Groups slam wave of arrests against activists (Photo by Pom Cahilog-Villanueva / Bulatlat.com)
Groups slam wave of arrests against activists
Day: January 18, 2013
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A girl strikes a pensive pose while waiting for friends. (Technohub, Quezon City)
Church to DILG: Effect arrest of suspect in murder of tribe leader
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Determined to seek justice for slain tribe leader Jimmy Liguyon, bishops of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) took to task the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to effect the arrest of the primary suspect. Liguyon, a vocal anti-mining leader and a local…
Global campaign to end violence against women launched in the Philippines
Women’s group Gabriela launched One Billion Rising – Quezon City last Jan. 17. Women from various urban poor communities joined them in dancing “Isang Bilyong Babaeng Babangon,” which is part of the global campaign to end violence against women.
Tigil, viajero, itama ang iyong kalendaryo sa “Bayan ng Hinagpis”
Ni E. San Juan, Jr. Bawat umaga binibilang ng militanteng Alan Jazmines kung ilang linggo, buwan, taon na siya nakapiit at kailan maitutuwid ang baluktot na hustisya Abo na lamang ang apoy kagabi sa kampo sa Sierra Madre ngunit may titis pang umuusok, lumusong-umahon… Sa nagbabagang uling, sipat ng tanod, nakahimlay ang kislap, liyab, sunog…
Tribal folk struggle to continue indigenous agriculture production
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch LUBUAGAN, KALINGA – Women, men and young people of Western Uma in this town struggle to preserve the indigenous practice of agricultural production in order to survive the threats and impacts of commercial agriculture. It was harvest time, the second rice cropping in November last year when this writer…
They wanted food, not fame
Letter to the Editor January 17, 2013 The more than 5,000 protesters in a previous 12-hour barricade in Montevista, Compostela Valley last January 15 were not there for fame. They wanted to live. The Philippine Army’s spokesperson Major Jake Obligado easily discredited the people’s action saying it was just mere propaganda; that it was led…
US Navy bars park rangers from inspecting grounded ship at Tubbataha Reef
By MARYA SALAMAT
According to the Tubbataha management office, it is highly probable that the ship has damaged large portions of the heritage sites’ coral reefs, thus violating pertinent Philippine laws, including Republic Act 10067 or the Tubbataha Reefs National Park Act of 2009.
Investigate the ‘politico-criminal network behind the Quezon rub-out,’ CPP urges
By Bulatlat.com MANILA – In the unfolding case of apparent police and military involvement in jueteng and other crimes, how come the heat seems focused only on the “underlings?” Who are the people behind the supposed-legitimate operation now turning out to be a “rub-out,” an “ambush” or a “massacre”? In a statement emailed to the…
Getting to the bottom of the Atimonan rubout
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com As more information about the Atimonan, Quezon rubout of alleged jueteng lord Vic Siman and 12 others, including three policemen and three soldiers, is revealed to the public, the more questions arise. First reported as a legitimate encounter, the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) own investigation revealed the more likelihood of an…