The documentary Alipato at Muog may now be shown in regular cinemas after the Movie and Television Review Classification Board (MTRCB) gave it a “Restricted-16” rating, canceling its earlier “X” classification of the award-winning film.
“[T]his would be, as far as we know, the first ruling on Marcos’ illegal wealth under the presidency of the son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who has repeatedly denied that his family amassed millions worth of wealth during the Marcos Sr. dictatorship,” CARMMA said.
“These laws have become blunt weapons wielded not (just) to suppress but to sow terror, standing in the way of the very freedoms and liberties they purport to protect,” the NUPL said.
NDFP panel chairperson Julie de Lima said they remain open and ready to engage the Manila government in peace negotiations but have “observed with concern” mixed and contradictory signals from the GRP. “On the one hand, General Eduardo Año stated that peace talks are unlikely to proceed. On the other hand, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said they are optimistic that the talks would resume,” de Lima said.
“Wala nang inaasahang maaani. Kung mayroon man, nasa lima hanggang 10 kaban na lamang at ito ay hindi na rin magandang klase ng palay at pagtiya-tiyagaan na lang na kainin ng pamilyang magsasaka na nasalanta,” KMB lamented.
“So, enough with VP Duterte’s squid tactics, we demand accountability. It is the right of the people to know how their money was spent, and it is our duty to ensure that public officials do not betray their trust as this becomes an impeachable offense,” Makabayan said.
“Bakit niyo siya kinuha? Gardening, cycling, eco waste ang buhay niya,” former Ateneo Law Dean Antonio La Vina asked. He said Salaviera is, “A good man, an environmental defender…a friend to nature and committed to his country. He is frail and he needs to be surfaced immediately.”
On the eve of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, human rights group Karapatan announced that James Jazmines had been missing since August 23.
“Even a first year law student knows that if a Regional Trial Court judgement is under appeal before the Court of Appeals or even the Supreme Court, it is not yet final and executory,” Bayan Muna executive vice president Carlos Zarate said.
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives resumed its probe into past confidential and intelligence funds expenditures by the Office of the Vice President (OVP), driving Sara Duterte into a familiar aggressive stance in the ongoing budget hearing.
