On July 28, 2018, a 23-member fact finding mission composed of human rights workers from Karapatan Southern Tagalog were on their way to Atimonan, Quezon aboard a jeepney when they were fired at by men on-board a motorcycle. The mission team members were set to investigate reports of rights violations due to militarization in Atimonan, including the alleged death of 2 residents from Montes Callagan, Atimonan. The perpetrators attacked the mission team’s vehicle while they were still in Brgy. Bilukaw, Pitugo, Quezon, around 30 kilometers from the team’s destination. Bullets hit the vehicle’s wheels but none from the team were hurt.
UNITED PEOPLE’S SONA 2018: ‘Walang forever na diktador!’
Tens of thousands of protesters filled the main avenue leading to President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address last July 23, 2018. The march and protest rally, dubbed the broadest SONA protest against arroyo gathered groups from many political colors and stripes, leading Bagong Alyansang Makabayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. to quip […]
Theater of the absurd
By Luis V. Teodoro A television comedy director was supposed to direct it, and did hold at least one rehearsal over the weekend. But the directorial prowess of Joyce Bernal wasn’t in much evidence except in President Rodrigo Duterte’s subdued though less than forthright State of the Nation Address (SONA) this year. Together with the […]
Binondo
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REBYU: Beastmode, A Social Experiment
Ni Judy Taguiwalo Kagabi pinanood namin ni Nana (Prof. Jina Umali) ang documentary na may pamagat na “Beastmode, A Social Experiment”. Si Baron Geisler ang bida. ‘Yan lang muna ang alam ko tungkol sa pelikula. Pero alam ko rin na may usapan sa nakaraan na magdo-donate si Baron para sa piyansa ni Maricon Montajes at […]
‘Walang habas na paglabag sa karapatan’
Video by Resbak Masdan ang mga daing ng taumbayan noong SONA. Ang video na ito ay dokumentasyon ng pagkilos ng mga artista mula sa iba’t-ibang hanay at organisasyon, bilang pagkundena sa walang habas na paglabag ng Rehimeng Duterte sa karapatang pantao ng mga Pilipino. (Resbak, Respond and Break the Silence On the Killings, is an […]
Itanong Mo Kay Prof: Ang SONA ni Duterte 2018
Sa episode na ito ng Itanong Mo Kay Prof nina Jose Maria Sison at Sarah Raymundo, sinuma at tinasa nila ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte noong ika-23 ng Hulyo. Ayon kay Prof. Sison, mahalagang kaganapan ang pagkakaisa ng mas maraming sektor sa mga protesta laban sa mga pagkukulang ni […]
Warrant of Arrest for 4 Makabayan reps signals unabated, intensifying repression
“This is a trademark of repression,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay on the release of a warrant of arrest for former Bayan Muna representatives Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casiño, former Gabriela partylist representative and National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretary Liza Maza, and former Anakpawis representative and former DAR Secretary Rafael Mariano.
(Photo: Lawyers, allies, members of the Makabayan bloc, and members of progressive organizations held a press conference on the political persecution of Satur Ocampo, Liza Maza, Teddy Casino, and Rafael Mariano on July 27, 2018.)