‘The need to change the order of things’
Today is the 85th birth anniversary of stage and film actor and director Benjamín Roberto “Behn” Holcombe Cervantes, founder of the University of the Philippines Repertory Company. He was also a founding member of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, the Philippines Education Theater Association and the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
NPA accuses Philippine Army of killing 3 civilian women in Masbate fire fight
The Jose Rapsing Command of the NPA said troops of the Philippine Army’s 96th Infantry Battalion killed civilians Jelyn Guis Dejomo (56), Sheryl Salazar Dejomo (29) and Divina Lubiano Ajitan (60).
Groups defend artist from QCPD’s ‘harassment suit’
“Why expend public resources on this just to save face when the realities that the effigy reflects and expresses remain unaddressed?” CAP secretary general Lisa Ito said.
BAYAN: More red-tagging, rights violations under BBM’s security program
“It looks at ‘peace’ only as a necessary condition for development but does not see peace as the result of social justice and genuine development,” BAYAN president Renato Reyes said.
OFWs demand probe of repeat free riders in COVID repatriation program
“Some people are going on travels, maybe even junkets, by using the people’s money, taking advantage of services devoted to distressed OFWs, and depriving OFWs and migrant Filipinos of funds for much-needed services,” Migrante International chairperson Joanna Concepcion said.
CPP vows justice for Tiamzons and companions a year after deaths
“The revolutionary forces reiterate their vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all other victims of state terrorism,” CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said.
BBM’s new security policy alarms farm workers
The group pointed that in its section on “public safety, peace, and justice,” the NSP spelled out the directive to “strengthen[…] action against the legal fronts of the CPP-NPA-NDF,” rendering in policy the practice of red-tagging trade unions and peasant associations.
Pakitang-tao
Isang insulto sa kaguruan ang iskrip na sinulat,/naka-barong at balat na sapatos ang karakas,/nakabihis at meyk-ap, plantsado maging buhok,/
pilit pininturahan ang sistemang nabubulok.
Pathologist raises alarm over police visits
“Yes, you know where to find me,” Fortun said of the police visits, adding she is just putting out the information “for whatever protection this disclosure could offer.”
A new platform monitoring press freedom in Southeast Asia
The organizations are Indonesia’s Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Association of Timor Leste Journalists, Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association, Center for Independent Journalism in Malaysia, Merdeka Media Movement in Malaysia, National Union of Journalists Philippines, and Prachatai in Thailand.