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Dee Ayroso | Dec 21, 2021
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Facebook removes fake accounts linked to military, police
Facebook removes fake accounts linked to military, police
In the Philippines, Facebook removed 57 fake Facebook accounts, 31 Pages and 20 Instagram accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers.
Lumad girls held incommunicado by soldiers tell of horrors in captivity
Lumad girls held incommunicado by soldiers tell of horrors in captivity
Based on the narratives reported by Karapatan, Rina, 11, and her cousin Ellah, 17, (real names withheld) were about to gather Rattan locally known as Uway or Agsam and Bocawe, a local variety of Bamboo, in the morning of February 18 when they were accosted by seven soldiers.
Philippine troops drop bombs in Abra farms in NPA ‘pursuit operations’
Philippine troops drop bombs in Abra farms in NPA ‘pursuit operations’
Bulatlat.com MANILA -- On May 30, 2013 at 6 a.m., soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines' 41st IB chanced upon a unit of the New Peoples' Army (NPA) and fired at the NPA sentry. A firefight reportedly followed, with the NPA guerrillas retreating as the...
Southern Tagalog human rights situation worsening – Karapatan-ST
Southern Tagalog human rights situation worsening – Karapatan-ST
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Armed Forces of the Philippines claims that it has not committed a single human rights violation during the year, but human rights and people’s organizations, as well as victims and their relatives in Southern Tagalog say it is even getting worse.
Death of 56-year old fisherman sparks more outrage against VFA, Balikatan
Death of 56-year old fisherman sparks more outrage against VFA, Balikatan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
As long as the US military is treated ‘above the law’ by the government, their victims among the civilian populace will not be given justice." – Bayan Muna-Southern Mindanao
Mother of missing activist to Army major: ‘Who ordered you to get my Jonas?’
Mother of missing activist to Army major: ‘Who ordered you to get my Jonas?’
“Harry, listen to the innermost voice of your heart and correct the wrong done to this mother. Tell me where I can find my son.”
51 Murder Charges Filed vs AFP
51 Murder Charges Filed vs AFP
While the nation feasted on the election canvassing in Congress, the offices of the Joint Monitoring Committee of both government and the National Democratic Front were inaugurated in Quezon City June 4. Expect the Macapagal-Arroyo government to face a deluge of...
No real peace in Army’s community ‘peace’ teams – Karapatan
No real peace in Army’s community ‘peace’ teams – Karapatan
PRESS RELEASE November 17, 2010 DAVAO CITY – Human rights group Karapatan says today that the peace and development teams of the Armed Forces of the Philippines now going around some parts of the city are meant to harass civilians and sow fear among the residents....
4 Negros Farmer Activists Killed in 3 Months
4 Negros Farmer Activists Killed in 3 Months
Mass organizations have become victims of political repression because they are the most outspoken and consistent in exposing human rights violations and defending people’s rights. The killings can no longer be viewed as isolated, however. These could be part of a...
Bulatlat Interview: ‘Patriotic AFP Members Can Join Council’ – Sison
Bulatlat Interview: ‘Patriotic AFP Members Can Join Council’ – Sison
By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Bulatlat last week held an email interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison as a political analyst and inspirational leader of the national democratic movement in the country with regards the current political crisis. Sison, who is on forced...
Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: Shades of El Salvador, Vietnam
Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: Shades of El Salvador, Vietnam
Is there a U.S. hand in the current wave of human rights violations in the country? The answer is yes, and this is not just based on the country’s history of state fascism, but also the experience of other countries like El Salvador and Vietnam. BY ECUMENICAL...
Ex-Army Official Sees Military Smear Drive, Violence vs Leftists in Coalition Gov’t
Ex-Army Official Sees Military Smear Drive, Violence vs Leftists in Coalition Gov’t
The former head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s Psychological Operations Division sees the possibility of military-orchestrated black propaganda and even violence against so-called leftists should they gain representation in the proposed coalition...
Confronting the Crisis: The People’s Democratic Council
Confronting the Crisis: The People’s Democratic Council
The proposed people’s democratic council will be radically different from the present presidential leadership which has long been in the hands of bureaucrats and family dynasties whose supposed legitimacy in office is continually tarnished by electoral fraud,...
Lepanto Accused of Blocking Medical Mission
Lepanto Accused of Blocking Medical Mission
Militarization heightens as Dole orders return-to-work A medical mission was prevented by the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) from delivering health services to the more than 1,000 striking workers and their families. This, however, proves to be the...
99 Soldiers Killed in NPA Offensives in 4 Months
99 Soldiers Killed in NPA Offensives in 4 Months
30 arms confiscated in Abra province The revolutionary armed group New People’s Army (NPA), in various statements, claims to have killed and wounded as many as 118 government troops and carted off at least 44 high-powered rifles in a series of offensives nationwide...
Time for a Change
Time for a Change
The current presidential crisis may be a threat to Macapagal-Arroyo but it is also an opportunity for the nation to wrestle with the fundamental question on what is the best solution. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo faces the biggest threat to...
Three years after Oakwood Mutiny: Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?
Three years after Oakwood Mutiny: Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?
Three years ago on July 27, about 300 young soldiers from the Army and the Navy – among them 70 junior officers including two honor graduates of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1995 – stormed Oakwood Premier, a luxury hotel in Makati City, armed with...
Merging Executive Policy and Military Strategy
Merging Executive Policy and Military Strategy
First of three parts In the long-drawn war against the Marxist guerrillas where force takes the lead, the country’s security forces have had a reproachable record in human rights threatening even legitimate political dissent, the peaceful advocacy of radical reform...
Gov’t Asked to Adopt UN Declaration on IP Rights
Gov’t Asked to Adopt UN Declaration on IP Rights
As tribes denounce killings of 72 indigenous peoples What could be the reasons for the Philippine government’s refusal to vote for the adoption of the draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples last June? BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com In...
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