By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Over a week after the May 10 polls, another activist was killed by still unidentified gunmen in Panabo City. Jim Galez, a member of the regional secretariat of party-list group Bayan Muna, was driving his motorcycle on the road to Barangay Little Panay…
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Quo usque tandem abutere, Gloria, patientia nostra?*
Statement on the Killing of Fr. Cecilio Lucero National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns in the USA We, of the National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns in the United States of America (NEFFCON), an alliance of Church-based individuals and groups in the United States of America, condemn the killing of Fr. Cecilio Lucero as an…
News in Pictures: Families of Slain Activists in Davao Hold Picket
Families of slain political activists in Southern Mindanao join progressive groups in a picket in front of the 10th Infantry Division Headquarters in Camp Panacan, Davao City. (Photos by Barry Ohaylan / davaotoday.com)
Int’l Group Alarmed by Philippines’s Failure to Stop Killings of Lawyers, Judges
Despite public statements from Arroyo denouncing extrajudicial killings, there is a gap between her rhetoric and what it has done to address the killings, said the group from the Netherlands and Belgium called Lawyers for Lawyers. Whatever initiatives she has implemented have failed to produce actual results, it said.
Political Killings Linked to Arroyo’s Order to End Insurgency
In his follow-up report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Prof. Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said the Philippine government has not eliminated extrajudicial killings from its counterinsurgency operations.
Amnesty International Says Arroyo Gov’t Condones Rights Abuses
The world is worried about the progress of the Philippine government’s compliance on human rights, this, despite President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s offer to raise P25 million as reward for witnesses to testify in order to solve the 1,013 cases of extrajudicial killings under her administration.
Disqualification Case Filed vs. Palparan
BY CHARMAINE P. LIRIO Bulatlat Leaders of progressive party-list groups and families of victims of extra-judicial killings filed today a petition for quo warranto before the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET), seeking to disqualify Retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan from becoming a representative. In an interview with Bulatlat, Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano said Palparan…
Signs of Impunity and Desperation
Impunity and desperation in a murderous, corrupt, and undemocratic regime is a dangerous combination. It brings back memories of Martial Law. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Karapatan has raised the alarm over the surge in extrajudicial killings during the first quarter of 2009. A total of 16 extrajudicial killings have been recorded so far, the…
Two Journalists Killed in a Week, Violence Against Media Thrives Under Atmosphere of Impunity
In less than a week, two journalists of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) were shot in separate incidents by motorcycle-riding gunmen in broad daylight. Both of them died. BY KAREN PAPELLERO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 In less than a week, two journalists of the Radio Mindanao…
Green Groups Condemn Killing of Anti-Mining Advocate in Romblon
The killing of Arman Marin by an employee of the Sibuyan Nickel Properties Development Corporation, said the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (PNE), is the latest in a series of deaths related to the Arroyo administration’s mining projects. Kalikasan PNE identified 17 killings, including that of Marin, as occurring in relation to the people’s…
Poll Fraud, Killings Perpetrated by Powers-that-Be
Contrary to government claims, electoral fraud and violence are not integral to Philippine culture and politics. It is perpetrated by those who profit from the existing system of Philippine politics and governance. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat ANALYSIS Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 “Generally peaceful” – this is how the Commission on Elections (Comelec)…