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Groups slam Aquino‘s buck-passing on Mamasapano clash
Progressive groups lambasted President Aquino, who, in a nationally-televised message, passed the blame to the head of the elite police commando unit for the deadly Mamasapano clash.
Beyond expectations
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld We write this essay on the third day of the uplifting visit of Pope Francis to the country after his half day stopover at Tacloban City, ground zero of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) and nearby Palo, cut short by another one of the innumerable storms that annually badger Eastern Visayas.…
The last leg of the Aquino presidency
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Pres. Benigno Aquino III is about to enter the last year of his administration. Technically, his term ends in one and a half years more. However, in the Philippines, a year before the elections, those gearing up to run – whether from inside or outside the government, from the ruling…
5th year of Ampatuan massacre | Aquino held accountable for impunity
“Aquino is wrong in saying that the killings are not work-related. These journalists were killed for their work, not because of a love triangle or any other reason.” – Luis Teodoro
Protests set to mark 10th year of Hacienda Luisita massacre
To date, no one has been punished for the gruesome killings.
Int’l groups decry abuses in Hacienda Luisita
The international group called for a joint inquiry by Senate and the House of Representatives on the reported abuses in Hacienda Luisita.
Luisita peasants, youth activists laud ‘hooligans’ who hounded Aquino in New York
“We, the new generation of so-called hooligans, cannot condone hypocrisy and lies.” – League of Filipino Students By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Peasants from Hacienda Luisita and youth activists praised the Filipino-Americans who stood up and questioned President Benigno S. Aquino III while he was delivering his keynote speech at the World…
Filipinos in Brussels meet Aquino with protest
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Members of Migrante Europe held a protest rally outside castle Val Duchesse in Brussels where President Aquino met with business leaders, Sept. 16. The protesters, led by Pastor Cesar Taguba, chairman of Migrante Europe criticised Aquino for corruption and human rights violations. Taguba also called for the solidarity of European people to…
Reopen Luisita massacre case, Ombudsman urged
“To reopen the case is but to afford due process to the complainants.”
BACK STORY | The Hacienda Luisita massacre: How it happened
Protests bare ‘real state of the nation’
People’s organizations in Manila, Bicol region, Bacolod City and Davao City hold protest actions during President Benigno Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), July 28. Photos by Dee Ayroso | Fred Dabu | Anne Ednalyn Dela Cruz | Loi Manalansan | Ronalyn V. Olea | Marya Salamat | Anne Marxze D. Umil (MANILA)…