Metro Manila residents had been coughing and wheezing in the last 20 days from the thick and smelly haze that now blankets the city and surrounding areas. The government cannot say when will their ordeal end.
The Philippine House of Representatives (Hor) has determined the existence of probable cause in both impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte by unanimous vote on Wednesday.
They are tourists who are looking to unwind after completing their compulsory military service in places like Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Lebanon. Used to getting their way in occupied Arab territories, some of them have been displaying arrogant behavior that rubs locals and other foreign tourists the wrong way.
Without concrete confirmation that Woggle will not return, Bitnong’s barricade will continue to stand, and Analiza will continue to guard it.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) revealed that only 10 of the 19 casualties in the April 19 Toboso, Negros Occidental carnage were New People’s Army (NPA) fighters while the rest were civilians.
“Determination of status, circumstances of engagement, and proportionality must be based on verifiable facts and due process. In case of doubt, persons shall be presumed civilians,” the CHR said.
Groundwater brimming with excess nutrients and other contaminants is quietly flowing into the ocean, posing a threat to vulnerable reefs
It now appears that militarist factions in the regime want a “no quarter” policy consistent with the US Counterinsurgency (Coin) Guide. This means no prisoners are taken and anyone in the “conflict zones” is fair game, with the remains of the fatalities mutilated, their faces unrecognizable.
Kai Sorem, a musician and activist, was among those killed in what human rights and church organization organizations described as a “prolonged and indiscriminate firing” by 79th Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army troopers that also displaced more than 800 residents.
Like journalist RJ Nichole Ledesma, University of the Philippines student councilor Alyssa Alano and peasant organizers and advocates Maureen Santuyo and Errol Wendel, Prijoles was slain by “indiscriminate firing and strafing” by government soldiers, BAYAN-USA said.
