EDSA 1 anniv: Militants still fighting BP 880 after 31 years
The Philippine National Police’s efforts to block progressive groups from holding a rally at the EDSA Shrine last February 25’s commemoration of People Power 1’s 30th anniversary smacks of Martial Law tactics. This was the complaint aired by the newly-formed Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses in Malacañang (CARMMA) as it led thousands […]
EDSA 30th – people’s rage
On the 30th anniversary of the EDSA People Power, demonstrators led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and affiliates of the Philippines chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS-Phils) broke through layers of police and army phalanx to assert national freedom and democracy and say no to another Marcos.
Enraged protesters push back police at EDSA 30th anniv commemoration
Enraged by the unexplained decision to prevent them from commemorating the 30th anniversary of the People Power uprising, militant groups overpowered the Philippine National Police to reach the EDSA Shrine at the corner of the famous thoroughfare and Ortigas Avenue. Waiting their turn after the official program led by President Benigno Aquino this morning, the […]
UCCP, Lumad accuse Philippine Army and Alamara of burning Haran
MANILA–United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) bishops expressed outrage at the arson attack against their church compound at Haran, Davao City where hundreds of Lumad evacuees have sought refuge early morning of Wednesday, February 24. UCCP general secretary general Bishop Reuel Marigsa said they are angry and worried over the apparent arson that […]
STREETWISE: Legacy of EDSA “People Power” by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Streetwise The reputation of the EDSA “People Power” uprising has been getting a beating these past thirty years, especially with an EDSA Dos and even a so-called EDSA Tres following the original phenomenon. Criticisms range from valid to outlandish. That it merely installed another corrupt, elitist regime and brought back, or even worsened, the ills […]
Martial Law victims hold national gathering vs Marcos return to Malacañang
Human rights victims and defenders speak at the national gathering of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses to Malacanang (CARMMA) at the Bahay ng Alumni in U.P. Diliman last Monday. Former Vice-President Teofisto Guingona, Sr., and former senators Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Rene Saguisag joined hundreds of other human rights victims during Ferdinand […]
Public sector workers protest over pay hike
Declaring a “Black Heart’s Day,” public sector workers trooped to Mendiola leading to Malacanang Palace in Manila to denounce Pres. Benigno Aquino III and Budget Sec. Florencio Abad for the Salary Standardization Law 4 (SSL 4) discriminating pay and benefits for the country’s 1.5 million government workers. Similar actions were held in Baguio, Angeles, Naga, […]
Ethical Journalism Network: Podcast for World Radio Day 2016
https://m.soundcloud.com/world-radio-day/radio-day-3-mixdown-01 “To mark World Radio Day 2016 the Ethical Journalism Network has partnered with UNESCO to create a podcast to discuss the ethical issues that radio journalists face when covering conflicts, natural disasters and humanitarian crises. In this podcast we speak to radio international correspondents and local journalists about their experiences covering earthquakes, typhoons, civil […]
STREETWISE: Remembering EDSA “People Power” by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
(Photo from www.philstar.com and owned by Gerardo Joaquin Sinco) Streetwise “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana From February 22 to 25, the nation will be marking the thirtieth year of the people’s uprising that toppled the US-backed Marcos dictatorship dubbed EDSA “People Power”. Ironically, this event will […]
Statement on the CDO presidential debate coverage
Statement 15 February 2016 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) shares the concern of our colleagues in Cagayan de Oro over the way limits appear to have been placed on coverage of the first presidential debate on Feb. 21. We acknowledge that space limitations inevitably require that admission to the venue of […]