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By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We all know that Nueva Ecija is the country’s rice granary but farmers still do not own the lands they till and worse, they are being displaced because farm lands are being converted.” – Joseph Canlas, AMGL chairman.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Reports of how the AFP has been attacking and preventing the victory of progressive party-list groups abound. But the smoking gun that would prove these allegations was finally discovered: it was contained in the testimonies that the Mayuga report suppressed.
By RONALYN V. OLEA and INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We would like to appeal to both panels to iron out their differences and proceed with the formal peace talks. We believe that it is better to engage in principled debate over the negotiating table rather than other venues.” – Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Gabriela said the CBCP should issue specific directives to Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos to stop coddling the accused priest. It also welcomed the statement earlier made by Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, head of the Catholic Bishops National Tribunal of Appeals, that it is the duty of the Diocese of Butuan to commence Cabonce’s trial under canon law.
By MARYA SALAMAT
There would be at least 300 protesters in about 50 protest centers in communities, highways and factory belts in Metro Manila alone on Aug 31, said Elmer ‘Bong’ Labog, chairman of progressive labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU).
By MARYA SALAMAT
Mohagher Iqbal, chairman of MILF peace panel, said a “heaven and earth” gap exists between the GPH proposed peace settlement and the draft compact submitted by the MILF last February.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
While victims and their families continue to suffer, torturers walk free. So how can I be at ease in the world when human rights violations and torture exist? – Melissa Roxas
By MARYA SALAMAT
Mar Roxas’ proposed budget slashed by 38-percent the government subsidy on MRT for 2012—from P6.9 billion ($162.7 million) to P4.29-billion ($101.15 million), despite reports of annual increases in passenger load.
Video courtesy of KODAO PRODUCTIONS and COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS UNION
NDFP panel's Luis Jalandoni and Coni Ledesma talk about updates on the postponed peace talks between the Government of the Philippines and NDFP.
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
"I was so afraid and confused. He is a priest; I attended mass and received communion from him. After that first time I saw that he was not at all what he showed the world to be," she said.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
"This PPP scheme for education and health will cost the taxpayers more because the government must guarantee the private sector partners’ return on investment." – ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"Why is it becoming harder to be of service to your fellow Blaan? What does the government want us to do?" - Blaan Teacher
SECOND PART: Encampment in communities, instilling fear, part of ‘peace and development’ operations?
Sidebar: Neglected, Blaans unite, empower themselves
Sidebar: News in Pictures: Suffer the little children to go to this school
Sidebar: Slideshow: In Upper Suyan Village, children suffer the worst from poverty, militarization
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Why does the PNP keep on tracking the activities of duly-elected lawmakers, as well as teachers, of this country? Why don’t you monitor the operations of criminals, killers, drug syndicates, kidnappers and the like?" – ACT Rep. Antonio Tinio
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The video shows the war crimes committed by Nato, as well as those committed by the Western media, which has decided to obfuscate the casualties and human suffering of the Libyan people and uphold the humanitarian fiction of Nato's R2P mandate." – Professor Michel Chossudovsky
By MARYA SALAMAT
“We only learned about the fast-tracked evacuation and bidding plans after we got hold of a copy of the ‘not-for-circulation’ documents on the planned sale of Welfareville,” Romy Valenzuela, NACEMHEA –AHW President
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Hopes for a resumption in the GPH-NDFP peace talks were dashed when the government panel refused the NDFP’s proposal for talks in September until the reciprocal working committees (RWC) on the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (Caser) shall have completed the common tentative agreement on social and economic reforms.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We need to ask the crucial questions which Mayuga failed to ask. We need to pursue and undertake legislative remedies to ensure that election fraud is stamped out...” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Witness Wilfred Ramos said Staff Sgt. Edgardo Osorio was the one who hogtied him and his father the day the two students and Merino were taken by some 20 armed men.
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Every life is valuable,” Remy Maltu, union president of the San Lazaro Hospital, said, adding that whether less or more are becoming afflicted today by dengue, the patients still need medical services which public hospitals are becoming more and more constrained to provide with cuts in their budgets.
Sidebar: Community health workers criticize government’s inadequate response to dengue
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“As long as the Aquino government continues with the same policies that have perpetuated the backward, labor-intensive and low-yielding domestic agriculture, rice-self sufficiency will not be realized.” - Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano
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