NINE YEARS. Three administrations. Yet justice has remained elusive for all the victims of the bloody Ampatuan massacre where 58 people, 32 of whom were journalists, were killed in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province in what is considered as the worst election-related massacre in Philippine history. Branch 22 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has…
Statement November 21, 2018 The Philippine National Police’s hysterical protestations about how “Ang Probinsyano” portrays law enforcers is nothing short of an admission that there is nothing the institution wishes more than to dictate the flow of information and expression, in effect shaping our nation’s narrative. As much has been acknowledged by the Department of…
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Rice tariffication and uncontrolled rice imports will displace rice farmers and worsen food insecurity without solving the problem of expensive rice, research group IBON said. The government is using high inflation to justify rice sector liberalization according to long-standing demands of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and big foreign agricultural exporters. Domestic agriculture should be…
Nitong ika-16 ng Nobyembre ay dinaos ang ika-14 taong pag-aalala at paggunita sa pitong martir ng masaker Hacienda Luisita. Muling nagkaisa ang mga magsasaka at iba’t-ibang sektor sa bayan upang igiit ang hustisya para sa mga manggagawang bukid at magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita. Matapos ang 14 na taon, wala pa ring hustisya. Marami pa ang…
By Jose Lorenzo Lim Through China ODA, the Duterte administration revives a project halted by the historical struggle of the Cordillera people against destructive infrastructure The Chico River Basin Dam Project was an infamous World Bank-funded hydroelectric project under the Marcos Era. Local opposition to the project was strong. The famed Macli-ing Dulag, tribal chieftain…