“We urgently appeal to the public in condemning the harassment of State security forces to the people, to communities and people’s organisations.”
Day: October 28, 2017
On farmers’ appeal for land and justice, Duterte is mum
For ten days (Oct. 16-25) peasants from Mindanao, Visayas, and Luzon motored, sailed, and trekked to the National Capital Region in what they called “Pambansang Lakbayan ng Magsasaka para sa Lupa at Laban sa Pasismo.” Having camped outside the gate of the Department of Agrarian Reform (as they had annually done for many years), they…
Wishful thinking
After saying that he still “has to talk to the NPA (New People’s Army),” by which statement he meant that the Government of the Philippines will have to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he’s not yet ready to do so. His latest statements…
Faced with uncertainties, evicted Pasig Floodway urban poor set-up ‘homeless camp’ in Mendiola
“People are asking the demolition team to show documents authorizing the demolition but they could not show anything. They just said it was Mayor Robert Eusebio’s orders, and they did not need to show papers.”
Soldiers arrest a fieldworker of EU-funded human rights project
Julito Otacan’s work is crucial for the project to take hold and help the lives of the Lumad communities