Media Release 15 August 2010 Kilusang Mayo Uno called on the Aquino administration today to scrutinize first and publicize the contracts pertinent to the construction and operation of the MRT, before justifying the intended fare hike to the public. “The decision to hike the MRT fare was reached without the public’s full knowledge of any…
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HEAD to Aquino: Strengthen People-Based Health Programs
Media Release 15 August 2010 President Noynoy Aquino should strengthen community-based health programs as partners in developing better healthcare for all. The group Health Alliance for Democracy made this call as it joined volunteer community health workers from all over the country in a four-day general assembly in Quezon City. The assembly ended yesterday amid…
Groups Slam Extension of Counter-insurgency Plan “Bantay Laya” (PR)
News Release August 16, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today criticized the reported extension of the counter-insurgency program called “Oplan Bantay Laya” which human rights watchdogs have blamed for the spate of extrajudicial killings and disappearances under the Arroyo administration. “This is really a very disappointing development. The extension of Bantay Laya places…
Under Aquino III: Promoting Ties of Dependency with the U.S.?
By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat.com Those who are watching the first 100 days of the new administration can now start focusing their lens on President Benigno S. Aquino III’s coming visit to the United States in September – his first major official foreign…
CenPEG | The Truth Commission: Will Justice Be Served?
By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat.com President Aquino III’s move to form a Truth Commission that will investigate Gloria M. Arroyo’s alleged wrongdoings committed in nine years of her presidency raises public expectations way above government’s ability to meet. Right now, there are courses…
Making Human-Rights-Based Approach to Development Possible in IP Territories
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The European Union through its Manila office, the Delegation of the European Union in the Philippines, and Dinteg, the Cordillera Indigenous Peoples’ Legal Rights Center, recently launched a five-year project that will enhance the capacity of indigenous peoples for a more consolidated political participation and representation in development.…
Indigenous Peoples Call for Review of IPRA, Other Laws Affecting Their Communities
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA — A review of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), a mining moratorium and to put a stop to the counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL) became the rallying calls for more than 200 delegates representing the country’s 14 million indigenous peoples from more than ten regions in the…
Living in Harmony With Nature: A Lesson From the Agtas of Tiwi
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com LEGAZPI CITY — The tribal leader said he lives nearby. Speaking in Tagalog, he said, “Diyan lang (nearby),” when asked where he would go home to. To indigenous peoples, the phrase “Diyan lang,” is as simple as pointing to the back with a hand over their shoulder. Without clarifying further,…
NDFP Questions Sincerity of Aquino Government in Pursuing Peace Talks but Still Open to Resumption
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We are willing to go into serious peace talks aimed at addressing the root causes of the armed conflict through fundamental social, economic, political and constitutional reforms.” – NDFP
Abortion Nation: Dire Human-Rights Crisis in Face of Increasing Acceptance
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
and MARYA SALAMAT
A study on abortion in the Philippines argues that the government has committed violations of human rights by criminalizing abortion regardless of circumstance. Another study, done by Gabriela, finds that abortion is increasingly becoming acceptable to Filipinos.
Gabriela Research Finds Abortion in Philippines ‘Increasingly Accepted’
In the Philippines, there is today an alarming trend on incidences of abortion that, because these are forced to be done clandestinely, have also often been unsafe.