By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Lower texts rate now and sanction non-complying telecommunication firms. This was the demand of the progressive party list group Bayan Muna as its members held a protest in front of the offices of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) early this week. The group decried what it said…
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New PNP Chief Hit for Criminal Raps Filed vs 27 Activists
BY BULATLAT Activists from Southern Tagalog slammed new Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Jesus Versoza for criminal charges filed against 27 of their colleagues. Members of Bayan Muna-Southern Tagalog led a picket protest in front of Camp Crame. The group deemed that Versoza will ‘continue his predecessor’s record of human rights violations.’ Twenty-seven activists from…
27 Southern Tagalog Activists Charged with Burning of Globe Cell Site
Twenty-seven leaders and members of people’s organizations in Southern Tagalog, including a labor lawyer, were charged with arson, destruction of property and conspiracy to commit rebellion. The activists said this is but part of the ‘legal offensive’ of Malacañang, which is meant to derail the people’s movement in the region. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN…