By RONALYN V. OLEA
Mangyans try to survive by farming and yet they are discriminated against; buyers of their produce try to cheat them; mining companies displace them; and the military accuses them of aiding NPA guerrillas and harasses them, or worse, kills some of them.
Day: April 25, 2011
Bringing hope to Mangyan communities (Last of 4 parts)
By RONALYN V. OLEA ABRA DE ILOG, Occidental Mindoro – Ernie Uybad, 25, a Hanunuo-Mangyan, said the miserable conditions of his fellow tribesmen encouraged him to start teaching. “Most of the Mangyans could not even write their names. Often, they are being fooled whenever they sell their goods because they do not know how to…
Soldiers terrorize Mangyan communities? (3rd of four parts)
By RONALYN V. OLEA Special Report: A Difficult Life for Mangyans (1st of 4 parts) Mining, Dams, Other Projects Threaten to Displace Mangyans (2nd of 4 parts) Soldiers Terrorize Mangyan Communities? (3rd of 4 parts) Bringing Hope to Mangyan Communities (Last of 4 parts) ABRA DE ILOG, Occidental Mindoro – Besides threats of large-scale mining,…
Mining, Dams, Other Projects Threaten to Displace Mangyans (2nd of 4 parts)
By RONALYN V. OLEA Special Report: A Difficult Life for Mangyans (1st of 4 parts) Mining, Dams, Other Projects Threaten to Displace Mangyans (2nd of 4 parts) Soldiers Terrorize Mangyan Communities? (3rd of 4 parts) Bringing Hope to Mangyan Communities (Last of 4 parts) ABRA DE ILOG, Occidental Mindoro – Amid the destitution being suffered…
Peru may fall in Latin line: Leftist gets most votes for president
Leftist ex-officer vs Fujimori in Peru runoff by Frank Bajak Associated Press Writer LIMA, Peru – An anti-establishment military man who promises to redistribute Peru’s wealth won the most votes in Sunday’s presidential election and will face the daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori in a runoff, unofficial results showed. Keiko Fujimori, 35, could…
Satur C. Ocampo | Noynoy favors the AFP
By SATUR C. OCAMPO At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The Armed Forces of the Philippines has shot up in notoriety as the most corrupt government agency in the public’s perception, per the Pulse Asia survey last month, in light of the top-level, long-running misappropriations of public funds exposed in the Senate investigation. But…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Impeachment trial: The people’s stake
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld The upcoming impeachment trial of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez should bestir everyone who wishes to hold Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to account for all the harm and wrongdoing that she was responsible for during her nine long years of de facto rule. It is a circuitous but necessary route since Mrs. Gutierrez…
Luis V. Teodoro | The Wages of Greed
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld A COALITION that includes the most despised former colonizers of African countries and led by the United States has attacked Libya under cover of a UN resolution supposedly for humanitarian purposes — i.e., to stop the loyalist troops of strongman Moamar Gaddafi from “attacking their own people.”…
Children Join Call to Save Mother Earth
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Wearing butterfly wings, children joined the call to save Mother Earth in an activity organized by the National Council of Churches of the Philippines (NCCP), April 24 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. Rommel Linatoc of the NCCP and Norma Dollaga of Kasimbayan acted in a story titled…
Street Shooter: Boys and Summer
Boys and Summer
CHR Report on Roxas Torture Favors Palparan and Torturers of 7th ID – CPP
PRESS RELEASE 25 April 2011 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for covering up the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) responsibility for the abduction and torture in 2009 of Fil-Am activist Melissa Roxas and her two companions, and implying that the crime was carried out by…