Eksena Cinema Quarantine: COVID19 Filmmakers’ Diaries get candid on death, despair, coffee and chaos
Watching all 16 films and trying to relate to each and every one of their stories feels like reliving all ten months of the lockdown—exhausting as if stuck in an oven, baking for a protracted amount of time until you are numb to the fire, until people are reduced to numbers of deaths and recoveries, likes and dislikes, until life shrinks into your phone or your computer. We are not dealing with just the virus but with an even bigger threat to our lives and civil liberties.
Aklan activists warn of more SEMPO-like raids by police, seek help from local leaders
“The current red-tagging and subjecting of activists under intense surveillance are incidents that serve as preludes to warrant-less search and arrests, massacre and killings,” the activists said.
‘Instead of red-tagging, address the root causes of armed conflict’
“Let’s not forget the ‘2018 Red October’ plot. The Duterte regime is repeating its old and cheap narrative to hide its incompetence in handling the pandemic and economic issues. Instead of red-tagging these (18 SUCs) schools, address the root causes of armed conflict and heed the people’s demands.”
Sorsogon media slams PNP for ‘comical’ allegations on broadcaster’s death
“[W]hen police attribute(s) a crime to the NPAs, it’s tantamount to saying they could not solve the case. It’s a subtle admission of utter failure,” the journalists said.
NUJP: Where is justice in Doc Gerry’s killing?
The NUJP urged the Court of Appeals to conduct proceedings to prosecute the accused in the killing of journalist, environmentalist and good governance advocate Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega on January 24, 2011.
Military ‘sorry’ for false list of dead or captured NPA
“It is appalling how the military office tasked with communicating with the citizenry has shamelessly resorted to such blatant falsehood to push the narrative of UP as the supposed ‘breeding ground’ of enemies of the state,” the NUJP said.
Wage hike necessary, overdue amid pandemic and high prices
It has been more than two years or 27 months since the Duterte administration’s last wage hike to Php537 in November 2018, said IBON. This is the longest period without an increase since July 2004 under the Arroyo administration when the wage increase came after a dry spell of 29 months.
Bolinget seeks NBI protection vs PNP shoot-to-kill order
The CPA said Bolinget’s decision to submit himself to the NBI was made as it was clear the police and Pagkalinawan “didn’t have any intention to observe due process.”
IBON debunks economic Cha-cha movers’ claims on FDI
The research group said that the economy’s development lies in using the protections in the Constitution to gain from foreign investment, not in taking away the protections and giving self-interested foreign investment free rein over the domestic economy.
NDFP reminds the military: “We are not subjects to GRP’s authority”
NDFP Negotiating Panel interim chairperson Julieta de Lima said it is absurd and preposterous the AFP filed complaints against the CPP and the NPA with the CHR as if the revolutionary organizations have become “subject to the authority of the GRP and its agencies.”