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By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Six days before the commemoration of International Human Rights Day, a military officer implicated in gross human rights violations took his oath before President Benigno Aquino III. Brig. Gen. Eduardo Año has been assigned...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"To seek justice and to right a wrong done to families who have been victims of enforced disappearances, will that be considered a leftist act?”
Youth groups urge public to sign petition against AO 31 (Photo by Chad Balangon / Bulatlat.com)
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The poor are still poor, exploited and oppressed. Today, social justice remains elusive, and the culture of impunity prevails, like it was under martial law.” – Karapatan
Sidebar: Aquino urged to indemnify victims, free all political prisoners
ByRONALYN V. OLEA
“Forty is not just a number to remember but a reminder of the length of time we have been fighting impunity and for the attainment of justice. “ – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Nagiging standard routine na itong kalakaran: magpapabaya ang gobyerno, iaasa sa at mamamayagpag ang pribadong negosyo (kasama ang iligal na pagmimina’t pagtrotroso, at kalabisan ng real estate developers) ang pagpapaunlad (re:...
MANILA – Progressive groups and netizens expressed disgust over what they branded as “early politicking” of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and his allies amid the massive devastation caused by floods. Official Malacanang photographs show Aquino on board a...
Press Release August 9, 2012 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today expressed its deepest sympathies to the hundreds of thousands of victims of the floods that inundated wide swathes of the National Capital Region and residential and commercial areas...
By MARYA SALAMAT
“For humanitarian consideration, it is appropriate that the government restrain all price hikes at this point.” -- Anakpawis
By SONNY AFRICA/IBON Foundation
In closing the 2012 SONA, President Aquino asked rhetorically: “Isn’t the agenda for change moving forward?” Unfortunately after two years, there is clearly no fundamental change and no systematic economic reforms taking place.
‘Send Gloria Arroyo back to jail’ (Photo courtesy of Anakpawis Partylist / Bulatlat.com)
By MARYA SALAMAT
“It is high time to call a spade a spade: the Aquino government has demonstrated that it can no longer meet even the minimum demands of the Filipino people for environmental protection and the wise utilization of natural resources towards people-oriented development and industrialization.” – Kalikasan Partylist
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The reactions to President Benigno Aquino III’s third state of the nation address are very varied. Of course, the Aquino government and its allies from the Liberal and Nacionalista parties are expected to praise it to high heavens....
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“And so this is justice under Aquino – torturers are given plum positions in the military, and the rich, powerful and notorious human rights violators like Palparan and Arroyo are mockingly free as preying vultures.” – Karapatan
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – They braved the heavy downpour and then the extreme heat to air their grievances. Some 1,000 protesters from Southern Tagalog, under the banner of the local chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and Save Bondoc...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Ever since he [Aquino] came to power, the education crisis has only worsened.” – National Union of Students of the Philippines
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Bugbog si Pnoy ng memes. I-type ang “noynoy aquino funny” sa Google Image search, at matutunghayan ang napakaraming imahen ng pag-take on mga tao’t organisasyon ng pangulo, ginagawang kabaligtaran ang isinasaad nito. Mula sa...
ByRONALYN V. OLEA
Not only does the Aquino government remain deaf to calls for the freedom of all political prisoners, it has continued the practice of detaining political dissenters.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The UN experts urged the authorities to carry out prompt, impartial and independent investigations into the growing number of threats and killings of rights defenders to hold perpetrators to account and to fight impunity.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The impeachment and eventual resignation of former ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, and the impeachment of former chief justice Renato Corona last year, which resulted in his removal this year, would surely banner the enumeration of...
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