By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Farmers and human rights activists urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify a partylist group allegedly with links to the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB). In a petition for disqualification, human rights group Karapatan and the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) called for the removal and/or…
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In Negros Occidental, children suffer worst blows of rights violations
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Negros farmers suffer atrocities from ‘landlord-hired bandit group’ Sidebar: The peace pact with the RPA–ABB SAGAY CITY, Negros Occidental – Lelia Devera, a resident of E.B. Magalona, brought her five-year-old granddaughter Princess to Bacolod City where they would be relatively safe from the atrocities allegedly being inflicted…
Groups blast Aquino gov’t’s P31-M ‘reward’ to RPA-ABB
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) in Panay lashed out against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its attempts to justify the Aquino administration’s release of some P31 million ($720 thousand) to the break-away faction of the RPA-ABB based in Panay and Negros Islands. Bayan-Panay based its criticism…