STREETWISE: Whitewashing the Kidapawan massacre by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
(Photo by Kilab Multimedia) Streetwise Last week’s killing, wounding and illegal arrest of drought-stricken farmers who barricaded the Davao-Cotobato highway to dramatize their demands has brought to national attention the harsh realities in the country’s rural areas. It highlighted the desperate straits of the majority of rural folk especially the peasantry. Poor farmers including indigenous […]
POETRY: Apat na tula hinggil sa Kidapawan
1. Tuwid ang daan ng kanilang bala – Ang balita mula sa malayong rehiyon Paparating ang kandidato ng administrasyon Ayaw mapahiya ng mga kapartido Kailangang mawalis ang daang Cotabato. – Ang ulat ng lider pesante Nagreklamo raw ang mga negosyante Dahil sa tumatagal na protesta Humina na ang kanilang kita. – Tatlong araw nang nakabarikada […]
CONTRIBUTED VIDEO: Nora Aunor joins solidarity action for Kidapawan victims
Philippine movie superstar Nora Aunor joins a solidarity action in Manila for the victims of the violent dispersal of farmers in Kidapawan, North Cotabato last April 1.
RADIO DOCUMENTARY: It is not only bullets that kill Filipino farmers
Script: On the first day of April, a day which the rest of the world jocularly celebrates as April Fool’s Day, a heart breaking event happened in Mindanao Island in the Philippines. (Sfx: Dispersal noise, gunfire) Six thousand farmers massed in Kidapawan, North Cotabato were fired upon by fully-armed Special Weapons and Tactics personnel of […]
Aquino gov’t condemned at Global Day of Action on Kidapawan shooting
Hundreds of activists and peasant supporters marched from Quiapo to Mendiola in downtown Manila today to condemn the Aquino government for the violent dispersal of peasants in Kidapawan City last April 1. Blaming government inaction in the face of the prolonged drought in the country, activists started their rally in front of the Quiapo Church […]
Kidapawan negotiator recalls carnage
Jerome Succor Aba recalls events immediately before and after the violent dispersal in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato last April 1 that killed at least two civilians and hurt more than a hundred. He was negotiating with the police when the protesting farmers where attacked. During a solidarity event for the victims of the dispersal at […]
Ka Roger and Ka Soly laid to rest
https://youtu.be/oFFoYeM_ZWY Here is a video of the funeral march of Gregorio and Soledad Rosal who were finally laid to rest in Ibaan, Batangas last March 31. Ka Roger died due to a heart attack last 2011 while his wife Ka Solly was killed in an encounter in Southern Tagalog in 2013. Roger acted as Communist […]
Prof. Jose Maria Sison on Martial Law and the Plaza Miranda Bombing
Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Chairperson of International League of Peoples’ Struggle with Ilena Saturay on Martial Law and Plaza Miranda bombing. March 28, 2016
Pooled Editorial | Journalists denounce police intimidation and harassment in Kidapawan coverage
(Photo from Kilab Multimedia) AlterMidya, a nationwide network of independent media organizations, denounces police intimidation and attempts to suppress information by preventing journalists from covering the aftermath of the April 1 Kidapawan massacre. The Cotabato police set up a checkpoint outside the Spottswood United Methodist Center where the protesting farmers retreated after Friday’s violent dispersal. […]
Pooled Editorial | Journalists denounce police intimidation and harassment in Kidapawan coverage
AlterMidya, a nationwide network of independent media organizations, denounces police intimidation and attempts to suppress information by preventing journalists from covering the aftermath of the April 1 Kidapawan massacre. The Cotabato police set up a checkpoint outside the Spottswood United Methodist Center where the protesting farmers retreated after Friday’s violent dispersal. Setting up a checkpoint […]