By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
What do political prisoners do while in jail? Organize.
Sidebar: UP students, workers, professors visit political prisoners in Batangas
Batangas political prisoners earned the respect, support of other inmates
Day: March 2, 2013
UP students, workers, professors visit political prisoners in Batangas
Main story: Batangas political prisoners earned the respect, support of other inmates By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com BATANGAS CITY – Another birthday spent inside jail signals another year of incarceration. But Maricon Montajes who turned 23 and Romiel Canete who turned 27 last Feb. 25 are in high spirits. They said the presence of…
Don’t use OFWs to mask double standards in Sabah dispute, Aquino told
Main story: Progressive groups slam Aquino government’s ‘double standard’ in dealing with Sabah standoff By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Migrante Partylist today criticized the Philippine government for using the “OFW card” to hide its double standards in handling some Muslim Filipinos’ dispute over Sabah with Malaysia. The Philippine government has warned that the refusal…
Progressive groups slam Aquino government’s ‘double standard’ in dealing with Sabah standoff
By MARYA SALAMAT
Bayan regards this double standard in handling the Sabah and Spratlys/Panatag Shoal issues as a demonstration of the Aquino government’s “deceitful and sham patriotism.”
Sidebar: Don’t use OFWs to mask double standards in Sabah dispute, Aquino told
Jolo, Zamboanga, Basilan: Sights and sounds
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star For four days this week I joined a low-key electoral campaign sortie in Western Mindanao, specifically in Jolo, Zamboanga City, and Isabela, Basilan. I welcomed the chance to return to these places, accept the invitation of old and new friends among barangay officials to…
Double standard
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In an audacious move to force both the Philippine and Malaysian governments to recognize the Sultanate of Sulu’s claim of ownership over Sabah, the Sultanate’s heirs physically occupied Lahad Datu in Sabah last February 7 along with two hundred followers. The armed group has hunkered down and refuses to…