RAMON M. PATRIARCA Political Prisoner Camp Lapu-lapu, Cebu City September 14, 2012 I join my fellow political prisoners (PPs) in this week-long fasting for all victims and survivors of martial law. The state of open terror was unleashed by the US-backed Marcos regime 40 years ago. It was a time when a dictator brutalized the…
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Satur Ocampo and the martial law years
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO MANILA — The year is 1972. One late afternoon in early September as he was on his way to work, Satur was accosted by an armed man. His bag and all its contents were taken, but he himself was left unharmed. Even then it did not appear to him as…
Political prisoners, the face of continuing repression
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The charges are baseless but with the slow judicial system, the military has made it a point that we languish in jail for long.”
Sidebar: Camp Bagong Diwa, one of the most restrictive jails in the country
Camp Bagong Diwa, one of the most restrictive jails in the country
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – It was drizzling when the lawyers from the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) arrived at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig City, Sept. 14. The jail guards took their biometrics – photo, fingerprints and basic personal information. They were also subjected to body search before they could…
Existence of political prisoners, Aquino’s ‘continuing shame’ – lawyers
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Forty years after martial law, it is anomalous and anachronistic to have political prisoners languishing in different jails all over the country.” – National Union of People’s Lawyers
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The phrase “Writings on the Wall” is given an entirely new meaning by the shopping mecca of Hong Kong.
After a five-month strike, PUP janitors regain their jobs
By MARYA SALAMAT
The janitors credit their reinstatement to the workers’ unity and determined struggle.
Antonio Zumel, the revolutionary
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World MANILA — Last August 10 was the 80th birthday of Antonio Zumel, newspaperman extraordinaire, pioneering trade unionist in the newspaper industry and President of the National Press Club in its heyday, as well as one-of-a-kind revolutionary leader, the first Chairperson of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines…
‘Bona’ on stage, a mirror of everyday life
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A lot of people claim that the golden age of theater was long gone with the advent of mass media, mainly television and the new media. But the Philippine Educational Theater Association disagrees. In their newest play “Bona,” the theater group proved that these platforms could be…
Teachers ring bells, knock on Congress gates for salary upgrading
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Nearly 500 members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) from different public schools in Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasig, Malabon, Rizal, Central Luzon, and other Divisions marched to the gates of Congress to lobby for the passage of House Bill 2142: Ant Act Upgrading the Minimum…
Makati City issues eviction deadline for Guatemala residents
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The residents of Guatemala St., Brgy. San Isidro, Makati City are up for a showdown with the demolition team of the local government and against elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on September 19. After failing to convince, harass or pressure the urban poor residents of…