By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Romilyn Ergy Ibañez adds to the growing list of OFWs who were killed or became victims of rape and violence but whose cases remain unsolved and the perpetrators got off scot-free.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) based in Hong Kong is appealing for justice on behalf of a 17-year-old boy in Basilan Mnindanao who was falsely accused by soldiers and policemen of being a member of the bandit...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com No way, no to using incinerators to solve Metro Manila's growing garbage crisis. The Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment is vehemently opposed to the proposal of Metro Manila Development Authority chairman Francis...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Killing of 7- year-old girl by a soldier strengthen calls for military pullout in Compostela "Because of military deployment in civilian communities, the lives of the children are placed in great risk." – Children's Rehabilitation Center
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com In the wake of President Benigno Aquino III's exuberant report regarding his supposedly successful business and diplomatic trip to China, Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares said the president should not be too eager to...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Rebel forces allied with the United States and the Northern Alliance Treaty Organization (NATO) might be targeting migrants and citizens of other nationalities in Libya. This is the fear of Migrante International after reports...
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"This is not something we can give up on easily. We are talking about our country's chances of securing a just and lasting peace and putting an end to the armed conflict. These are aspirations that all peace-loving Filipinos share, and we should persevere in the peace talks. If there are problems, we have to find solutions to them; if there are obstacles, then they should be overcome."
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Migrant Heritage Commission said it is high-time for the government to change its development paradigm, especially in the wake of reports that 1,000 Filipino teachers in Prince Georges County and Baltimore in Maryland are facing deportation.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The British government has proposed changes on regulations on settlement and overseas domestic workers, to restrict the options to settle in UK by non-European Union migrants who arrived with work-related visas.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Despite supposed efforts of the government to stamp it out, health statistics in the country continue to worsen as the most ordinary diseases and viruses like tuberculosis and dengue continue to claim lives. This has prompted...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The family and lawyers of detained cultural worker, poet and freelance journalist Ericson Acosta filed a petition for review at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on September 1. Acosta's counsels led by Julian...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Reports of how the AFP has been attacking and preventing the victory of progressive party-list groups abound. But the smoking gun that would prove these allegations was finally discovered: it was contained in the testimonies that the Mayuga report suppressed.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The largest alliance of migrant groups and families declared their strong opposition to the continuing attacks of the United States government and the Northern Alliance Treaty Organization (NATO) against Libya....
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – On August 29, three students of the University of the Philippines in Cebu have been arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for supporting farmers calling for genuine agrarian reform. The three students,...
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Gabriela said the CBCP should issue specific directives to Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos to stop coddling the accused priest. It also welcomed the statement earlier made by Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, head of the Catholic Bishops National Tribunal of Appeals, that it is the duty of the Diocese of Butuan to commence Cabonce’s trial under canon law.
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"I was so afraid and confused. He is a priest; I attended mass and received communion from him. After that first time I saw that he was not at all what he showed the world to be," she said.
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"The video shows the war crimes committed by Nato, as well as those committed by the Western media, which has decided to obfuscate the casualties and human suffering of the Libyan people and uphold the humanitarian fiction of Nato's R2P mandate." – Professor Michel Chossudovsky
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“We need to ask the crucial questions which Mayuga failed to ask. We need to pursue and undertake legislative remedies to ensure that election fraud is stamped out...” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap dismissed the recent report the World Bank (WB) released jointly with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) on the conditional cash transfer (CCT)...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The largest Filipino migrant alliance in Hong Kong has challenged the Benigno Aquino III administration to rethink its labor-export program and economic policies. The group said Aquino should do this as a move against “rising...
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