BY BULATLAT The crackdown against Southern Tagalog activists continues as two more union leaders were arrested this morning. Arnaldo Seminiano and Sonny Gum-o, both organizers of Ilaw-Buklod ng Manggagawa (IBM), were arrested by four policemen around 10 a.m. at Manggahan, General Trias in Cavite, a report from the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights…
Day: November 6, 2008
Media Group Expresses Concern over Rights Lawyer’s Arrest, Detention
BY BULATLAT A journalists’ organization has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of human rights lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr., who is also a columnist for the online newspaper Pinoy Weekly. Saladero was arrested last Oct. 23 in his office in Antipolo City on multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder charges in his capacity, the…
Kidapawan Reporter Gets Threats — NUJP
BY BULATLAT A radio reporter of dxND-Notra Dame Broadcasting Corporation in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato received over the radio station’s hotline Tuesday morning threatening messages related to his reportage of alleged extortion activities of Land Transportation Office (LTO) deputized agents, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) reported. The first of two messages…