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By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Other story: Daybreak rally, protest caravans greet US-RP Balikatan exercises MANILA -- Government employees held a protest action against Balikatan, a joint military exercises between the United States and the Armed Forces of...
By LYN V. RAMO
The Army captain enticed the young, poor teenage girls with gifts and trips, until he had his way and the girls’ future were forever shattered.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The 74th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Air Force led by a Lt. Vitalico Sacoso and based in Sitio Malamig, Brgy. Sto. Nino, San Francisco, in Quezon Province is being charged of illegally arresting three youth...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"How can they say that they are for peace and development when they are terrorizing us?"
By RONALYN V. OLEA
This year alone, four children have been killed. – Children’s Rehabilitation Center
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The two children were playing inside their house when an M203 grenade hit their house killing Rhodelyn instantly.
By DL MONDELO
Revolutionary Joma Sison answers questions about his rumored homecoming and the Aquino govt’s distractions while promised reforms crawl or turn comatose.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“No amount of political manipulation or attempt to project himself as a protagonist in the quest for justice against Arroyo could dispel the truth that he (President Aquino) continues the latter's legacy of state terror through Oplan Bayanihan.” – Roneo Clamor, secretary general of Karapatan
By RONALYN V. OLEA and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) has documented one case of a child’s death due to indiscriminate firing, 12 cases of frustrated killings, eight cases of illegal arrest and detention, five cases of torture, one case of abduction and numerous cases of attacks on schools.
PRESS RELEASE MANILA --The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today slammed the Tan political dynasty for using Western Samar's possible recall elections to push militarization and warlordism. “We condemn the maneuver from the Tan dynasty through the...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Aquino government, and the media have been declaring that it is committed to peace, especially after 19 soldiers were killed in a firefight in Albarka, October 18, and another seven more soldiers and policemen two days after in...
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: Create conditions for peace, not all-out war, Aquino told When it comes to addressing the conflict in Mindanao, nothing has really changed in Philippine government policy despite the change from one president and...
By Bulatlat.com DAVAO City-- Eight soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' 69th IB were killed and an undetermined number were wounded after a team of the New People's Army's 1st Pulang Bagani Company engaged them in a firefight on Sept. 19 at 1:15 pm. It...
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CTIY—Activists and progressive organizations urged media practitioners to join them in the campaign to put an end to vilification due to political beliefs through fair and responsible reporting. In a...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Marking the International Day of the Disappeared, more than a hundred relatives and colleagues of missing activists gathered today in front of a mall in Quezon City where Jonas Burgos was taken. Protesters put up a signage...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com DLUMAY, Sarangani -- (Second of two parts) In an effort to document the human rights violations being perpetrated on the Blaans, Clans organized a peace and solidarity mission to visit Sitio Dlumay. More than 150 reporters and...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"Our lives as Blaans are not affected no matter who wins the national elections. It is these non-government agencies who have been doing a big chunk of their work to improve our lives. So no one could take that away from us."
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Two indigenous women, one an Aggay and another a Higaonon, share the yoke of the military abuses inflicted against mountain peoples and indigenous peoples. Their husbands, also from the same indigenous groups, had fallen...
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today said the 8th Infantry Division is exploiting the bishops of the Catholic Church in Samar like chess pieces in Oplan Bayanihan's game of war. “It is reprehensible for 8th ID chief Gen. Mario Chan to exploit the...
MEDIA RELEASE 24 June 2011 MANILA -- “You cannot escape accountability with another lie,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez in reaction to Gen. Eduardo Oban’s statement that there is “no HR (human rights) violations this year.” AFP chief Gen. Eduardo Oban earlier said in a...
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