The relatives feel that there seems to be no sense of urgency in the search and rescue operations being conducted by the company. They say that at its current pace, the search would take three months.
Workers buried in garbage feared dead
Day: April 22, 2013
After 10 years, still no justice for 2 slain activists
“Justice is dead in our country.” – Orly Marcellana
Following the footsteps of their mother
“Nanay, don’t worry. We are still intact as a family. We will continue to fight for you and for all the other victims of extrajudicial killings.” — Ara Marcellana
Solidarity: A trip to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The Philippines-Korea Solidarity Committee for Peace and Reunification in the Korean Peninsula (PKSCPRKP) and Kodao Productions present this travel documentary to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This video was filmed on the occasion of the centennial of the birth of DPRK’s President Kim Il Sung in April 2012.
The survivor
Stranded Pablo mission rescued, military blamed
Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay assailed the military’s action as it “shows the government’s desperation to cover up the situation of the victims of typhoon Pablo– the neglect of the victims’ needs, the corruption in its relief and rehabilitation efforts, and worst, the harassment of people who exposed these, leading to the killing of Cristina Jose, the leader of the Pablo victims’ organization.”
America cannot assert moral authority while Guantánamo remains open
By The Observer Editorial Commondreams.org In 2009, defending the promise he made to close Guantánamo Bay, President Barack Obama insisted: “The existence of Guantánamo likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained.” This weekend, the case for the closure of Guantánamo Bay, promised by Obama on his second day in office, has…
Sell out
Drying the day’s catch
Migrants group urges Aquino to act with urgency on stranded OFWs
“We fear that if the Philippine government fails to act quickly in assisting and repatriating our OFWs, they will be subjected to harsher and more stringent crackdowns and human rights violations by Saudi authorities.” – Migrante
Deception
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) has been an icon of public broadcasting since it was founded in 1927, and is often mentioned as a model worthy of emulation in the campaign for an authentic public broadcasting system in the Philippines. Its first director-general declared that impartiality is…