By RONALYN V. OLEA
“After almost four years of waiting, we finally see a glimmer of hope…While we seem to have won this battle, the real measure of success is the recovery of my son. We shall continue the fight until Jonas is returned to us, alive and well and justice is served.” – Edita Burgos
Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of abducted peasant organizer Jonas Burgos, left for the United Kingdom last week to attend a forum organized by Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines-United Kingdom (CHRP-UK), Amnesty International-UK and the British trade union group Unison, which aims to highlight the problem of enforced disappearances in the Philippines.
“Did it have to take so long for the Supreme Court to find out that the investigators made serious lapses? ...the Supreme Court took five weeks short of 2 years simply to say that it cannot rule on the case because there were lapses in the investigation?” Mrs. Edita Burgos said in a letter to the justices dated June 23, a copy of which was sent to Bulatlat.
The Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) held a press conference today challenging presumptive president Noynoy Aquino to take the straight path to justice and help surface all the victims of enforced disappearances under the term of Ms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Written by Palanca awardees Joi Barrios-Leblanc and Rowena Festin and Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) member Grundy Constantino and directed by Socrates Jose, "Mrs. B" depicts the agony and courage of a mother searching for her son. With award-winning actresses Bibeth Orteza and Gina Alajar playing the role of Mrs. Burgos, even the desensitized and the unaware would be moved into tears. Although the two actors have different approaches in portraying Mrs. Burgos, both are so intense and so good that their performances are incomparable.
In this audio clip, Edita Burgos, the mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos, talks about her recent trip to Europe where she brought her campaign to force the Philippine government to surface her son. She also talks about the human-rights situation in the Philippines and why President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a "bad mother" to the Filipino people. 
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Groups Denounce Continued Use of Torture
(Kay Jonas Burgos, desaparecido) NI MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 16 May 27-June 2, 2007 Noong mawala ang susi ng aparador, itinaob namin ang buong bahay. Bakit hindi kita hahanapin, Jonas, ngayong dinukot ka ng mga operatiba ni Arroyo? Waring...
The implementation of the writ of amparo which takes effect Oct 24 gives hope to families of about 200 victims of enforced disappearances. A test case is that of activist-agriculturist Jonas Burgos who was abducted allegedly by state agents on April 28. By Dabet...
(Bulatlat.com) July 22, 2008- 2:58 p.m. The human rights group Karapatan criticized the Court of Appeals for junking the petitions for the writ of habeas corpus and for writ of amparo of Mrs. Edith Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos. Jonas was abducted...
Taken: Edita Burgos and the Search for Jonas
Being alone is a fate worse than death. Yes, a day of not seeing someone may be a torturing experience, but one wonders aloud, how does it feel not to see a loved one for a year, not knowing where to find the person you’re missing, and all that’s left are memories...
NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 30, September 2-8, 2007 (Para sa mga magulang nina Jonas, Karen at Sherlyn at sa pamilya nina Luisa at Nilo ng Panay) Hinahanap ko Siyang nawawala. Pinagtatagpi ang mga ebidensiya, Pinagdudugtong ang mga...
When Jonas Burgos’s relatives and friends trooped to Camp Aguinaldo last April 28 to mark the second anniversary of his disappearance, their prayers and speeches were drowned out with loud and lewd music. (BY FLON FAURILLO/Bulatlat.com)
“The Philippine National Report is significant not for what it says but for what it does not say. It is a selective, one-sided, self-serving account of the Philippine government's so-called achievements and best practices in fulfilling its human rights obligations....
Kin, Friends Mark 2nd Year of Jonas Abduction
BY JUAN ANGELO A. HONGO AND MARIANNE B. MIRAMBEL Bulatlat To mark the second year anniversary of his abduction, family members, friends and supporters of activist Jonas Burgos gathered today in a mass at Camp Agunaldo’s Gate 1. Jonas, son of the late press freedom...
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