March 31, 2011 PRESS RELEASE DAVAO CITY —The streets of Davao City are silent but the people have spoken. Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao declares victory today as the people valiantly expressed their voice against the unbridled exploitation of oil companies by way of a nationwide transport strike. A measly 5% of Davao City’s estimated 10,000…
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Unrelated Killings or an Undeclared War?
Is the recent spate of activist killings in Southern Mindanao an unfortunate series of coincidences or are they somehow related to the Philippine military’s counter-insurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya 2? Successive reports and claims of shootings involving a red XRM motorbike; the use of a .45 pistol and the fact that three Bayan Muna (People…
International Mission to Probe Labor Killings
BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by Bulatlat.com Alarmed by the unabated killing of political activists, world labor leaders will visit the country next month to investigate killings of labor leaders and organizers and repression of the labor sector. San Fernando, Pampanga—Alarmed by the unabated killing of political activists, world labor leaders will…