NUPL wins int’l fair trial award
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers received an international award for contributions to the campaign for the right to a fair trial given by colleagues representing 100 legal organizations across the world.
Media group to reporters, protesters: You are not each other’s enemy
“Colleagues are encouraged to go beyond the narrative of traffic and disruption and report on why protests are held in the first place. These inputs will help better inform the truth that we report,” the NUJP-MMC said.
Hunyo 8, 2024 (Bagyo)
Habang nagbibingi-bingihan ang Maykapal,/habang nagbubulag-bulagan sa karahasan,/habang nakapinid ang puso sa kabulastugan,/masa ang tanging bibigwas sa kabalbalan!
‘Bagong Pilipinas’ hymn an old tune, bad song, gimmickry—artists, teachers
CAP said the new “Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines) hymn recalls Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s “Bagong Lipunan” (New Society) motto and hymn in the 1970s “when songs and artistic endeavors were used to whitewash plunder and widespread poverty.”
‘Lipunan, hindi lang sarili’
Tao bago pera. Lipunan at hindi lang sarili. Pursuing your dreams and ambitions is important. Still, this should not come at the expense of societal responsibility.
Group to Judicial Council: Remember Baby River
Kapatid pressed for the disqualification of Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert and Manila RTC Judge Jason Zapanta for “legal and moral unfitness” because of their “fundamental violations of justice, fairness, and respect for human rights that form the bedrock of our legal system and moral law.”
AFP’s red-tagging activities in HS campuses must stop—CHR, Kabataan Party
“[W]e urge everyone, particularly our security forces and duty-bearers, to refrain from disseminating misconstrued information that could hinder the freedom to protest or compromise the safety of individuals exercising their democratic rights,” the CHR said.
Paurong na Gulong ng Hustisya
Kahit sabihin pang nagpapakatatag ang mga bilanggong pulitikal para lumaban, ramdam nila ang lupit ng estado sa usapin ng pagpapatagal ng mga kaso laluna yaong may mga gawa-gawang kaso ng diumanong paglabag sa Anti-Terror Act.
4 AFP troopers killed in Aurora clash, CPP reports
Four government troopers were killed last May 28, Tuesday, in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Bazal, Maria Aurora town in Aurora Province, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) reported.
Sa palagay kong tunay na kriminal sa pagitan ng development worker at gubyerno
Nasa panig ng mga development worker at ng mga kinapapalooban nilang NGO ang lakas ng komunidad na minahal nila at magtatanggol sa kanila. Ipagtatagumpay nila ang laban dahil ito ang hinihingi ng kalagayan at magpapatuloy ang paglaban kasama ang mamamayan.