Bishops, groups say no to reclamation
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle encouraged people to be "stewards of God's creation," and signed a petition to oppose the Laguna Lake Expressway Dike Project.
Bishops, groups say no to reclamation
Dismissed workers of a Samsung supplier picket employers confab
Dismissed workers of a Samsung supplier picket employers confab
MAKATI City -- Filipino workers of one of the biggest electronics firms in the world picketed a government-employers’ forum on Corporate Social Responsibility in Makati City Sept. 3. They lodged an appeal for their reinstatement to one of the companies present....
People’s initiative: Challenges and responses
People’s initiative: Challenges and responses
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Definitively, the nationwide sign-up campaign for a trailblazing people’s initiative bill to abolish the pork barrel system and, through its penal provisions, to “exact accountability for the plunder of the...
Critics being negative about negativity is a positive thing
Critics being negative about negativity is a positive thing
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Benigno Aquino III has done it before: lamented the “negativity” of his critics as well as that of the Philippine press and media. “Negativity” and “negativism” have been an even more noticeable part of his public...
The juggernaut that’s the anti-pork movement
The juggernaut that’s the anti-pork movement
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld A year ago it had seemed that the spontaneous gesture of outrage by hundreds of thousands who converged at the Rizal Park to protest the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) anomalies signaled the end of...
Southern Tagalog groups demand justice for missing, slain colleagues
Southern Tagalog groups demand justice for missing, slain colleagues
Women, labor and human rights groups gathered in Santa Rosa City to commemorate the enforced disappearance of Ben and the brutal assassination of Tita Mely.
Lumad groups cry: ‘Disband all paramilitary units’
Lumad groups cry: ‘Disband all paramilitary units’
“This is a clear indication of Oplan Bayanihan’s dirty tactics in using Lumads as baits and pawns in military operation.” – Bai Norma Capuyan, vice chair of Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao (Kalumaran)
Luneta rallyists dance, laugh, ‘stand up and sign’ against pork barrel
Luneta rallyists dance, laugh, ‘stand up and sign’ against pork barrel
A year after the Million People March rally against pork barrel, a smaller, but still upbeat crowd showed up, and with sharper calls, now pointed against President Aquino.
6-Million signature drive vs pork barrel kicks off in Cebu
6-Million signature drive vs pork barrel kicks off in Cebu
Church and civil society leaders from different regions gathered in Cebu City yesterday to pilot the 6-million signature campaign to abolish the pork barrel system. According to the organizers, more than 1,000 individuals were monitored to have attended the...
Rights group warns of more harassment on activists as Manobo leader is freed on bail
Rights group warns of more harassment on activists as Manobo leader is freed on bail
“This is clearly another case of state harassment against progressive leaders and organizations to silence us amid the mounting public clamor for change. What is dangerous is that 101 John Does have been included in the warrant that was used to arrest him.” – Naty Castro, secretary general of Karapatan-Caraga
Seduced by a dangerous dance of Cha-cha
Seduced by a dangerous dance of Cha-cha
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld About Benigno Aquino III’s declaration in a TV5 interview that he would “listen to his bosses,” we can either (1) assume that it was his demure way of saying that he will indeed seek a second term, or (2) dismiss it...
Abolish the pork barrel via people’s initiative
Abolish the pork barrel via people’s initiative
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The controversies that have arisen from the Supreme Court’s consecutive rulings on the unconstitutionality of the PDAF (Priority Development Assistance Fund of legislators) and the DAP (Disbursement...
Groups score secrecy, watered down autonomy in delayed Moro peace agreement
Groups score secrecy, watered down autonomy in delayed Moro peace agreement
'The GPH-MILF peace talks seem to only further the political agenda of Aquino and Liberal Party in Mindanao.' -- Amira Lidasan, Suara president
1 Black man is killed every 28 hours by police or vigilantes | America is perpetually at war with its own people
1 Black man is killed every 28 hours by police or vigilantes | America is perpetually at war with its own people
From the war on drugs to the war on terror, law enforcement's battle against minorities serves as pacification. By ADAM HUDSON Alternet.org Police officers, security guards, or self-appointed vigilantes extrajudicially killed at least 313 African-Americans in 2012...
From Fallujah to Ferguson | The US war culture has come home to roost
From Fallujah to Ferguson | The US war culture has come home to roost
By GILBERT MERCIER Counterpunch.org Police violence in the United States should not surprise anyone. In Ferguson, Missouri, we have witnessed the use against US citizens of Iraq-tested war technologies. On August 17, 2014, a police force using armored vehicles and...
3 indigenous peoples killed in a week
3 indigenous peoples killed in a week
“Even with the capture of notorious Gen. Jovito Palparan recently, his butcher mentality and his bloody human rights record have been well-entrenched in the AFP’s bureaucracy and is carried on by no less than his protégé, Gen. Ricardo Visaya. The continuing Palparan-like killings and tactics is proof of that.” – Jomorito Goaynon, chair of Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization
Palparan prosecution: A step to check impunity
Palparan prosecution: A step to check impunity
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Finally retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. — tagged as “the Butcher” for his long record of human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of political...
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