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As Election Nears, Military Intensifies Harassment of Partylist Groups, Leftist Bets
As Election Nears, Military Intensifies Harassment of Partylist Groups, Leftist Bets
By RONALYN V. OLEA and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Elements of the military have been roaming around urban centers in Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog and Mindanao with the objective of not only of driving these groups from the communities but campaigning against their candidates.
Teresa Quinawayan: Bringing Health Services to the Poor
Teresa Quinawayan: Bringing Health Services to the Poor
By MARYA SALAMAT
As a member of the Council for Health and Development, Tere helps out in implementing projects being undertaken by community-based health programs (CBHPs).
Benjie Oliveros | Appeals Court Decision on Morong 43 Sets Dangerous Precedent
Benjie Oliveros | Appeals Court Decision on Morong 43 Sets Dangerous Precedent
It was obvious that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was lying right from the start. And yet, despite the glaring violations of the rights of the 43 health workers, the Court of Appeals (CA) junked the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Why?
Live Webcast: Kin of Morong 43 Speak of Despair
Live Webcast: Kin of Morong 43 Speak of Despair
In a forum today, March 13, between the relatives and lawyers/supporters of the Morong 43, the relatives expressed the difficulties they face more than a month after the 43 health workers were taken by soldiers during a health training in Morong, Rizal. They spoke of the hardships they have to endure each time they visit their relatives in Camp Capinpin, the harassment many of them continue to face from the military, and of their despair in seeing their loved ones behind bars.
Group Releases Scathing Report on Violations of Workers’ Rights in Philippines
Group Releases Scathing Report on Violations of Workers’ Rights in Philippines
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), an NGO that documents and monitors human-rights violations committed against workers in the Philippines, released today a report that says that, in the past 50 years, unemployment in the country is highest in the nine years that President Arroyo is in power and that attacks on workers and unionists have worsened.
Audio/Photos: Junking of Legal Doctrine Used Vs. Morong 43 Sought
Audio/Photos: Junking of Legal Doctrine Used Vs. Morong 43 Sought
Outside the Court of Appeals, relatives and supporters of the Morong 43 held a protest action.
"US Accountable for Gregan's Death"
Filipino Dies in US Army Camp in Marawi: Officials Rule Suicide; Kin Insist Murder
Filipino Dies in US Army Camp in Marawi: Officials Rule Suicide; Kin Insist Murder
By RONALYN V. OLEA
On Jan. 30, Gregan Cardeño went home happy that he had finally found a job. He had just signed a contract with a security agency that posted him as an interpreter for the American troops in Cotabato City. He ended up in Marawi where, inside a US barracks, he supposedly hanged himself. His family, however, is convinced that he had been murdered, probably even abused.
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