News Release May 31, 2010 ‘Genuine progressive movement in Thai necessary’ The Philippines’ militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno strongly condemns the political repression and human rights violations committed by the Abhisit Vejajiva regime in Thailand against the Red Shirts protestors last May 20. The repression unleashed is an overkill: the Abhisit regime used trained [...]
Monday, May 31, 2010News Release May 31, 2010 Presumptive President-elect Noynoy Aquino should not let Day 1 pass without releasing political prisoners from jail, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today as it raised the urgency of releasing health workers and others illegally arrested under the Arroyo regime. “Noynoy should do a President Cory by immediately dropping the [...]
Monday, May 31, 2010News Release May 31, 2010 The militant group COURAGE, the national center of government employees representing some 300,000 members, today dares presumed President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to go beyond his rhetoric and make good on his campaign promise of change. At a Press Conference in Quezon City, leaders of COURAGE from various government offices [...]
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By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com BOSTON, DAVAO ORIENTAL— Police Officer 3 Alan Dapitanon said he was very nervous when guerillas of the New People’s Army (NPA) held them at gunpoint in the checkpoint the NPA mounted in Pasian village in Monkayo, Davao del Norte. The NPA told them to drop to [...]
Saturday, May 29, 2010By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Over a week after the May 10 polls, another activist was killed by still unidentified gunmen in Panabo City. Jim Galez, a member of the regional secretariat of party-list group Bayan Muna, was driving his motorcycle on the road to Barangay Little Panay [...]
Saturday, May 29, 2010By ANNE EDNALYN V. DE LA CRUZ Bulatlat.com Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Panel Chairperson Mohagher Iqbal denied allegations that his group was involved in election-related violence in Lanao del Sur last May 10. “We denounce the allegation as entirely false and fabricated,” he said. “The MILF has a strict “hands-off policy” with regards [...]
Saturday, May 29, 2010To date, the Ampatuan massacre is still the worst political killing in the country with the most number of journalists/media practitioners killed in a single event. By JENNY S. DE VENECIA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Justice has been elusive for the families of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre and as the media marked the sixth [...]
Saturday, May 29, 2010By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Ampatuans implicated in the massacre of 57 people – 32 of whom are journalists – may be behind bars, but it does not mean that they are powerless. On April 27 a warden of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology warden granted the request of Andal [...]
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
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