GUILTY!: ‘Butcher’ Palparan, 2 others face reclusion perpetua
Retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan faces 20 to 40 years imprisonment after being found guilty of kidnapping and serious illegal detention for the 2006 disappearance of University of the Philippines UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. In today’s long-awaited promulgation, Branch 15 of the Malolos Regional Trial Court found the notorious Philippine Army […]
Sr Pat to contest non-renewal of missionary visa
Lawyers of Australian missionary Sr Patricia Ann Fox, NDS said they will ask the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to reconsider its denial to renew or extend the nun’s visa. Attys. Jobert Pahilga and Ma Sol Taule said that BI is mistaken in deciding Fox’s missionary visa has long expired, explaining the 10-year extension and renewal […]
Moro group blames Duterte for the massacre of Tausug evacuees
National minority group Suara Bangsamoro blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for the massacre of seven Tausug civilians Friday in Patikul, Sulu by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). “President Duterte’s all-out war policy is killing more and more of our Moro brothers and sisters. We are enraged that, to appease his Filipino soldiers, he would […]
Lanzones at Mangosteen (o sa pitong kabataang Tausug)
Ni Pia Montalban Nanlalagkit ang dagta, kahit anong tamis ng kabataang hinog at di huhulas ang lilang lamog mula sa mga nilagusan ng pulbura’t tingga. Pitong bungang pinitas, dagta’y pula ang tagas… Pitong kabataang mag-uuma yakap-yakap mga kahon ng bunga, ngayo’y ikakahon silang terorista— A-bu sa-yaff! Ngunit gumugulong sa kalsada ang nabitawang mga […]
NPA to carry out rescue, relief and rehab after ‘Ompong’
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) announced Saturday, September 15, that New People’s Army (NPA) units are ready to conduct humanitarian activities for victims of Typhoon “Ompong”. “The NPA and all revolutionary forces in North and Central Luzon, as well as in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, are geared to carry out […]
Rights groups assail Duterte’s fascist attacks
Human Rights group Karapatan and other progressive groups held a Black Friday Protest, September 14, at Gate 2 of Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City to call for an end to the attacks of the Duterte regime against the Filipino people. According to Karapatan, the Duterte regime is a danger to the Filipino people. […]
NDFP welcomes House resolution urging Duterte to resume talks
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines welcomed a resolution by a special committee of the House of Representatives urging the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) to resume its peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). In a statement, NDFP chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili said the resolution is […]
1.9M Filipinos to be affected by ‘Ompong’
Nearly two million Filipinos are expected to be severely affected by the oncoming “superthyphoon” Ompong (Mangkhut) when it hits Northern Luzon on Saturday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) said. As many as 1.9 million residents live within the 200 kilometer radius of Typhoon Ompong’s projected track near Batanes, […]
295,000 jobs lost since Duterte assumed office, IBON maintains
Research group IBON stood by its estimates that close to 300,000 jobs were lost since the start of the Duterte administration after Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) honorary chair Sergio Ortiz-Luis said the group’s description of jobs lost is “deceiving”. Ortiz-Luis reportedly said that it is deceiving to claim that the number of employed […]
Sison, Magdalo: No conspiracy; Duterte ousting himself
Prof. Jose Maria Sison dared Rodrigo Duterte to publicly present what the President claimed to be recorded conversations given to him by a “sympathetic foreign country.” “Duterte is lying and bluffing by claiming that there are recorded conversations provided by a foreign government,” Sison said in a statement. In a quick riposte to Duterte’s televised […]