Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
“General Iriberri, your fellow Surigaonons are being slaughtered in the military’s implementation of counter-insurgency operations.”
Lumad victims from Lianga, Surigao del Sur recounted the horrors of the Sept.1 rampage by a paramilitary group, who entered their community along with soldiers.
“We urge law enforcement authorities to do their part so that the killing rampage of these armed paramilitary groups can be immediately stopped.”
“Not a single cent to the military monsters.”
“No perpetrator has been arrested, while the 36th and 75th infantry battalion and Special Forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines continue their military operations in the mountain areas."
Grief, anger and indignation sent protesters out to the streets last week, calling for justice for victims of killings by paramilitary and military groups in Mindanao, and other parts of the country.
Faced with the reign of terror by paramilitary and military, Lumad communities were forced to leave their homes – again.
Paramilitary groups, suspected of collusion with the military, have killed five people in five days, and caused massive forced evacuation.
Terror operations by soldiers and paramilitary men set off a new wave of evacuation of peasant and Lumad communities in Surigao del Sur province.
“We are here because we will not let them be forgotten...These are their faces, these are their names.”
There’s more to the visits by US military officials, says a group.
“The dwindling population of Philippine Eagles means we are still failing at protecting our forests.”
“The Filipino people’s vigilance when it comes to their sovereign powers is needed now more than ever.”
“As the affected indigenous peoples community, the exercise of our right to self-determination through the free, prior and informed consent process has been systematically and insidiously curtailed.”
“The treatment of the BBL is one such example that shows there are no serious efforts to achieve peace in the country today.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
“Damming of rivers, changing their use or diverting their flow also means desecrating indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands and the loss of indigenous knowledge and culture.”
“We must put an end to this policy of poison and plunder, and must make sure that politicians who will continue this mining policy regime are no longer allowed to remain in power.”
“We refuse to give up the struggle, and they try to kill us. We give up, they will still kill us. So, it’s better to carry on the struggle.” – Datu Guibang Apoga of Talaingod, Davao del Norte
“The amendment not only maintains the status quo, but an outright deprivation of what remains of the wealth in our lands, which have been raped by outsiders.”
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