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Day: October 21, 2011
Killing the peace process
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The cold-blooded murder of 59-year-old Italian missionary priest, Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, who was a champion of indigenous people’s rights, an anti-mining campaigner and a human rights defender, jolts us all to the reality that President Benigno Aquino III’s promise of change is nothing but empty rhetoric aimed at…
Self-inflicted
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The destruction of the country’s institutions is proceeding apace. But it’s not the “enemies of the state” who’re subverting them; it’s the very institutions themselves, including those mandated to protect the state, that are doing it. “A bulwark of liberty.” “The protector of Philippine patrimony.” “The guardian…
Counterinsurgency has priority over peace talks
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Eight months have passed since the auspicious resumption by the Aquino government of peace talks with the National Democratic Front that Gloria Arroyo had suspended in 2005. But now the talks are stalled again, despite last February’s reaffirmation by the two sides of 12…
Impunity rears its ugly, brazen head
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The killing of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, shocked the nation. While the impunity in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations still prevails, nobody expected that it would victimize a Catholic priest, not since the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship. The killing of Fr. Tentorio does not only show…