Rights defenders: Time to abolish NTF-ELCAC after SC ruling on red-tagging
“I also demand accountability from the top officials of the NTF-ELCAC. This ruling should lead to the abolition of this (NTF-ELCAC) abomination,” BAYAN chairperson emerita Dr. Carol Araullo said.
‘Lou Tangco, revolutionary doctor and people’s martyr’
“People had to learn that health is not a privilege but a right and a responsibility. They must be equipped to take on this responsibility. However, I knew I could not do this alone. I found other doctors and health workers doing similar work, together we helped each other develop the community-based health programs,” she narrated.
Streetwise by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo: Dealing with Duterte
We have been getting “I-told-you-so” and “why-do-you-still-put-up-with-him” reactions from quite a number of well-meaning people here and abroad after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao and withdrew the government negotiating panel form the 5th round of peace talks with the NDFP effectively causing its collapse. As far as they are concerned, President […]
STREETWISE: 4TH round of GRP-NDFP peace talks defy spoilers
By Carol P. Araullo The fourth round of formal peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) got off to a halting start last April 3, a full day after the scheduled formal opening. For a while, it was unclear whether the […]
OPINION: Writing as contribution to just and lasting peace
By Carol P. Araullo, Independent Cooperator to the NDFP Negotiating Panel Response to “Contra en punto” written by Edwin G. Espejo, in reaction to my 17 October 2016 Business World column “Streetwise – Thorny issues emerge in Oslo peace talks” IT IS UNFORTUNATE that Mr. Edwin G. Espejo, a member of the GRP Peace Panel Communications Group, chose […]
STREETWISE: Out of a quagmire
Streetwise by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Out of a quagmire After more than half a decade of impasse, the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine government (GRP) and the revolutionary National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) last August 22-26 in Oslo, Norway is without a doubt a major, major breakthrough. This historically significant development […]
STREETWISE: History in the making
Streetwise by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo History in the making The past weeks have been a roller coaster ride for many of us – human rights activists working hard for the release of political prisoners, the political prisoners themselves and their loved ones, peace advocates mobilizing public support for the resumption of peace talks between the Government […]
STREETWISE: Why peace talks hang in the balance
Streetwise By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Why peace talks still hang in the balance And so it has come to this. After stoking such high expectations about the resumption of peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and what the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) considers the top “security threat” in […]
STREETWISE:Peace Talks 101
By Carol P. Araullo The significance of peace talks resumption between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the revolutionary umbrella organization that includes the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), is not as easy to appreciate and be enthused about as one would think. The subject matter is […]