“The fear of getting caught and arrested during clearing operations has always been there. I have always felt the discrimination, not just because I am a Muslim woman, but because I am poor and without a decent job.”
“This is an issue of the nation regardless of religion.”
“The US government and Duterte's incessant accusation against the Moro people as harboring terrorists gave a go-signal for the military and the police to openly attack Moro civilians and communities."
Groups called President Duterte’s declaration of Marawi’s liberation “ironic.”
The Meranaws of Marawi City are eager to return to their homes and get back on their feet without the encroachment of big business.
“The US wants to make the Philippines another Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria or Somalia.”
‘Why don’t they stop the bombing? There is no more enemy. Or even if there are enemies still, there are too few of them.
'I want to call on Pres. Duterte, please stop the bombing of Marawi and please lift Martial Law.'
The military exerts control not only over the traffic of people but the flow of information, too.
It is a riddle why the thousands of AFP troops, with a tremendous amount of firepower, have not yet driven ISIS fighters away, much less neutralize them.
If those who fear martial law are “living in the past,” it is because much of that past, with or without martial law, is still very much in the present. Human rights defenders are still under threat, and farmer leaders, indigenous people, protesters, and political...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective People were half expecting it, and we have always shouted “Never Again!” in response to these threats. And now, President Duterte has made good his threat of declaring martial law in Mindanao and hinted that he is willing to...
News Release ABS-CBN TV reporter Trini Velasco received a death threat via text message during the network’s coverage of the recently concluded barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) elections in Marawi City. Ms. Velasco, of ABS-CBN Cagayan de...
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