Stone-throwing from inside Camp Aguinaldo mars EDSA uprising commemoration
oong EDSA, iyong mga tao, pumunta rito sa EDSA para po protektahan yung mga nasa loob ng Camp Aguinaldo. Ngayon po, yung mga tao, nagtitipon dito sa EDSA, binabato ng mga naroroon sa loob ng Camp Aguinaldo,” BAYAN said.
A POEM FOR TARITS
“Angngarigang tu ariam mu meyennag gapa (In the chance you no longer can wait) / Kannammuam-mu, maddarawa ngana (We are certain of their flowering, fruiting) / Umara-ranni aggaw, affu-fusi na vunga (As are the days for gathering) / Mapannu-pannu sangau yore y kareta. (And the carts will groan with our bountiful harvest.)”
Comelec’s Guanzon calls on all fellow commissioners to resign
Commissioner Rowena Guanzon challenged all collegues in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to resign following her allegations that another commissioner is being influenced by a high government official to delay the release of the resolution on the petition to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. from the presidential race.
‘Who is this politician trying to influence the Comelec?’
“She is correct in citing Marcos Jr’s repeated failure to pay taxes and the corresponding fines as her basis to disqualify him from the presidential race. We raise concern over Guanzon’s claim that a certain politician was trying to delay the issuance of a decision by the Comelec First Division after learning of her vote to disqualify Marcos. Who is this politician trying to influence the Comelec?”
2021 in review: Countdown to ending Duterte’s tyranny
response. It has been a year of great resistance and important victories especially for human rights. It is also the year Duterte was thoroughly exposed for being unable to govern and lead during the worst health and economic crisis in decades.
Lawyers, activists hail ICC decision to investigate Duterte’s war on drugs
“This ICC decision to investigate the EJKs in the Philippines is a major step to justice! The families of thousands of EJK victims have long asked for the accountability of the killers. Malapit na po!” human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares said.
Senate reveals more questionable Pharmally deals
“Pharmally still could not explain where it got money to pay its Chinese suppliers. The ‘buy now, pay later’ explanation is hard to believe at a time when the demand was highest,” BAYAN secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said.
Bayan on Fr. Jun Mercado: ‘Remarkable human being’
“He did not shirk from social and political activism as unbecoming of a man of the cloth but embraced it with scholarly enthusiasm and imbued it with a high moral and spiritual conviction. His life-long focus on the plight, struggles and aspirations of the Moro people is a testament to his profound understanding and embrace of the most exploited, oppressed and discriminated against among God’s people,” Araullo said.
‘It is just a sweeping accusation, no different from red-tagging’
“The designation is arbitrary, has no clear standards, with no evidence presented and no specific terrorist acts cited. It is just a sweeping accusation, no different from red-tagging, that violates the rights of those designated. Those listed will also suffer the freezing of their bank accounts, a direct injury. All of this was done without due process.”
BAYAN urges Palace to summon, even expel, Chinese ambassador
“The statement of the Chinese Embassy claiming the Julian Felipe Reef as well as dismissal of our exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the arbitral court decision of the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS) is unacceptable,” Reyes said.