Pinuri ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) ang magiting na pagkakaisa ng mga kasapi ng Cagayan de Oro Press Club upang tanggalin ang istrimer na nagbabansag sa NUJP at iba pang grupo bilang mga “terorista” noong Mayo 28. Ikinabit ang istrimer sa bakuran ng Press Freedom Monument sa Vicente de Lara Park, […]
Lumalakas ang panawagang impeachment o pagpatalsik kay Donald Trump bilang presidente ng US. Ito ay matapos isapubliko noong Mayo 30 ng Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC) ang ulat ng imbestigasyon nito sa pakikialam ng Russia sa 2016 eleksyong presidensyal. Idinetalye ng ulat ang malawakan at sistematikong pangangampanya sa social media ng Internet Research Agency, […]
Mas masahol na pag-amyenda sa Human Security Act (HSA) o Anti-Terror Law at Mandatory ROTC sa Senior High School ang minamadaling maisabatas ng rehimeng Duterte bago magtapos ang ika-17 Kongreso. Sa pagpasok naman ng ika-18 Kongresong dominado ng mga basalyo ni Duterte, inihahanda na rin ang batas para sa Mandatory Military Service. Pinapalabo ng panukalang […]
Serye ng mga armadong aksyon ang inilunsad ng People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) na pinamumunuan ng Communist Party of India (Maoist) mula Mayo hanggang unang linggo ng Hunyo. Ito ay matapos pinaslang sina Ramko Narote, kasapi ng CPI-Maoist at Shilpa Dhurva, isang gerilya, noong Abril 27 sa Gundurwahi. Tinatayang umaabot sa 79 ang kaswalting sundalo […]
LAST MAY 25, the Juenes Révolutionnaires (Revolutionary Youth) in France conducted a study meeting on the Filipino revolution being led by the Communist Party of the Philippines. Local revolutionary and anti-fascist organizations attended. They discussed the liberation movement in the Philippines, particularly the people’s armed struggle. A discussion on the people’s war in India and […]
CALLS TO impeach US President Trump are intensifying. This followed the release last May 30 of the Office of the Legal Counsel’s (OLC) report on its investigation regarding Russia’s intervention in the 2016 presidential elections. The report detailed the widespread and systematic social media campaign for Trump by Russian company Internet Research Agency and its […]
THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION Guerrilla Army (PLGA) led by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) launched a series of armed actions from May until the first week of June. This came after the killings of Ramko Narote, a CPI-Maoist member and Shilpa Dhurva, a guerrilla, on April 27 in Gundurwahi. The police and military sustained an […]
POLICE FORCES violently dispersed the protest mounted by students in front of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) on May 30. The group condemned the Supreme Court decision which favors CHEd Memo No. 20. Daryl Babaydo, national president of the College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines criticized CHEd Commissioner Prospero de Vera’s statement lauding the […]
Unjust and condemnable. This was Karapatan’s reaction to the conviction of unionist Marklen Maojo B. Maga by the San Mateo Rizal Regional Trial Court Branch 76 based on a trumped-up charge of illegal possession of firearms last June 3. Maoj’s family was extremely dismayed with the conviction. Maga, who is currently detained in the Metro […]
THE SUPREME COURT issued writs of amparo and habeas data in favor of Karapatan, Gabriela and Rural Missionaries of the Philippines last May 24. As per the writs, state agencies are obliged to cease from persecuting the groups until accusations against the latter are proved and justified. The petition was filed by the said groups […]