Our unities should be based on the recognition that our enemies are not each other but the oppressive state. We have seen this when the fraternities of UP declared fratwar, not against each other but a fratwar against budget cuts, fratwar against Lumad killings, or the frat war against tyranny and fascism.
Denmark’s Ambassador to the Philippines said he “reads” the media, but has apparently been misreading them. He said “some media” are “systematically negative” in their reporting on the government, but his subsequent statements sounded as if he was describing most,...
When he returns from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea (Nov. 17-18), President Duterte said he would announce if he would meet with Fidel V. Agcaoili and Luis Jalandoni, head and former head now adviser, respectively,...
Those Filipinos aware of the record-breaking looting of the public treasury by the Marcos kleptocracy are hailing the Sandiganbayan’s conviction of Imelda Marcos on seven counts of graft. They had already lost hope that any of the billions diverted to Swiss bank...
Ni ROMMEL PIPOY LINATOC Isa, ang deka-dekadang kasaysayan ng KAGUTUMAN Dalawa, pang-aalipin at kalabisan Tatlo, panginoong nagpapasasa sa TUBO Apat, punglo ng mga berdugo Lima, mga balitang mapanlinlang Anim, pangdarahas sa LUPANG pinagyaman Pito, mga tsinelas na...
What often gets left out of the frame are images of farmer and fisherfolk households forcibly evicted from their homes, divested of livelihood, security, and property. What never make the headlines are these stories of poor families excluded from their own community due to land grabs, which remain doubly driven by private property and wanton state complicity.
By E. G. Geronimo Can you see those eyes full of pain and questions? Would you dare answer the nagging questions in the deep recesses of his mind? What is injustice? What is greed? Why is there injustice? Why is there greed? Why should we suffer from all these? Why...
Last Tuesday night, human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos, who assisted the families of the nine farm workers massacred in a Sagay City hacienda on Oct. 20, was gunned down by a tandem of motorcycle-riding men near his home in Kabangkalan City. He was a founding...
Ni JHIO JHAN NAVARRO Apat na pirasong tanso ang tinanggap niyang kabayaran matapos masugid na ipaglaban karapatan ng mga nasa sakahan Apat na pirasong tanso na di inabot sa kanyang palad bagkus itinarak sa laman dagling ibinaon sa awang katawan Apat na pirasong...
The more disturbing issue, however, is the ever-increasing human rights violations and extrajudicial killings of human rights activists who advocate for ordinary people and local communities opposed to large-scale mining operations.
“Neri Colmenares has always supported our call for justice...We want him in the senate.”
Convening the National Security Council’s executive committee last Tuesday at the Ebuen military airbase in Cebu, President Duterte issued orders to push harder state actions against the Left revolutionary movement. Specifically he ordered the Department of Justice...
Too bad, that even before the massacre of nine farm workers in Sagay, Negros Occidental has been thoroughly investigated, President Duterte is already echoing the military and police line. Landless farmers, he said, were seizing agricultural lands from the...
A “nuisance candidate,” to summarize what Section 69 of the Omnibus Election Code says, is someone who files a certificate of candidacy (CoC) with the intention of mocking the electoral process or putting it in disrepute; whose name is similar to that of other...
The filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) by those running for the Senate ended two days ago on Oct. 17. As usual, the media focused their attention on high-profile and so-called “nuisance candidates.” But they failed to mention that the outcome of the May...
After being roundly criticized, two high-profile officials were recently shoved out of Malacañang – presidential spokesman Harry Roque and assistant presidential communication secretary Mocha Uson – and they are now seeking election to Congress: Roque to the...
Ni JHIO JAN A. NAVARRO Matamis na tubo Palay na ginto Pagkalabit ng gatilyo Dinilig ng dugo Karo't bara Kalabaw at pala Saksi sa krimen Ng trenta y otso't pistola Biktima ng mga ganid Kabalintunaan ang sinapit-- Nagpunla ng butil Umani ng bala Banat sa yuko Salat...
Based on the Coastal Resource Management Project conducted by scientist group AGHAM, 670 kilos of fish catch will be lost for every hectare of mangrove that will be damaged.
Bayan-GL condemned the arrest, “targeting members of organizations actively pursuing the call for genuine land reform and national industrialization.”
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