Press Release May 21, 2010 CALAMBA CITY - Hunderds of farmers were injured, several handcuffed while two are being held at the local police station after tensions broke at around 8:30am today in Sitio Buntog, Brgy. Canlubang over the disputed Hacienda Yulo land....
Policemen in the town of Pola, Oriental Mindoro, harassed and threatened Noel Alamar, dzMM Radyo Patrol reporter and president of the PNP Press Corps, Thursday night. Alamar, a native of Pola, said he and his wife, Roselle Aquino, Southern Tagalog correspondent of...
NEWS RELEASE 21 May 2010 Patuloy ang pag-init ng protesta ng mga residente ng North Triangle, Quezon City kaugnay sa kanilang pagtuligsa sa nakaambang demolisyon bunga ng proyektong QC-Central Business District (QC-CBD). Ilang araw matapos ang pagsasagawa ng...
MANILA- In marking the second death anniversary of working-class hero Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno called on the incoming Aquino administration to address Ka Bel’s demand for wage hike and protecting labor rights. “Ka Bel died without...
A Filipino migrant rights group in the Middle East today asks the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Affairs (OUMWA) and the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh to investigate the alleged heavy beating of an OFW on death row in a...
News Release May 19, 2010 Former Arroyo officials seeking posts under the new Aquino administration should be required to bare all they know of the outgoing regime before given any appointments. This was the challenge issued by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan to the...
Press Statement 19 May 2010 The nearly concluded national elections have much to say about the country’s current situation and prospects for change. On May 10, the nation witnessed how the Filipino people trooped and filled the polling areas despite the sickening...
News Release May 17, 2010 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the Supreme Court decision that junked First Gentleman Mike Arroyo’s bid to stop the hearings of the P12.5-million class suit filed by journalists for his...
News Release May 17, 2010 "The NDFP is committed to strive for a just and lasting peace in our country... On the basis of The Hague Joint Declaration and the other agreements already signed, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines is willing and ready to...
With the presidential elections now over save for the official proclamation of Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, we ask what is perhaps the same question in the mind of most Filipinos today: what can our forlorn people expect from an Aquino presidency?
Press Release May 12, 2010 Gloria Arroyo is passing a “thorny crown” to Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III with the appointment of Associate Justice Renato Corona to the chief justice post, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said Wednesday. Corona, who was Arroyo’s...
PRESS RELEASE May 10, 2010 MARAWI CITY – Elections in Tugaya was brought to a standstill when gunfire broke out between opposing candidates. One of the hottest areas in Lanao del Sur during elections, gun shots were already heard in the area Saturday last week....
PRESS RELEASE May 10, 2010 DAVAO CITY- With an escalating number of voters complaining from long hours of waiting before getting a priority number or opting to go home because of the confusing system of voting, the people’s watchdog, Pagbabago, fears the possible...
Press Statement May 10, 2010 Ang mga katutubo Katribu Partylist ay naa-alarma sa ibat ibang report na aming natatanggap sa mula sa aming mga pollwatchers na tambak ng mga technical at procedural na mga problema. Samut-saring report ang aming natanggap tulad ng...
PRESS RELEASE May 10, 2010 Within the first three hours after election day opened, Southern Tagalog regional poll-watchdog Kontra Daya, Kontra Karahasan already received from poll watchers numerous reports of PCOS machine breakdowns and election irregularities in...
PRESS RELEASE May 10, 2010 Four militants, brgy. official beaten, arrested by Makati PNP On the eve of election day, Southern Tagalog regional poll-watchdog Kontra Daya, Kontra Karahasan received reports of election-related violence against militant groups in the...
This time the situation is even more volatile because a new automated voting system is being used which has been tried out only at the last minute, and appears to be subject to a number of problems.
PRESS RELEASE May 10, 2010 11:46am - Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino expressed alarm over reports that possibly 250,000 first time voters who registered during the voter registration extension period would be disenfranchised. Palatino said that the...
Election watchdog AES Watch has set up a web-based Citizens’ Election Monitor. Citizens are invited to serve as volunteer reporters in their respective locations and report incidents related to the automated polls to the AES Watch website.
On the eve of election day, Southern Tagalog regional poll-watchdog Kontra Daya, Kontra Karahasan received reports of election-related violence against militant groups in the region. In Los Baños, Laguna, at around 12:30 mn, 3 members of Kabataan Partylist, a member of Bayan Muna Partylist and Barangay Human Rights Officer Virgilio Tandang were arrested and physically injured by alleged Makati police officers while in a mass-action of residents against the alleged vote-buying and flying-voter scheme of a mayoral candidate.
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