“The whispers of another martial law extension have turned into a real nightmare today. President Duterte has officially requested Congress to extend Martial Law in Mindanao yet again, while the vultures eager to receive his blessings come election season are ever more ready to decide on the basis of political favor rather than the people’s…
“Despite the distortions and deflections of the AFP, the fact remains: there are torture victims who have told their story of inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of the military. The trauma that they have experienced — the marks on their necks due to strangulation and burn marks — are still visible on their…
Storya nina Nicole Falcasantos at Patricia Esteban | Interns mula sa University of the Philippines Baguio at Diliman “Sa Jollibee bida ang saya, sa mga manggagawa, tinanggal ang saya!” Ito ang hinaing ng Samahan ng Manggagawa- Jollibee Foods Corporation (SM-JFC) sa naganap na kilos-protesta sa harap ng warehouse ng Jollibee sa Parañaque City noong Hunyo 21. …
By Jeoffrey Mhar Larua SAGADA, Mountain Province – Peasants in the northern villages of Aguid, Pide, and Fidelisan here worry as elements of the 54th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army started listing individuals they allege to be members or supporters of the revolutionary New Peoples Army (NPA). A Barangay Pide councilor who asked not to be…
DAVAO CITY- For sixty-five years the Masjid Assalam stood as the oldest existing mosque in Davao City until it was…
Neighborhood kids learn the value of working and earning early by selling flower garlands to churchgoers on a Sunday morning. (Quezon City. Photo by R. Villanueva)