Jay-jay, 12, saw a man pulling a gun against her father Marcelo Monterona last January 3. Her instinct was to throw a stone against her dad’s attacker, but as fear overwhelmed her, she scampered to get home.
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6 heroes of the environment receive GBK awards in 2013
“The commitment to protect and nurture the environment and national patrimony is not an easy road to take. Not only does it require patience and perseverance, energies and strength of will, but in other times, it also costs peoples’ lives.” – Frances Quimpo, Center for Environmental Concerns
Ka Oris: the Party is youthful at 45
“Look at our performers from the cities, our army (NPA), our leaders, the revolution is indeed young.”
Flag-raising ceremonies kick off simple celebrations of CPP 45th anniversary
‘The assemblies serve as a propitious occasion for the Filipino people to celebrate the concrete victories which they have achieved through 45 years of revolutionary struggle.’ — CPP
Southern Tagalog unionists pay tribute to labor leader
He was one of the founders and was the first president of the Organized Labor Associations and Line Industries in Agriculture (OLALIA-KMU), a nationwide federation of workers unions established since 1987.
‘Surges,’ a book on Yolanda, launched
“The contributors you will get to know here all responded to our team’s call on social media to submit pieces for a visual and literary anthology on Haiyan/ Yolanda, proceeds of which will go to community reconstruction efforts.”
Group hits looming lay-offs in education department
“There is no truth to the claim of the government that these employees or their positions are not needed because the education sector is evidently understaffed right now.” – Benjamin Valbuena, ACT
Groups hold Aquino liable as Palparan remains free
“For us families of the disappeared, unless and until Palparan is arrested and faces the court, President Aquino becomes part of the cover up to protect the Butcher. He thus, becomes part of the continuing crime of enforced disappearance and should be liable under the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act.”
Comval revolutionary govt indicts PH troops implicated in boy’s murder
Kids who are already exploited due to poverty and oppression are deliberate targets of Armed Forces of the Phils’ operations in hapless communities its suspect as under the control or are supportive of the revolutionary movement.
‘Act on media killings,’ gov’t told
“Forming local task forces every time a journalist is killed is hardly comprehensive action to address a larger problem of weak law enforcement and a tolerated culture of impunity.” – Bayan Muna
Health workers to intensify protests as gov’t awards Orthopedic Hospital project to Megawide Corp
“By awarding the POC modernization project to the private investor, the Aquino administration had just signed the death sentence for public orthopedic hospital care.”