Fidel Agcaoili, chair of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace negotiation panel, passed away on July 23 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Pamamaalam at pagpupugay kay Fidel Agcaoili
Ni JOI BARRIOS
Una kang lagi kung bumati
sa tuwing may nagdiriwang ng kaarawan.
Anong karangalan,
na iyong mapahalagahan
ang bawat isa sa amin,
na hirap mapantayan
ang iyong sakripisyo, ang buong buhay
na inihandog sa bayan.
Ama kang kinilala
ng bawat kasama
pagkat ngayon ay panahon
na kailangan
ng huwaran.
Bayani ng bayan,
hayaan kaming walang hanggan
na magpugay sa pamamaalam.
* Ang awtor ay nasa Bayan Women’s Desk. Isuinulat ngayong ika-23 ng Hulyo 2020
Tala: Ang larawan ay kuha noong 1984 o 1985 sa Bicutan.
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Alaala at Pagkilala kay Ka Juaning Rivera
Long live the memory of Comrade Juanito (Ka Juaning) Rivera!
Emulate his revolutionary service to the Filipino people!
Carry out the people’s democratic revolution until total victory!
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Petisyon kontra-Terror Law inihain ng mga mamamahayag at artista
Inihain ang ika-13 petisyon kontra sa kontrobersyal na Anti-Terrorism Law kaninang umaga, Hulyo 23 sa Korte Suprema. Pinangunahan ito ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines at Concerned Artists of the Philippines.
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A revolutionary and peace warrior’: Tributes pour in for NDFP’s Fidel Agcaoili
“It is just sad that Ka Fidel will no longer savor the lasting peace with justice that he was pursuing with passion. Goodbye to a dear friend, a revolutionary and a peace warrior,” government labor secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
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Women’s group questions terror law
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Women’s group Gabriela is the 19th petitioner questioning the constitutionality of the controversial terror law before the Supreme Court.
In a 73-page petition, Gabriela is asking the high court to restrain concerned government officials from implementing the Republic Act No. 11479 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, stop the Anti-Terrorism Council from convening and in promulgating the law’s implementing rules and regulations.
The terror council, according to the petition, has a very broad but undefined power against suspected individuals and groups of persons or organizations.
“Hence, one’s acts may constitute terrorism when the law’s implementors adjudge them to be so. One does not know what acts constitute disobedience of the law. One does not know when and why she or he had become a terrorist,” the petition read.
JUST IN: Women’s group Gabriela is the 19th petitioner questioning the Constitutionality of the newly-passed terror law before the Supremr Court.
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This may put progressives in danger, with the likes of Gabriela as among the oft red-tagged organizations in the country.
The law, the group said, violates Constitutionally-guaranteed rights such as rights of speech, expression, and association. It also violates the principle of separation of powers, with state security forces assuming the judicial function of finding probable cause, Gabriela said.
“To be branded and declared as terrorist is dangerous. Similarly dangerous is being branded as communist front,” the petition read, “These are an all-inclusive category which attempts to demonize Petitioners and other groups and individuals who are advocating for social change.”
Among their petitioners are Gabriela’s officers Gertrudes Libang and Joms Salvador, former Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus, and theater actress and women’s rights activist Monique Wilson.
They were assisted by fellow women’s rights advocates, lawyers Alnie Foja and Minerva Lopez.
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667 0f 4,000 tested positive in Manila drive-thru testing
As of July 23, 667 tested positive for #COVID19 out of the 4,000 that have gone through the drive-thru free COVID-19 testing in Manila, Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso said. Those who tested positive represents 16.7% of their tests so far. Manila’s first drive-thru test center in front of the Bonifacio Shrine near the Manila […]
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Hapag-Ugnayan: Ang New Normal sa Karanasang Fast Food
Nakakabit na sa kultura ng mga Pilipino ang pagkahilig natin sa pagkain. At isa sa pinakapopular na ating pinupuntahan ay ang mga fast food chain. Tila nakaugat na sa kultura natin ang pagtangkilik sa kanilang menu, gimik at kasikatan. Kulturang Fastfood, Kulturang Virus Ang fast food ay kilala bilang isang pangkaraniwan o pangmasang pagkain. Dahil […]
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