NAPC leads anti-poverty mapping conference
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) lead convenor Liza Maza and consultant James Miraflor present the database launch of Tala ng Bayan laban sa Kahirapan (Talambayan), a multidimensional approach to assess and map poverty in the country. Miraflor noted that “where there is development like urbanization, pockets of poverty also arise.” The event is the first such […]
Farmers commemorate Luisita carnage with protests across Central Luzon
PEASANT organizations including the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), Unyon ng Manggagawasa Agrikultura (UMA), and the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Luisita (AMBALA) held a cultural caravan around Central Luzon last November 14 as part of their commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre. The groups held programs in front of the Department of […]
High Court’s Marcos burial decision dismays Martial Law victims
By April Layad B. Ayroso PROGRESSIVE organizations expressed dismay at the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the six petitions against the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). The justices of the SC voted 9-5 in favor of dismissing the petitions against the order of President Rodrigo Duterte […]
SC decision on Marcos burial disgusting, survivors say
Showing disgust over the Supreme Court decision favoring the burial of former Pres. Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Martial Law victims took to the streets in protest on November 8, 2016. Marcos loyalists also took the streets opposite the protesters.
Martial Law victims condemn SC decision allowing Marcos burial at ‘heroes’ cemetery’
Condemnation of the Supreme Court decision junking petitions opposing the burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Cemetery of Heroes came swift from the victims and survivors of the late strongman’s Martial Law. Hundreds gathered at the University of the Philippines on the night the decision was officially announced, vowing to continue their campaign to have […]
Groups insist on government accountability for Yolanda Victims
On the third anniversary of Supertyphoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region held a symbolic candle-lighting ceremony for the victims and survivors of the disaster last November 8 in Quiapo, Manila. Bayan-NCR chairperson Raymond Palatino said the Benigno Aquino administration should still be held accountable for what they say was its inefficient and unjust […]
RADIO TACLOBAN PODCAST: Yolanda survivors commemorate 3rd Yolanda anniversary
This podcast is part of the preparations for the eventual establishment of Radio Tacloban, a women-led disaster risk reduction community radio station project of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television-Philippine Chapter, in cooperation with Kodao Productions and Eastern Vista media groups with the assistance of the United Church of Christ in the […]
Benito Tiamzon explains GRP-NDFP peace talks
Newly-appointed National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel member Benito Tiamzon narrated and explained the history, nature and status of the ongoing formal peace negotiations between the underground revolutionary group and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) in a forum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands last October 17. This short video […]
OPINION: Writing as contribution to just and lasting peace
By Carol P. Araullo, Independent Cooperator to the NDFP Negotiating Panel Response to “Contra en punto” written by Edwin G. Espejo, in reaction to my 17 October 2016 Business World column “Streetwise – Thorny issues emerge in Oslo peace talks” IT IS UNFORTUNATE that Mr. Edwin G. Espejo, a member of the GRP Peace Panel Communications Group, chose […]
NDFP says ceasefire holding, but…
THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel said the respective unilateral ceasefire declarations by the revolutionary group and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) are holding despite reports of violations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP). In a press release, NDFP […]