PRESS STATEMENT April 23, 2012 We express our strongest condemnation of the brutal demolition of homes in Silverio Coumpound, the massacre of our brothers in the hands the Aquino administration. Aquino has only brought death and suffering to the toiling masses then in Hacienda Luista, and now in every urban poor community that he tried…
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Anakbayan condemns PNP, SM Group of Companies for cold-blooded murder as cops kill one in Paranaque demolition
PRESS RELEASE April 23, 2012 The youth group Anakbayan expressed its outrage today as members of the Philippine National Police opened fire today on residents of a Paranaque urban poor community, leaving at least one minor dead and several injured. The 9.7-hectare Silverio Compound, home to around 28 thousand families, is under the threat of…
PH, China both accountable for biodiversity protection in Scarborough Shoal
LETTER TO THE EDITOR April 18, 2012 This is to clarify the issue of illegal wildlife poaching that sparked the stand-off between the Philippine and Chinese state forces in the heavily contested Scarborough Shoal. It should be clear that the problem is a concern of both the Philippine and Chinese governments, regardless of the still-unresolved…
Philippines: Military Leadership Should Act on Abuses (PR)
Armed Forces Chief Should Ensure Rights Violators are Held Accountable April 1, 2012 New York – The leadership of the Armed Forces of the Philippines should take concrete steps to hold accountable soldiers responsible for human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today to the military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen.…
Oil price hikes: Oil cartel’s attacks on the people’s economic rights, deepen the Moros poverty situation (LTE)
Letter to the Editor March 23, 2012 Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go through our editorial process and do not reflect our policy or position. The continuing oil price hike imposed by the three big oil companies, Shell, Caltex and Petron,…
The Philippines deserves more from mining (LTE)
Letter to the Editor Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment March 11, 2012 Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go through our editorial process and do not reflect our policy or position. The world is not divided between pro-mining and anti-mining camps…
For sake of consumers: Gov’t should regulate oil industry to ensure transparent pricing – Ibon
MEDIA RELEASE 15 March 2012 As the world marks International Consumer Rights Day, research group IBON said that the consuming public, which bears the brunt of unabated oil price hikes, has the right to know how the oil companies determine oil prices. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or…
Newly-formed coalition tells PNoy: ‘Don’t divert issue, address real problems behind series of OPH!’
NEWS RELEASE March 15, 2012 Newly-formed Coalition against Oil Price Increases (CAOPI) today challenge President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to address real problems behind the unabated price hikes on oil and petroleum products and not divert the issue by drawing attention over irrelevant concerns like repressing street protests and offering patch-up solutions. The group stresses…
Scrapping VAT will allow millions of poor households breathing space for survival – GWP
Gabriela Women’s Party NEWS RELEASE March 15, 2012 “President Aquino should wake up and listen now to the call of the people to scrap VAT and the Oil Deregulation Law. He should stop peddling the illusion that collections from VAT alleviate the condition of the poor. VAT is a burden. Kung gusto talaga ng gubyerno…
Aquino’s inaction will spur urban upsurge,’ warns Kadamay
PRESS RELEASE March 15, 2012 Urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) with residents of North Triangle are calling on motorists and commuters today to support their five-minute blockade of the North-bound lane of EDSA today to protest against the unhampered oil price hikes. The group says today’s protest is only the start of…
“While jeepney drivers lose P96/day, oil companies rake in P147 M/day from overpricing!”- Bayan Muna
News Release March 15, 2012 Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño today revealed that oil companies rake in approximately P147 million every day from overpricing the local pump price of diesel alone. Almost 78% of this amount will go to the four biggest oil companies in the country (Petron – P55 M daily extra profits from…