While singing this song entitled, Kalinga, Bumangon Ka, which was composed during the height of the anti-Chico Dam struggle, members of the Innnabuyog-Kalinga are reminded of their responsibility as umili to defend once again their ancestral lands from the encroachment of so-called “development projects”: proposed dams along the Chico River under Pres. Duterte’s Build, Build, […]
Starting them young
Neighborhood kids learn the value of working and earning early by selling flower garlands to churchgoers on a Sunday morning. (Quezon City. Photo by R. Villanueva)
On Malacañang’s allegations that human rights groups are in cahoots with drug lords
We’d never know what they’re having in Malacañang, that they never seem to run out of fantastic tales and labels.
They call human rights activists with so many names – NPA rebels, rowdy anti-development strikers, terrorists, destabilizers and now minions of drug lords – all meant to justify the extrajudicial killings, torture and illegal arrest of human rights activists and political dissenters.
Groups welcome House resolution urging peace talks resumption
Various multi-sectoral groups welcomed the efforts of 61 members of the House of Representatives who filed House Resolution 1803 which urged the government to resume its stalled peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
Progressive youth group says guidelines for free college education “bastardized”
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) launched on Monday the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (UAQTEA) which will take effect this academic year (AY) 2018 to 2019.
Groups deny benefits from coal plants
By SHERWIN DE VERA www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Environmental groups in Ilocos rebuked the claims of economic benefits by coal-fired power plant proponents. The Ilocos Network for the Environment (Defend Ilocos) and Save Sual Movement (SSM), in a separate statement, argued that health and environmental cost out weights the promise of jobs and royalties from […]
Rice Fields and Carabaos: A Glimpse of Rural Life in the Philippines
Text by Mong Palatino / Global Voices Southeast Asia Editor Photos by Lito Ocampo Veteran photographer and activist Lito Ocampo has been making frequent visits to his hometown of Pampanga, located in the central part of Luzon Island in the Philippines, to escape the noise and dirt of the capital region Manila. His visits allowed […]
EASTER HOMILY
By Jason Montana Open your eyes to the power of the people and the arms they bear Of sacrament and gun and a story living in their hearts. How different is the violence of the ruling classes and their foreign masters In their social system of exploitation and oppression! The people’s war is violence […]