Dr. Carol P. Araullo, chairperson emirata of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, filed a ₱2.15 million damage suit against known red-taggers Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celiz earlier this week.
“I do not want to play to their red-tagging schemes. I am not going to let idiots dictate what I am going to do,” Araullo said.
Araullo added she hopes to send a clear message that baseless allegations and attempts to silence voices of dissent will not be tolerated. #
“Ang maglingkod para sa bayan ay kadakilaang hindi malilimutan.”
Kodao mourns the passing of one of our Ngayon Na, Bayan! co-hosts, people’s doctor Jojo M. Carabeo.
Reportedly captured, tortured and killed on August 21, 2022 with wife Wilma Austria and eight others:
“Happiness is in the revolution. I could not think of any other life. There is no other way. The revolution is not a burden, an obligation I perform with a heavy heart. It comes out naturally.”—BENITO TIAMZON, Communist Party of the Philippines Executive Committee Chairperson
Abduction and enforced disappearance survivor to the United Nations:
“I believe that this will still be a tough struggle, especially with the worsening case of impunity, [There is] no justice to a lot of human rights violations victims. But we are still hopeful a lot of people in the Philippines are still taking the risk, who are still standing up and fighting for justice.”–April Dyan Gumanao, Alliance of Concerned Teachers Region 7 coordinator
“Inuna na naman ng Kamara ang makasariling Charter Change ni Marcos. Walang benepisyo, bagkus ay pabigat lang ang dulot nito sa mamamayan. Gustong-gusto ng mga politijo ang term extension at pagbenta n gating ekonomiya sa mga dayuhan. Pagpapalala ito sa krisis ng bansa. Dapat na iprotesta ito ng mamamayan.”—Bagong Alyansang Makabayan [BAYAN]
“The US is becoming more aggressive now in sending cadres to oversee the military of its allies and neo-colonies is no accident. What we are seeing is both an aggressive economic thrust in the form of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and a military show of force in the region, which most recently involved Japan in a security triad with the US and the Philippines.”—Clarice Palce, GABRIELA secretary general
Malinaw ang panawagan ng mga magsasaka mula sa Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) na magbitaw na sa pwesto si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. bilang secretary ng Department of Agriculture (DA), at sa halip ay magtalaga na ng isang full-time secretary para sa kagawaran.
Binatikos din ng KMP ang pakikipag-usap ni Marcos Jr. sa Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) noong Oktubre 21 upang hingin ang kanilang payo para tugunan ang krisis sa pagkain.
“He snubbed the farmer-proposed Doables in Agriculture and chose to listen only to business executives,” ani ni KMP Chairperson Danilo Ramos sa kanilang inilabas na pahayag. Binanggit din ni Ramos na ang isa sa lead convenor ng PSAC ay mula sa Aboitiz Group na isa rin sa nangunang contributor ni Marcos Jr. noong eleksyon.
“Marcos’s group of advisers obviously have business and profit as their top priorities. Farmers and food producers on the other hand, are proposing concrete and actionable measures on how to boost local food production, how to genuinely develop the agriculture sector, and protect farmers and consumers alike from inflation shocks. [We need] to genuinely strengthen agriculture and fight hunger, Marcos Jr. should heed the demands of farmers, fisherfolk and food producers,” pagtatapos ng KMP sa kanilang pahayag.
‘PELIKULANG KATARANTADUHAN!’ Ganito inilarawan ng batikang direktor na si Joel Lamangan ang pelikulang ‘Maid in Malacañang’ ni Darryl Yap na nagsasalaysay sa huling 72 oras ng pamilya Marcos sa loob ng Malacañang bago tumakas patungong Hawaii noong kasagsagan ng EDSA People Power Revolution.
Sa katatapos lang na paglulunsad ng kampanyang #ML50, kung saan nagtipon-tipon ang ilang Martial Law survivors at mga progresibong grupo sa Quezon City Sports Club, sinabi ni Lamangan na malinaw ang intensyon ng pamilya Marcos sa pagbalik sa Malacañang: ito ay para takpan ang lahat ng katarantaduhang ginawa ng kanilang pamilya.
“Nag-uumpisa na sila. Gumawa sila ng pelikulang katarantaduhan…’Maid in Malacañang’ sa punto de vista ng pamilya bago sila sumakay ng eroplano papuntang Hawaii. The last 72 hours. Anong drama ‘yon? Drama ng pagtatakip para kaawaan ng tao [ang] pamilyang ‘yon,” dagdag ni Lamangan.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) memorandum ordering the blocking of the two media outfits’ websites, and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s shutdown order against Rappler are part of the systematic campaign against independent media.
These recent incidents aim to drown out the truth on one hand, and to drumbeat disinformation and misinformation on the other hand.
Just recently, the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) once again labeled the NUJP as a communist front.
The red-tagging of journalists is a deliberate attempt to discredit, isolate and render the Philippine media irrelevant. We are not taking all these sitting down.
Today, Bulatlat.com is filing a petition before the Courts to have the NTC order stopped and dismissed. We are fighting back. We will persevere in speaking truth to power. History is on our side. Press freedom will always remain a pillar of every democracy while those who sought to curtail press freedom were always repudiated and consigned to the dustbin of history.
#defendpressfreedom
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