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Why act in haste now?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It took more than a year before the Aquino administration filed a case against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This despite demands from various sectors to hold the former president to account for her numerous crimes against the Filipino people and the preponderance of evidence gathered by the different Congressional investigations. It…
Under Aquino, no justice for victims of Hacienda Luisita massacre
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“The Cojuangco-Aquinos used and abused all legal means to their advantage and interest of further controlling the lands.” – Rep. Rafael Mariano of Anakpawis
Hacienda Luisita Farmworkers to Supreme Court: Give Us The Land Free and Clear
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“This is an issue of life and death for us, we will not be discouraged or ever dissuaded into giving up.”
Farmers Demand New DOJ Probe of Mendiola Massacre, SC Action on Luisita Case
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
To the Supreme Court, they sent a letter addressed to Chief Justice Renato Corona appealing for the speedy resolution of the Hacienda Luisita case. To the Justice department, it was a letter to secretary Leila de Lima seeking the reopening of the 24-year-old Mendiola Massacre case.
Struggle for Land, Justice Continues Under Aquino as More Luisita-Like Cases Emerge
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Denial of their rightful claim to the land they have been tilling for generations, forcible eviction, killings, and harassments continue to plague the peasantry even after the Aquino administration replaced the much-hated Arroyo administration.
Statement of the Religious Discernment Group Convenors (6th year Anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre)
Statement November 16, 2010 What rights have you to crush my people by grinding the faces of the poor into the dust!”(Is 3:14 – 15) The 16th November 2010 marks 6 years since 7 farm workers were massacred by the military and PNP as they held a peaceful picket at Gate 1 of Hacienda Luisita.…
PR: Religious Discernment Group on the 6th Anniversary of Hacienda Luisita Massacre
Press Statement 16 November 2010 What rights have you to crush my people by grinding the faces of the poor into the dust!” (Is 3:14 – 15) The 16th November 2010 marks 6 years since 7 farm workers were massacred by the military and PNP as they held a peaceful picket at Gate 1 of…
PR: Youth Groups Join Nation in Remembering Luisita Massacre, Hold Aquino Accountable for Lack of Justice
PRESS RELEASE November 16, 2010 Progressive youth groups Anakbayan, League of Filipino Students (LFS), Student Christian Movement (SCM), Karatula, College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), and National Union of Students in the Philippines (NUSP) joined other organizations today in a march to Mendiola Bridge to mark the 6th anniversary of the infamous Hacienda Luisita…
PR: Noynoy, Sinungaling sa Luisita Massacre – KMU
Media Release 16 Nobyembre 2010 Sa ikaanim na anibersaryo ng Hacienda Luisita Massacre, na una sa ilalim ng rehimen ni Pres. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III, kinondena ng sentrong unyong Kilusang Mayo Uno ang ayon dito’y “nagpapatuloy na kasinungalingan” ng pangulo kaugnay ng masaker na pumatay sa pito at sumugat sa marami pa. Ayon sa…
PR: Six Years After Luisita Massacre: Gov’t-Sponsored Violence Still Lurks in Labor Disputes
NEWS RELEASE 16 November 2010 “The continuing denial of justice to murdered Hacienda Luisita farm workers in 2004 sends a chilling message to all Filipino workers: Bloody government intervention remains at the doorstep of every labor dispute, especially with a Cojuangco-Aquino in the presidency.” This was the statement of labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor…