By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Thank you for opening your home to us. Thank you for laughing with us. Thank you for sharing your stories. Thank you for showing us what it means when we say that a ‘true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.” – LFS San Francisco
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Sins against Filipino women are being committed on a daily basis.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — As slain urban poor leader Antonio “Nono” Homo was laid to rest on Tuesday, his kin and comrades vowed to continue fighting and asserting their right to decent housing and social services to make sure that he did not die in vain. “We are demanding for justice…
We, of the National Clergy Discernment Group (NCDG), express our disgust that justice for the murder of Fr. Cecilio Lucero is not yet attained. We express our disappointment that after one year, nothing have come out of the investigation. It was on Sept.6, 2009, an early Sunday morning, when some thirty heavily armed persons in…
BY BULATLAT Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano assailed Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez’s dismissal of the recent report of United Nation’s special rapporteur Philip Alston. Gonzalez told reporters in Malacañang to “just ignore” the recent report of Alston on the Arroyo administration’s failure to institute reforms to address the extrajudicial killings in the country. “To ignore Alston…
Militant youth organizations are set to call for class walk-out in various schools and universities and would mobilize students for the ‘People’s State of the Nation Address’ that will be held simultaneously with the president’s SONA scheduled on July 28. By JEFFREY OCAMPO Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 25, July 27-August 2, 2008 Youth…
Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) has condemned the killing of Davao peasant leader Celso Pojas, the first victim of extrajudicial killing in Davao City. BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) has condemned the killing of Davao peasant leader…
NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 30, September 2-8, 2007 (Para sa mga magulang nina Jonas, Karen at Sherlyn at sa pamilya nina Luisa at Nilo ng Panay) Hinahanap ko Siyang nawawala. Pinagtatagpi ang mga ebidensiya, Pinagdudugtong ang mga salaysay, Idinudulog sa hukuman. Hinahanap ko Siyang nawawala. Iwinawaksi ang masamang panaginip: Ang…
“We are concerned that the extrajudicial killings could be a conscious and systematic part of the Philippine government’s counterinsurgency program and that financial assistance from our government is being used to support, directly or indirectly, those within the PNP and AFP who are responsible for the killings” – U.S. legislators. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS HUMAN RIGHTS…
William Claver was among those who attended the July 28 memorial mass that honored the late Alyce Omengan-Claver, a victim of extra-judicial killing in an ambush that originally intended to kill her husband, Dr. Constancio “Chandu” Claver, last year. He is esteemed throughout the Cordillera as a champion of indigenous peoples’ rights. BY LYN V.…
The Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has on file 28 complaints against the GRP for extra-judicial killings. Twenty-three of these cases have corresponding complaints filed against the NDFP. There is no evidence in most of the corresponding…