May 26, 2013     Manila, Philippines
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Friday, May 24th, 2013

Activists in N. Luzon decry intensifying surveillance, threats

A document with the title “MUNICIPALITY OF TINOC (Target Persons),” which bears the logo of the the Charlie Company of the 86th Battalion (Highlander) of the 5th Infantry Division (North Star), Philippine Army, listed the names of human rights defenders and development workers in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions who are now the subject of intense surveillance...

Friday, May 24th, 2013

Coke workers share outpouring of happiness, conclude 3-day strike

“The fight for our rights does not stop at this historical triumph. We will join forces with other workers in other factories experiencing the same working conditions and capitalist suppression—especially now that we have once again proven...

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Go ahead, sue us and abide by law, election watchdogs dare Brillantes

“These irresponsible threats (from Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes) are meant to muzzle election stakeholders especially critics for them to just keep quiet amid the publicly-exposed blatant transgressions of the election law, the repeated errors, malfunctioning, and glitches...

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Kin of missing UP students oppose bail petition of accused soldiers

"Our evidence is strong. The suspects were positively identified, again and again, by our two main witnesses.” – Julian Oliva Jr., counsel of the families

Monday, May 20th, 2013

‘2013 elections a technological, political disaster’ – election watchdogs

“What happened in this election “are very serious concerns of the Filipino people….This constitutes a grave travesty of the peoples’ right to suffrage and the integrity of the votes”– AES Watch Related Story: Comelec ‘shortcuts’ made votes...

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Martial law victims call on gov’t to implement reparation law

“We seriously hope that the Human Rights Victims Claims Board will be composed soonest. Martial law victims cannot afford to be disenfranchised, much more neglected again.” - SELDA

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Kapunan claims no knowledge of the Olalia-Alay-ay double murder

Accused former Air Force Col. Eduardo Kapunan admitted in court that he ordered the surveillance of labor leader Roland Olalia, who was later found brutally murdered with companion Leonor Alay-ay, in 1986.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Privatization will affect poor patients, government health workers

For public health workers, serving the Filipino people should always be the government’s priority.

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Canvassing of votes, not spared from problems

When the unofficial results being tallied by the PPCRV yielded a numerically improbable total, Smartmatic technicians proceeded to change a script of the source code, which, to IT experts, proves that the election results could easily be...

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

PCOS machine malfunctions raise questions on election results

Instead of releasing partial, unofficial results and providing “trends” based on unreliably tallied votes, the Comelec must order the manual counting of votes.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares

Monday, May 13th, 2013

Widespread PCOS troubles mar voting nationwide

During the 2010 elections, 16-percent of reports to Kontradaya involved PCOS machines; this election, it made up three of every five reports to KontraDaya. Read also: Machine woes hound first hours of voting in Metro Manila –...

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