Four other Southern Tagalog massacre victims identified
Four other massacre victims in last Sunday’s brutal police operations against activists have been identified, all of whom were accused of illegal possession of firearms and explosives like the other five.
Pasismo ng gubyernong Duterte, kinundena sa araw ng kababaihan
Sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan noong Marso 8, isang kilos-protesta ang pinangunahan ng Gabriela at mga progresibong grupo patungong Mendiola sa Maynila upang singilin ang rehimeng Rodrigo Duterte sa palpak nitong pagtugon sa Covid-19. Binatikos din nila ang gobyerno sa tumitindi nitong atake at paglabag sa karapatang pantao ng mamamayan, tulad ng raid ng pulisya […]
CHR: Duterte’s kill order emboldens impunity
Commission on Human Rights spokesperson Jacqueline De Guia said: “Words matter and such words can embolden some to act with abuse and impunity.”
ASVAL is Southern Tagalog bloodbath’s name
PNP-CALABARZON director B.Gen. Felipe Natividad admitted that the killing and arrest of the activists are part of the government’s counter-insurgency campaign.
2ND UPDATE: Massacre and mass arrest as SEMPO rampages in Southern Tagalog
Six activists were reportedly killed while nine are arrested in a joint Synchronized Enhanced Management of Police Operations in Laguna, Rizal, Cavite and Batangas provinces Sunday morning, eve of International Women’s Day, March 7.
Pahayag ng mamahayag na si Lady Ann Salem sa kanilang paglaya
Isang araw matapos ang kanyang paglaya, kasama ang union organizer na si Rodrigo Esparago, ikinuwento ng mamahayag na si Lady Ann Salem ang pag-aresto sa kanila ng pulis at kanilang pakikibaka upang makalaya.
Another activist arrested with same warrant, same allegation and same judge
A second unionist was arrested on Thursday, March 4, with a warrant of the same charge and from the same judge, leading a human rights organization to ask if the country’s courts have become factories of “bogus search warrants.”
Right to water activist arrested, accused with illegal gun possession
The wave of search warrants served in the dead of night that lead to charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives netted another activist, this time a government employee based in San Pablo City, Laguna.
Human rights lawyer survives murder attempt
“You want to make it appear as a robbery? The CCTV footage says otherwise. It was a kill operation. Right on the dot, after the stabbing, two motorcycles arrived to pick up the masked killers and they disappear[ed] in the dark,” the victim’s uncle said.
14 Charts: What the Government Has Done to Our Pandemic Economy
If you bothered to start to read this then you probably know by now that the 9.5% contraction of the Philippine economy last year was the worst on record – which is to say since the end of World War II which is only when gross domestic product (GDP) started to be estimated for the country.