PRESS RELEASE April 10, 2010 Davao City — National indigenous sectoral group KATRIBU Partylist challenged local candidates to address the logging problem in Davao City as it received reports from Manobo leaders in Brgy. Malabog, Paquibato District regarding the illegal logging operations in the area. Area reports say illegal logging activities are being conducted in…
Day: April 10, 2010
Harassment, Delisted Voters and Glitches Mar First Hours of Absentee Voting in HK
Joint Press Release 10 April 2010 Within the first few hours after the polls opened, harassment and intimidation as well as major glitches that may seriously hamper the implementation of the automated OAV in Hong Kong and disenfranchise OFWs, including de-listing, occurred. Gabriela Women’s Party in Hong Kong chairperson Cynthia Abdon-Tellez, said that contrary to…
AFP’s Bungled Transfer of Morong 43: Incompetence or Insolence?
Media Release 10 April 2010 The botched transfer of the 38 illegally detained health workers to Camp Crame yesterday again highlighted the cavalier attitude of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Health Alliance for Democracy today strongly denounced the failure of the AFP to coordinate with officials of the Philippine National Police to ensure a…
Supporters of Morong 43 Score Failed Transfer of Detained Health Workers to Camp Crame
Media Release April 10, 2010 Free the 43 Health Workers Now! Alliance condemns both the AFP and the PNP for their failure to facilitate the transfer of the 38 out of the Morong 43 despite clear instructions of the court order issued by the Morong Regional Trial Court. According to Dr. Julie Caguiat, one of…
Migrant Group Calls on DFA to Verify, Investigate Alleged Rape and Death 2 OFW in UAE
Press Release 10 April 2010 After receiving unconfirmed information about 2 OFW women, allegedly were gang raped by unknown Pakistani drivers in the United Arab Emirates, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East today calls on the RP posts in the Emirates and the Department of Foreign Affairs to verify and investigate…
Rights Group Slams Military’s Continuing Custody of Morong 43
Press Release April 10, 2010 The human rights group Karapatan strongly denounces the scripted show that the military of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police have concocted and executed in the supposed “transfer” of the Morong 43 political detainees from Camp Capinpin to the PNP Custodial Center in…
Migrant Group Raises Concern on Blunders and Delays in HK Absentee Voting
Press Release 10 April 2010 “We are concerned that if blunders and delays in the implementation of the OAV will persist, Hong Kong will not only hold the record of having the highest number of registered voters but will also have the mark for having the highest number of disenfranchised voters.” This was declared today…
First Automated Overseas Absentee Vote Goes to Progressive Senatoriables, Villar-Legarda Tandem
Press Release 10 April 2010 She was the first to hold the official ballot of the automated election scheme, the first to use the designated pen and the first to feed the valid ballot in the PCOS. Her vote went to the progressives. It was a flurry of firsts for Rowena dela Cruz,…
Groups Suggest Ways to Make Automated Elections Work Credibly
By MARYA SALAMAT
The first ever automated elections in the country is making people wary because the Comelec’s preparations are perceived to be hurried, its credibility has been put into question ever since the 2004 elections, and more importantly, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo seems to be maneuvering to keep itself in power.
Sison: ‘Villar Offers Relatively Better Program; Noynoy to Frustrate Land Reform’
By D. L. MONDELO
Will there be a failure of elections? What can the people expect after the May 2010 elections? Will a just and lasting peace be finally achieved? These are just some of the questions that Bulatlat tackled in an interview with Jose Maria Sison.
OFW Drivers Decry Recruiters’ Overcharging, Harrassment
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) hired as bus drivers in Saudi Arabia and their families in the Philippines are crying foul over a “double whammy.” They sought the help of Migrante International, a migrants’ rights advocacy group, after finding out that their recruitment agencies had overcharged them for their placement…