The Filam.net (A Magazine for Filipino Americans in New York) By Wanna Ver, Atmi Pertiwi, Leonardo Taddei, Jody Fish, Adolfo Canales Wanna Ver spent her early childhood in a lavish Forbes Park mansion flanked by foreign diplomats’ homes. As the youngest daughter of General Fabian Ver, Ferdinand Marcos’ most trusted ally and loyal military officer…
At the very least, red-tagging, by design, aims to keep people from speaking out against injustice
By: Ana Roa, Krixia Subingsubing, Mariejo S. Ramos – @inquirerdotnet, Philippine Daily Inquirer / April 27, 2022 (First of two parts) MANILA, Philippines — When 24-year-old architecture student Jam created a TikTok account in 2020, she used it mainly to view general designs or videos of mothers making creative lunch boxes for their kids. The…
By: Frances Mangosing – Reporter /Philippine Daily Inquirer /April 26, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Amaryllis Hilao-Enriquez, a survivor of the Marcos dictatorship who endured torture and detention and thereafter became a leading human rights advocate, died in Covina, California, on Sunday. She was 68. Her daughter Marie Andrea said on Facebook, “My mother dedicated her…
Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star, April 20, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Five people were wounded when the team of Partido ng Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leody de Guzman was attacked by armed men in Quezon, Bukidnon yesterday. De Guzman was in Quezon town to support leaders and members of the Manobo-Pulangiyon, who were allegedly…
There is also no law criminalizing membership in the communist party also, but red-tagging is feared to be a weapon for legal warfare, particularly under the anti-terror law, and worse, that it may be used as justification for executions.
By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer/INQUIRER.net /April 14, 2022 MANILA, Philippines—“Have courage and serve the people”. Anya Remonte and Rea Guiloreza, law graduates of the University of the Philippines and Central Philippine University, said this as they looked back on one of the reasons they took the Bar examinations—“the Philippines needs lawyers”. The…
By: Dempsey Reyes – Reporter / Philippine Daily Inquirer /April 14, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — The mother of Ana Patricia “Patreng” Non, who put up the Maginhawa community pantry, has filed a complaint against Lorraine Badoy, the controversial spokesperson of the government’s anticommunist task force, for red-tagging her daughter and committing “mental and psychological” torture….