The City Council of Davao City has approved in the third and final reading the proposed Ordinance banning the release of balloons and sky lanterns.
by MG Amsterdam “It make sense naman ang dahilan ng ilan sa mga Pilipino na OK lang na iboto yung kinukwestyon ng iba diyan. Una, marami talaga ang naghihirap sa Pilipinas, marami ang nagugutom, marami ang walang trabaho at walang lupa. Dahil walang industriyalisasyon, walang tunay na reporma sa lupa at wala naman talagang makabuluhang…
Karapatan strongly condemned the killing of peasant leader Ronald Manlapat, 30 years old and a member of the local chapter of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NSFW) in Hacienda Joefred, Brgy. Luna, Sagay City, Negros Occidental yesterday, February 22 at around 5am. He was shot by an unknown assailant at the back of his head. Previously,…
Following the permanent termination of the peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines, Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines is seeing the full implementation of the government’s all-out war against the revolutionary forces.
Lawyers’ groups expressed alarm on the continuing red-tagging among its ranks, especially those who are deeply involved in human rights advocacy.
BACOLOD CITY — A councilor of the northern Negros Occidental city of Escalante, a lawyer who has longed worked with peasant and human rights groups, and a number of current and former leaders of activist groups were among more than 60 supposed communist rebels whose faces were printed on a police poster. The National Federation…