“Several campus publications and student journalists across the country have been subjected to various forms of harassment, red-tagging and military surveillance.”
Student journalists condemn attacks on press freedom
Month: January 2018
Waltzing with a dictator?| House resolution to convene ConAss for charter change hurriedly passed
“This Congress is a joke. An important matter as amendments to the Constitution was railroaded, interpellations were abruptly stopped, and the period of debate disregarded.”
NUJP hits proposal to restrain free press, expression
“This proposal is as dangerous as it is, to put it as plainly as possible, stupid.”
Protesters of TRAIN, Duterte’s cha-cha to House of Representatives: ‘Pity our children’
“Federalism is just a smokescreen for cha-cha.”
Salary increases for soldiers, police, but not for teachers, government employees
“Civilian employees will be left far behind by their armed counterparts although they have similar, even higher qualifications, or have spent equal, even more years in government service.”
Martial law victims vow to challenge any compromise plan with Marcoses
“We strongly hold on to our stand that this is a reversal of history and an escape from accountability for their crimes of plunder and human rights violations.”
Virtual closure of Rappler condemned
“Who is next, Mr. President? ABS-CBN? The community journalists tagged as communists? The artists who expose your bloody drug war?”
‘A prelude to 24/7 martial law’| SC urged to junk second ML extension
“Whether the extension of Martial Law in Mindanao is rooted in fear, fancy, or plain and simple malevolence, its effects on people’s rights, lives and liberties are all too real.”
Tokhang, trolls and Arroyo generals
The UP Third World Studies Center organized a research workshop on ‘Violence, Human Rights and Democracy in the Philippines.’ I submitted a short essay in response to the workshop question: “Based on your knowledge of and experience in your locality, do you think that the Duterte administration is violent?” President Rodrigo Duterte has been a…
Differing views on con-ass may check federalism rush
Two conflicting viewpoints have arisen on how Congress can transform itself into a constituent assembly, as prescribed by the 1987 Constitution, to amend or revise the Charter and enable a shift from a unitary to a federal form of government – a key project of President Duterte, which he told Mandaluyong businessmen in a speech…
Conspiracy 2018
A plot is afoot to stop the holding of the 2019 midterm elections. But that already base scheme doesn’t stop there. Once constitutional amendments are approved, or a new constitution is in place, during the transition period to a federal form of government the masterminds also want the terms of the elected government officials who…