UPDATE: ‘Fake’ datus leaders of US-backed paramilitary groups
The three datus the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Office of the President presented before the media and bloggers, Sept. 13 and 15 are not genuine tribal chieftains but are in fact members of paramilitary groups responsible for atrocities across Mindanao. Human rights group Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) revealed […]
STREETWISE: Lumad killings and counterinsurgency by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Today, September 21, we commemorate the anniversary of the Dictator Marcos’ declaration of martial law and say “Never again!” This constitutes our collective denunciation of the evils spawned by 14 years of the brutally repressive, thieving and lying US-backed Marcos dictatorship. It is also a call to action to resist any attempts to re-impose martial […]
Hindi na kaylanman sa batas militar: Hanguin ang mga aral
(Repost) Ito ay panayam kay Crisanta Gorospe, isang negosyante at magsasaka sa Mexico, Pampanga. Siya ay pinaghinalaan na sumusuporta sa mga NPA noong panahon ng batas militar at madalas na nire-raid ng mga sundalo ang kanilang bahay. Mexico, Pampanga September 17, 2014
Lumad join protest rally at 43rd anniversary of Martial Law declaration
The Lumad and teachers of the Alternative Learning Center for Agriculture and Livelihood Development (Alcadev) joined cause-oriented groups in a protest-rally in Manila on the occassion of the 43rd anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. They narrated how government soldiers massacred Alcadev executive director Emerito Samarca, Datu Juvello Sinzo and Dionel Campos last September […]
PHOTO ESSAY: Mindanao nuns shed tears for massacre victims
TANDAG, SURIGAO DEL SUR—For a week, this province’s Social Hall had been a funeral parlor for the victims of the massacre in Sitio Han-Ayan, Barangay Diatogon, Lianga town. Beneath its chandeliers—witnesses to many festive events in the past—laid the three mutilated bodies of Alternative Learning Center for Agriculture and Livelihood Development (Alcadev) executive director Emerito […]
Mere kibitzers, PA says of soldiers nabbed at Lumad funeral
A smiling Sgt. Ramoso as he was being led to the nearby Lianga PNP station. He and his cohorts did not go to the police station by themselves after seeking treatment at the Lianga Hospital as Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Benjamin Hao narrated. (Photo by Karapatan Caraga) LIANGA, Surigao del Sur — The Philippine Army […]
ARMY, MAGAHAT DISRUPT FUNERAL OF LUMAD VICTIMS
LIANGA, Surigao del Sur—Three military and paramilitary personnel were apprehended by Lumad marshals at the funeral of two of the three massacre victims and an evacuee last Sunday, September 13. Sgt Rudy Ramoso of the Philippine Army’s 36th Infantry Battalion based in Barangay St Cristine this town, Army Private Ryan Alor and Gregorio Cabaso were […]
ITANONG MO KAY PROF: Tungkol sa Eleksyong Presidensyal sa 2016 (PART 2/2)
TUNGKOL SA ELEKSYONG PRESIDENSYAL SA 2016 Panayam kay Prof. Jose Maria Sison ni Prof. Sarah Raymundo ng CONTEND-UP PART 2/2 September 4, 2015 4. Ano ang mga paninindigang ikinasisiya ninyo o ng PKP at maaaring itaguyod sa plataporma ng isang partido o kandidato sa pagkapresidente? JMS: Tanyag ang programa para sa demokratikong rebolusyon ng bayan […]
STREETWISE: Lumads in Mindanao under attack by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
(Photo by Janess Ann J. Ellao of bulatlat.com) James Cameron’s 2009 box office hit film “Avatar”, about an alien world where primitive but highly evolved inhabitants defend their habitat, moved audiences across the globe, including the Filipino urbanite audience. We were enthralled by the lush and luminescent world of beings who end up waging a […]
Manobo evacuees surprise Mar Roxas with blunt answers
TANDAG CITY, SURIGAO DEL SUR–Manobo evacuees surprised presidential aspirant Mar Roxas with blunt answers to his questions when he visited an evacuation site last September 8, his last day in office as interior and local government secretary. Roxas visited his party-mate Governor Johnny T. Pimentel who brought him to the provincial sports center where about […]