Fr. Marcelito “Tito” Paez was shot at 8 this evening in Jaen town, Nueva Ecija. He transpired at a San Leonardo hospital.
Day: December 4, 2017
Winding
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Seaside fun
By JAIME BALIZA JR.
Second extension of Mindanao martial law to bring more rights abuses, says Karapatan
Karapatan said the looming extension and expansion of martial law nationwide makes the human rights situation “more urgent and dangerous.”
Tugade timeout | Senate hearing on jeepney phaseout reset for Dec. 11 as protesters face repression
From the transport groups’ gathering in Welcome Rotonda up to the area near UST and on to Morayta going to Mendiola Bridge (Chino Roces), the protesters were repeatedly confronted by policemen, Land Transportation Office (LTO) and Metro Manila Development Authority personnel.
Peasants lament Duterte’s appointment of ‘DDS minion’ as acting agrarian reform chief
“With a DDS at the helm of DAR, the prospect of genuine land reform and rural industrialization is now next to impossible.”
Transport groups want explanations from Secretary Tugade in Senate hearing
“We welcome and appreciate the effort of Sen. Grace Poe. That’s what we want to hear from the government.”
Black Friday protest vs spate of killings, attacks on activists
MANILA — Kin of victims of extrajudicial killings — both political and drug war-related — gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani on Dec. 1 to protest what they called President Duterte’s tyranny. As the International Human Rights Day draws nearer, progressives note a series of attacks against activists, human rights workers and advocates. The…