Video: Youth Activist Recounts Ordeal in Hands of Soldiers
Activist Recounts Abduction, Torture
Video: Youth Activist Recounts Ordeal in Hands of Soldiers
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As 2010 Polls Draw Near, Unprecedented Fraud, Violence, ‘No-El’ Loom
As 2010 Polls Draw Near, Unprecedented Fraud, Violence, ‘No-El’ Loom
By ARNOLD PADILLA
Underneath the never-ending and intensifying political conflict is the permanent and worsening crisis of the economy. The raging economic crisis feeds the growing dispute among the various factions of the political elite contending for control of political power and monopoly of economic spoils – a conflict that has become more pronounced and increasingly vicious under the nine-year old Arroyo administration.
Military Did Not Need Martial Law Declaration to Abduct, Torture Activist
Military Did Not Need Martial Law Declaration to Abduct, Torture Activist
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Noriel Rodriguez, a member of Anakbayan, was tortured for 10 days by people he claimed to be soldiers. The soldiers, he said, threatened to harm his family and mutilate his genitals. He was released only after he was forced to sign papers stating that he was a rebel returnee. Related video: Noriel Rodriguez recounts his ordeal
Critics Denounce Martial Law in Maguindanao as a Ruse and a Cover-Up
Critics Denounce Martial Law in Maguindanao as a Ruse and a Cover-Up
Critics Slam Martial Law as Ruse, Cover-Up
End to Warlordism Urged in the Cordilleras
End to Warlordism Urged in the Cordilleras
The Cordillera region is not spared from state-perpetuated and state-supported political violence, according to the CPA, citing the provinces of Abra, Apayao and Kalinga as having a history of election-related and politically motivated killings and other forms of violence allegedly allowed to happen through powerful politicians and warlords with goons and private armies.
In Mendiola, Journalists, Activists Demand End to Impunity, Blame Arroyo for Killings
In Mendiola, Journalists, Activists Demand End to Impunity, Blame Arroyo for Killings
By AYI MUALLAM
On Wednesday, hundreds of Filipino journalists and activists, along with several of their colleagues from other countries, marched to Mendiola to mark the "Global Day of Action Against Impunity." The journalists and activists demanded an end to impunity and blamed the Arroyo regime for the rash of killings of activists and journalists nationwide. Listen now
Ampatuan Massacre a Culmination of Decades-Long ‘Culture of Impunity’ — IFJ
Ampatuan Massacre a Culmination of Decades-Long ‘Culture of Impunity’ — IFJ
Ampatuan Massacre and Culture of Impunity
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‘Maguindanao Folk Live in Fear Because of Martial Law’
‘Maguindanao Folk Live in Fear Because of Martial Law’
'Maguindanao Folk Live in Fear'
Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands
Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands
The perpetrators obviously thought that they could get away with their atrocity. The only possible explanation for such impunity is that these people were confident somebody higher up would protect them. We hold the regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for what happened in Ampatuan. It was her regime that had benefited from the reign of terror in Maguindanao. It was her regime that had encouraged and nurtured the violence that led to the massacre.
Military’s Oplan Bantay Laya Sows Terror, Disunity Among Lumads in Mindanao
Military’s Oplan Bantay Laya Sows Terror, Disunity Among Lumads in Mindanao
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
As foreign mining investments continue to encroach into Lumad lands in Northern Mindanao, the military, through its Oplan Bantay Laya, intensifies its campaign to stifle local opposition to these companies. A fact-finding mission found that so far this year, 13 Lumads have been summarily executed while more were tortured and harassed by soldiers and fellow Lumads co-opted by the military.
Attacks on Workers Persist as ILO Keeps Mum on Arroyo’s Accountability in Abuses
Attacks on Workers Persist as ILO Keeps Mum on Arroyo’s Accountability in Abuses
By MARYA SALAMAT
Two months after the International Labor Organization conducted a fact-finding mission in the Philippines, labor-rights violations escalate in the Philippines, as highlighted by the death of Danilo Belano, a long-time labor organizer, who died while being tailed and harassed by military agents.
Kabataan Partylist Pushes an Agenda for Change
Kabataan Partylist Pushes an Agenda for Change
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Kabataan says the youth have an important role in the coming elections as more than 40 percent of the voters are young Filipinos. "The youth can even dictate who they want to win in the May 2010 elections," says Rep. Raymond Palatino.
Benjie Oliveros | What’s Wrong with Arroyo’s Congressional Bid?
Benjie Oliveros | What’s Wrong with Arroyo’s Congressional Bid?
When Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita was quoted as saying that Arroyo’s first agenda if and when she gets elected in Congress is to pursue moves to amend the 1987 Constitution, it confirmed people’s suspicions that it was all about keeping herself in power.
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