Repression invites more resistance than fear, and usually succeeds in achieving the exact opposite of its intention to intimidate. By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CENPEG) The Arroyo regime is focused on survival, but is instead succeeding in...
10,000 rights violations reported due to mining To the farmers, Ifugao communities, some business leaders and government officials of Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, northern Philippines a far worthy treasure more than mines exists in a budding citrus fruit industry in...
“We are living at a moment in history when civil liberties and democracy are under attack as never before and the need for a collective response to counter these threats has never been greater.” By D. L. MONDELO Political Correspondent for Europe BRUSSELS, Belgium...
Even in Region VII, regarded as an Arroyo bailiwick because she supposedly won the majority of the presidential vote in Cebu, some 78 percent of respondents were not satisfied with her performance. By IBON Foundation The Filipino people’s satisfaction with...
Handog para kay Fr. William Tadena at sa lahat ng mga nagalay ng buhay sa paglilingkod sa sambayanan ng Diyos Ni Rev. Erahvilla M. Maga-Cabillas Summary execution… Ambush… Salvaging … Tawagin man sa iba’t-ibang salita Pareho lang ang pagkahulugan: PAGKITIL NG...
The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to recent IBON survey. By IBON Foundation The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is...
Some 1,300 Filipinos were working at Camp Anaconda alone "One of the construction Filipinos (said) … that they were treated like human cattle by some of the Western employees there and that they did not receive enough medical treatment when they were ill." By David...
Ni E. San Juan, Sr. Ihabol lamang ang pakulo ng makulit kong ‘pare sa New York City, texting via cellphone:) “Kutob nami’y dumating na ang interesanteng panahon ng ating buhay nang mapanood sa TV ang pambobomba ng tubig kina Bishop Labayen, Guingona, Satur at mga...
By Paulino O. Pruel Kay sarap pakinggan Tagos sa puso't isipan Tawag sa iyo Bayani ng bayan Sa panahong kasalukuyan Hinahangaan sa iyong katatagan Nilisan mo ang sariling bayan Hanap ay magandang kapalaran Sa ibayong dagat makikipagsapalaran Lungkot sa pamilya...
The boys, photographed in Pampanga province some one and a half hours north of Manila, watch in excitement as from the middle of the stick, a spider hangs and scrambles up. In a few minutes it will be fighting it out with the other spider at the end of the stick....
By Abner Bolos Oct. 16, 2005 TARLAC CITY- The secretary general of Bayan Muna party-list in Tarlac province was shot dead by still unidentified men yesterday morning, Oct. 15, in his home in Barangay (village) Tuec, Camiling, Tarlac. The victim, Florante Collantes,...
A cloud of anxiety now stalks the ranks of farm-worker beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita, the 6,453-ha. sugar estate owned and operated by the powerful Cojuangco clan of Tarlac (120 kms north of Manila). After seeking justice for 37 years, they are made to wait a...
Negros farmers groups demand similar SDO cancellation First of two parts After Tarlac City, Negros sugarlandia is bracing for peasant rumblings as demand has been raised for the cancellation of the stock distribution scheme (SDO) in several plantations. Negros has...
Conclusion To evade land reform, Negros plantation owners together with local executives and land reform officials have devised various schemes. All these enflamed cane farm workers even more. By Karl G. Ombion and Ranie Azue BACOLOD CITY - The history of landlord...
First of four-part series Roy (not his real name), 15, had been covering up his arm the whole afternoon when visitors went to their cell. When the jail warden made the juvenile law offenders squat and line up to greet the visitors, he went to the farthest spot to...
Second of four parts by Mylene Buensuceso, Ronald Caraig, Likha Cuevas, and Jenielle Marie Enojo According to the latest Save the Children-UK Philippines (SCUK-Phils) study, poverty is the root of juvenile crimes. It involves committing a violation while in the...
Third of four parts by Mylene Buensuceso, Ronald Caraig, Likha Cuevas, and Jenielle Marie Enojo Life was just starting for the eight minors when they were incarcerated inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinglupa City, 28 kms south of Manila. A DSWD Head...
Last of four parts by Mylene Buensuceso, Ronald Caraig, Likha Cuevas, and Jenielle Marie Enojo Alvin (not his real name) was incarcerated for 6 months for his alleged crime of shoplifting a 200-ml shampoo worth P89 ($1.59, based on an exchange rate of P55.83 per US...
When photojournalists transcend their occupation of using the lens just to observe or break the news and dare step into the workers’ front lines, their images can rouse the viewer out of detached contemplation. By Lisa C. Ito The power of photojournalism lies in...
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