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By RONALYN V. OLEA
International groups are urging President Benigno Aquino III to comply with the Paris Principles in appointing the next chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
When typhoon Basyang hit Metro Manila, the government was unprepared not only because the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) missed the prediction, but because it simply was not ready to respond to any disaster.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International reports that from January 2009 to April 2010 alone, 225 Filipinos were stranded, jailed or in deportation centers and shelters in other countries.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Pascual Guevarra’s colleagues and relatives reacted strongly when President Benigno Aquino III said the recent cases of extrajudicial killings were due to personal grudges.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Philippine Airlines has announced that it would spin-off three 'non-core business' to stave off losses. However, the 3,000 employees who are about to lose their jobs and progressive labor center KMU believe that it is a company ploy to maximize profits by depriving the workers of their tenure, their just pay, and union rights.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Justice, jobs, immediate relief, and a review of the government's housing program to make it more affordable are the most pressing concerns of the urban poor, said Kadamay.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The network said it is “not dismissing or retrenching employees.” Instead, it describes the dismissals as an “ongoing process.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Military operations that target civilians in communities did not end with the Arroyo administration. it is still continuing as what is happening in Barangay Pura, Rodriguez, Rizal province just outside Metro Manila.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
A 78-year-old peasant leader was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding men inside his house in San Isidro, Laur town, Nueva Ecija, at around 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 9. He was the second victim of extrajudicial killing under the new administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Because of what teachers call as the "the lost decade of Philippine education" during the Arroyo administration, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers is calling for urgent and bold measures.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Forming his team to set the direction of change or political payback? So far, except for Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, the Cabinet of Pres. Benigno Aquino III is a mixture of key figures in his campaign, representatives of big business, and old hands of the former Arroyo administration.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Even as the 1,644-hectare land was already awarded to the farmers in 1972 through Presidential Decree 27 or the Marcos Land Reform Law, the Araneta family was able to get the Court of Appeals to rule in its favor in 2003. Now the case is before the Supreme Court.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
In 1948, a disillusioned American physicist gave up her promising career, left her country and lived with the people of China. She was Joan Hinton, an internationalist, revolutionary scientist and socialist who serves as an inspiration to many Filipino activists.
By LYN V. RAMO
With their small parcels of land no longer producing enough for their families, peasant women and men try to make do with odd jobs.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Karapatan, Kilusang Mayo Uno and Anakbayan point out that Akbayan's Etta Rosales had, in the past, mouthed the military line that the extrajudicial killings were part of "internal purges" in the CPP-NPA. “Appointing her to the commission is highly unreasonable, if not insane,” the KMU said.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The abduction and imprisonment of Myrna Cruz-Abraham, an activist in Cagayan Valley, shattered her family but also made her children stronger. It is prisoners of conscience like her that present a challenge to President Aquino to be true to his promise of justice and respect for human rights.
By DAISY C. GONZALES, MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN and JOSE HERNANI
After eight years of government control, the mineral reservation site in Diwalwal has been eyed by big interest groups, leaving Velasco and more than 40,000 villagers in a constant threat of displacement. Small miners resent government’s policy allowing big private mining firms to take over the site.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Doctors who have examined the Morong 43 in jail said the pregnant detainees would be giving birth soon and their detention raises the possibility of complications. The sick ones are also at risk of more danger, they said.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Fernando Baldomero was shot in front of his house in Estancia, Kalibo, Aklan while preparing to bring his son Philip to school. He suffered three gunshot wounds in the head.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Women’s group Gabriela has put forward ten demands ranging from the promotion of national sovereignty through the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement, to the release of women and all political prisoners, to providing social services and immediate relief to the people.
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