By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Leonard Co, unarguably one of the country’s foremost botanists and biodiversity experts, as well as an indefatigable conservationist, was killed in a forested area in Kananga, Leyte last Monday, together with two of his companions, while undertaking scientific explorations under the auspices of the Energy Development…
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2010 Elections: Dedicated Lawyer and Youth Partylist Nominee Receives Death Threat
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
As the elections are drawing near, threats against nominees of progressive party-list groups such as Kabataan are intensifying.
Anti-Communist Palparan Challenged to Report Achievements in Congress
PRESS RELEASE March 14, 2010 Self-proclaimed anti-communist mongerer Jovito Palparan should stop acting like a scorned woman blabbering unfounded accusations repeatedly against genuine partylist groups and focused his propaganda work on his achievements in Congress, if he has any. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These…
Still Playing the Deadly Game
Still Playing the Deadly Game, Retired military general Jovito Palparan may have shed off his Army uniform and donned the barong of Congressmen. But he still has maintained his military mindset – accusing activists of being communists, which, during his days in the military, meant being a target for abduction, torture, and extrajudicial killing. (By Flon Faurillo)
Political Killings Linked to Arroyo’s Order to End Insurgency
In his follow-up report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Prof. Philip Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said the Philippine government has not eliminated extrajudicial killings from its counterinsurgency operations.
Militants Hold Rally Against Palparan
Militants Denounce Palparan in Rally
Groups to Block Palparan’s Proclamation as Solon
BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Left-leaning groups vowed to block retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr.’s proclamation as partylist representative. In light of the Supreme Court ruling on April 21 adding 32 additional partylist representatives in Congress, Bantay partylist will get one seat and thus make Palparan a member of Congress. House Deputy Minority Leader…
UN Human Rights Committee Says Arroyo Gov’t Guilty of Violating Rights on Marcellana-Gumanoy case
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee has found the Arroyo government guilty of violating the rights of human rights defenders Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy. Marcellana, then Karapatan-Southern Tagalog secretary general and Gumanoy, local peasant leader, were abducted and killed in April 2003. Witnesses point to the “Bonnet Gang,” a paramilitary group linked with…
Cries for Justice Pursue Palparan
When he retired and after his appointment to the National Security Council fell through because of widespread opposition, Palparan has evaded media attention – in contrast to his frequently hogging the headlines during his days in military service. He must have thought that by doing so, he could escape responsibility for the long lists of…
Burnt Human Bones Found in Former Military Camp
BY BULATLAT Anthropology experts found pieces of burnt human bones in the vicinity of the former 24th Infantry Battalion (IB) detachment in Bgy. Bliss in Limay, Bataan. The news was relayed through a text message by Ruth Cervantes, public information officer of Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of Human Rights). The experts accompanied Raymond Manalo,…
Sinong Paniniwalaan? (Kay Ka Ric Ramos ng CATLU)
Ni Raul Funilas Posted by Bulatlat.com Kasarapan nang tagayan Sa bakurang pahingahan, Labimpitong kasamahan Ni Ka Ric, nagkakantahan. At ang kanilang usapa’y Ang bakpey sa sobrang araw Nilang pinagtrabahuhan. Nang biglang umalingawngaw! Ang putok na nakadungaw Ng M14 itinambang Sa makapal na halaman Nang nanubok sa inuman. Habulang himig: Bang! Bang! Bang! Nagkanya-kanyang pulasan, Kasamang…