to admit that he is allegedly the communist leader Benjamin Mendoza. Yet, his government-issued IDs – one was issued by the Philippine National Police – showed he is not who the military claims him to be.
By MARYA SALAMAT
“For 14 years they’ve raised that defense over and over before the Regional Trial Court, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. They have repeatedly invoked that amnesty and it has repeatedly been junked.” – lawyer of the Olalia family
By MARK PERE MADRONA
“The FOI bill can be a powerful tool in empowering people. People should always assert their right to information.” – Rep. Lorenzo Tañada III
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Two years ago, Daisy Ayo, 37, said she was visited several times by men in uniform. “They told me they would like to investigate my involvement in our campaign for the land.”
By MARYA SALAMAT
While the labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno hailed the surrender of former Air Force colonel and Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabansa (RAM) leader Eduardo “Red” Kapunan, one of the alleged main perpetrators of the Rolando Olalia-Leonor Alay-ay double murder, it fears that the case might be whitewashed.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
A security guard, his wife, his son and his daughter-in-law were arrested by military intelligence agents and were falsely tagged as rebel leaders.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The Baguio Regional Trial Court concluded that “the tremendous increase in the fines and charges, for as much as 1,200 percent was more of a revenue measure, rather than of regulation” and thus, not within the power of the Land Transportation Office to do and is therefore, “unconstitutional.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The 84-year-old chairwoman emeritus of Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap is a tireless fighter, an inspiration to the poor
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"This is not money that belongs to the government – it belongs to the coconut farmers. And let it be said that we are not incidental beneficiaries here – we are the rightful owners. We demand that the money be released to the coconut farmers." – Koprahan
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Why is he with the Philippine Army considering he’s already retired and supposedly the (double murder) case had no connection with the Armed Forces of the Philippines?”– Rolando Rico Olalia, lawyer and son of the victim
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