STREETWISE by Carol P Araullo: Pavlovian Reflex
It was shockingly painful to watch the video footage of a police van mowing down protesting indigenous and Moro people in front of the US embassy last Wednesday. The rabid zeal and brutally with which the police used their might to inflict injury on anyone they could lay their hands on and arrest as many […]
Pambansang Lakbayan ng mga Pambansang Minorya 2016 ends in defiance
The Lakbayan ng Pambansang Minorya 2016 closes at Mendiola in Manila after weeks of marches from as far as Northern Luzon and Southern Mindanao. Indigenous peoples and Moros asserted their right to self-determination, peace and the pull-out of military troops from their communities. Despite being teargassed, caned and ran over by the police at a […]
IPs march to Mendiola to press fight for self-determination
Indigenous peoples who are participating in the Pambansang Lakbayan ng Pambansang Minorya 2016 marched to Mendiola, Manila last October 20 to press their fight for self-determination. The march was also in condemnation of the brutal dispersal of their rally in front of the United States Embassy the previous day. The indigenous peoples formed a new […]
Police car rams through protesters; 50 injured
The Manila Police District violently dispersed indigenous peoples protesters this morning after its deputy director Marcelino Pedrozo ordered his troops to arrest and “fight back,” lest they lose face with the US Embassy. This video shows an MPD vehicle ramming and running over at least ten protesters.
US Marine found guilty of killing Filipino transgender
Militant organizations cheered as the Olongapo Regional Trial Court found US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott guilty of homicide for killing Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude. Led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, they held a vigil rally last December 1 as the promulgation of the judgement was ongoing. Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr said that […]
Pemberton should be committed to a Philippine jail, militants insist
Militant organizations held a protest rally while the promulgation of the judgement on US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was being read at the Olongapo Regional Trial Court last December 1. Pemberton was found guilty of committing homicide in connection with the death of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude last year. He was sentenced to […]