By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Migrante International’s chapter in the Middle East is demanding to know why no one is heading the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) Migrant Workers Affairs division. Migrante-ME said no one has yet replaced Esteban Conejos who used to stand as the division’s undersecretary. On February 2012, President…
Day: September 5, 2012
De La Salle professors support RH bill, call for openness
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Just when Interaksyon.com published an interview with the late former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini who said that the Catholic Church was “200 years out of date,” De La Salle professors called for intellectual openness and empowerment of the poor and marginalised…
NDFP remains hopeful peace talks to resume
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Sometimes, you ask ‘Why should you still have talks with a regime that shows no political will? That violates human rights? On the other hand, the economic crisis is worsening and it shows the necessity of holding negotiations on socio-economic reforms to address the roots of the armed conflict.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
Sidebar: Police, military collude to defy court order, keep Red leader in military detention
Suspected Cafgu members attack Lumad protest camp in Bukidnon
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Lumad families left their community and set up a protest camp in Bukidnon after their village leader Jimmy Liguyon was killed by Alde “Butchoy” Salusad of the New Indigenous Peoples’ Army Reform (NIPAR) and his father, Nonong Salusad, a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographic Unit (CAFGU). But paramilitary forces continue to attack them with impunity.
40 years after, martial law activists still clamor for justice
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
Transport leader killed in Pampanga
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Ponciano ” Poncing” Infante, president of the local transport group Pasada-Angeles City and the Pandan-Angeles Drivers Operators Association, was killed by two men riding a motorcycle last September 3. George San Mateo of Piston said Infante is the fourth transport leader killed this year.
Cordillera sunrise
BAUKO, Mt. Province — Photo enthusiasts reach the peak of Mt. Bandilaan just in time for the bursting of colors in the skyline. Photo by CHRIS LINAG (Bulatlat.com)