Streetwise: Aquino’s SONA, what legacy? By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
This year’s state-of-the-nation address (SONA) is President BS Aquino’s last. He is expected to deliver a powerful speech replete with his regime’s achievements for the last 5 years with a summation of the legacy he will leave behind as he winds up his term. The Palace is agog about the Aquino regime’s so-called “legacy of […]
MRT/LRT the ultimate epic fail of the year
SONA 2015: Sakay na sa “huling byahe” ni Pnoy
Of Trials and Tribulations in the Time of Tempest
(File photo: “patapos na”| January 2015) The recent Findings and Conclusions of the International Peoples’ Tribunal (IPT) credibly adjudging President BS Aquino and his government guilty of rights violations lay further basis for him to face the music when he steps down. It validates what the people want: justice and accountability, self-evident principles the […]
Karapatan to BS Aquino: Hindi ka namin malilimutan
(File photo | February 2015 | Kodao Productions) SONA 2015 The 2,000 soldiers, 4,000 police, K-9 units aside from the concrete barriers are expected to block the protesters on Monday, BS Aquino’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA). “The state forces will try to defend the indefensible president whose crimes against the Filipino people are […]
LCPEA-AHW: Daang nakamamatay, hindi tuwid na daan
Nagpiket ang mga manggagawang pangkalusugan sa harap ng Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) para ihayag ang mariing pagtutol sa planong pagtatayo ng kalsada sa loob mismo ng LCP. Ayon kay Eleazar Sobinsky, pangulo ng Lung Center of the Philippines Employees Association – Alliance of Health Workers (LCPEA-AHW), “Hindi makatuwiran na maglagay pa ng kalsada […]
SONA 2015 | Gov’t boosts anti-rally contraptions along Commonwealth
Government personnel wearing Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) shirts rearranged and enhanced so-called security contraptions along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City in preparation for President Benigno Aquino’s last State of the Nation Address. Backhoes and trucks transferred “zebra” concrete blocks from the road’s West-bound side to its East-bound side to create two-layered deterrents to protesters […]
Karapatan condemns military and police brutality vs. Lumad evacuees
(Photo by Paolo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com) “A congresswoman who acted in concert with the Armed Forces of the Philippines prompted the brutal action of the police against the Lumad evacuees at the UCCP compound in Davao City,” said Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan. North Cotabato Rep. Nancy Catamco mobilized the police, the Department of Social […]
BAYAN to Pnoy: Hands Off Activists and Human Rights Defenders
Press Statement July 18, 2015 The increased and widespread harassment and intimidation of government critics and oppositionists in the run-up to Pres. Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) later this month is a dangerous sign that the Aquino government is adopting the tactics of notorious human rights violator Jovito Palparan – with the blessings […]
Big rally set for Aquino’s final SONA
Various groups and critics of the regime are preparing to mount another big rally on the sixth and final State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III on July 27. Carrying different issues and grievances, this year’s SONA rally will sum-up the more than five years of the Aquino regime. “For Aquino, the […]
Promulgation of the IPT Verdict in Manila
Promulgation of the guilty verdict of the International Peoples’ Tribunal (IPT) on Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III and the US government for crimes against the Filipino people. The verdict was read by Atty. Josalee Deinla of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) at the July 20, 2015 forum before mass organizations marched towards Malacanang […]