By MARYA SALAMAT
“We do not need the government to once again sell out our sovereignty.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
Category: Top Stories
World Bank funds project to address housing crisis as demolitions continue
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The government has no right to call Filipinos squatters in their own country. It has the responsibility to provide its citizens with decent social housing and ensure that they have access to social services.” – Kadamay
2 activists nabbed in Laguna, charged with common crimes
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“This illegal arrest validates that the Aquino administration is no different from the Arroyo regime that tolerates human rights abuses.” – Karapatan-Southern Tagalog
As oil prices, oil firms’ profits soar, groups seek to scrap Oil Deregulation Law
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Only our protests can force President Aquino to control oil prices.” – KMU
International lawyers to Aquino: ‘Release political prisoners, stop impunity’
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We remind you that the international community is watching closely and we demand that prosecution and punishment replace inaction.”
Palparan still no-show, yet issuing statement through ‘lawyer’
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Fugitive retired Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. continues to evade public hearing on one of his crimes, even as he seeks sympathy by speaking via his topnotch lawyer.
On 113th year of Filipino-American war: groups protest increasing US military presence
By MARYA SALAMAT
“One hundred and 13 years later the pattern of US plunder and exploitation of Filipino natural and human resources continues; so does the depressed condition of the Filipino people.” — KMU
Mothers to Aquino: impeachment saga cannot eliminate hunger, generate jobs
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Filipino mothers could not stretch their budget anymore, but the government remains complacent. It does nothing to control the rising prices of goods and services that have long pushed down Filipino women and their families into poverty.”
Sison talks about impeachment of Corona, other issues
By DL MONDELO
Revolutionary Joma Sison answers questions about his rumored homecoming and the Aquino govt’s distractions while promised reforms crawl or turn comatose.
Progressives slam Aquino’s mendicancy, sellout to US imperial interests
By MARYA SALAMAT
Critics ask why the Philippine government is downgrading itself into a US pawn and a beggar for used, obsolete military hardware of the US government.
Tillers reject Aquino plans to take over coco levy funds
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The coco levy funds would only change hands, from one Cojuangco to another Cojuangco.” – KMP deputy secretary general Willy Marbella