By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive groups criticized President Benigno S. Aquino III for appointing his running mate in the last elections and former Transportation Sec. Mar Roxas to the Department of Interior and Local Government chief post. “While it is true that it is a strategic move for the 2016 presidential…
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Justice grinds slowly for Pangarap Village martyrs
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
While the investigation into the death of two residents took a year to begin, the fight of the community to prevent the Araneta family from evicting them continues.
YEARENDER: 2011, a precarious life for the urban poor
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
In 2011, rights group Karapatan – National Capital Region has monitored at least one case of demolition a month, which more or less translates to at least three families losing their homes everyday due to demolition.
Aranetas’ land claim turned residents’ hopes and dreams into nightmare
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Literally, Pangarap Village is the fulfillment of the dreams of the residents. The land was awarded to them in 1973 by then president Ferdinand E. Marcos. But the Aranetas came back to once more stake its claim to the land, emboldened by a Supreme Court order in 1988 and the ascension to power of one of their own Mar Roxas.
SECOND PART: Aquinos and Aranetas conspiring vs ‘land to the landless’ and the urban poor
Aquinos and Aranetas conspiring vs ‘land to the landless’ and the urban poor
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com FIRST PART: Aranetas’ claim to the their land turn residents’ hopes and dreams into a nightmare (Second of two parts) Fortades and Gomez were killed when the security guards of Araneta’s Carmen Development Inc., allegedly drunk, opened fired at the vigil site set up by the residents protesting the…
3 victims add to list of political killings
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A few days before President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona), three more victims add to the growing list of political killings. Roque Laputan, 59, a member of Anakpawis partylist, Davao del Sur, was murdered by unidentified men, July 10. Laputan, was…
Satur C. Ocampo | Fil-Ams: ‘President Noynoy, take charge!’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the past several weeks thousands of families of informal settlers in the National Capital Region have had their houses or communities demolished or threatened to be demolished by the government and private business interests. In some instances, the demolitions were attended by violence…