IBON SURVEY: MORE FILIPINOS UNSATISFIED WITH PRES. AQUINO’S PERFORMANCE
The latest survey of IBON shows that more Filipinos are not satisfied with Pres. Aquino’s performance of his duties as chief executive. The share of respondents who said they did not find the President’s performance satisfactory rose from 43.7% in January to 48.9% in May. Asked what they can say about Pres. Aquino’s performance, 30.9% […]
Justice Antonio Carpio on the South China Sea dispute
Highlights of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s presentation “The South China Sea Dispute” at the forum “Asserting Philippine Sovereignty in the Wake of the China-US Powerplay” organized by P1NAS (Pilipinong Nagkakaisa para sa Soberanya) held at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila on July 25, 2015. Justice Carpio gives an update on […]
Health Groups: Justice for Calago Couple, Stop Attacks Against Health Workers
On June 25, 2015, Health Action for Human Rights (HAHR) joins the Council for Health and Development (CHD) in a press conference at the Max Restaurant, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City to condemn the brutal murder, by suspected state elements, of Barangay Health Worker (BHW) Rosalie “Saling” Calago and her husband Barangay Kagawad and community leader […]
Buwelta
By Sarah Raymundo June 24, 2015 1. Nasaan ang mga banal na alagad ng Dios sa mga oras ng magdamag na handang-handa na sana akong ipamukha sa kanila na bukas na bukas, sa totoo lang noong isang buwan pa, ay handang-handa na akong layasan ang tinamaan ng lintik na trabaho kong wala naman palang benepisyo […]
BAYAN: Oppose the US-Japan-Philippine naval exercises
“The Philippines must reject US intervention and rising Japan militarism. Neither are out to serve our national interest. The naval exercises themselves do very little to develop our own capability for external defence. We’ve had so many with the United States yet our armed forces remain undeveloped. The avowed goal of interoperability is a sham […]
LARAWAN: No to US-Japan Military Alliance
The United States and Japan are using the Philippine dispute with China to justify increased US intervention and the rise of Japanese militarism in the region. The Filipino people should be wary because the ongoing military exercises between the US, Japan and the Philippines are nothing a ploy to project US military power in the […]
LARAWAN: Pull out troops in Mindanao!
“The Armed Forces of the Philippines, all 55 combat battalions, is wreaking havoc all-over Mindanao. The massacres, disappearances, forcible evacuations, closing down of schools, illegal arrests will only stop if army troops pull out now and the BS Aquino government junks its Oplan Bayanihan! It is because of these terror acts that we need to […]
Listen to lola: No to US-Japan war games in PH
Listen to lola (grandmother). Octogenarians of Lila-Pilipina join a protest picket at the Japanese embassy as the U.S. and Japan conduct military exercises in the Philippines. Japan has yet to own up to its war crimes and give restitution to comfort women. Protesters slammed the Aquino government’s subservience to rising Japanese militarism and US imperialism […]
ITANONG MO KAY PROF: Podcast on China and US aggression in the Philippines
Itanong mo kay Prof June 9, 2015 Panayam ng Kodao Productions kay Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Chairperson, International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) hinggil sa usapin ng panghihimasok ng mga bansang China at Amerika sa kalupaan ng Pilipinas. Si Prof. Sarah Raymundo ng Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) ang pangunahing […]
Indignation rally vs Paquibato massacre
Karapatan today staged an indignation rally at the gate of the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo on the Paquibato massacre, killing three civilians and wounding a 12- year old child. Those killed were tribal chieftain Datu Ruben Enlog, Randy Lavarcon Carnasa and Oligario Quimbo. The three were killed midnight of […]