Three government troopers under the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were killed in an encounter in Masbate Province Friday morning, a spot report from the Philippine National Police said. The soldiers figured in a fire fight with suspected members of the New People’s Army at Barangay Mactan, Cawayan town at about 8:30 in…
By: Nestle Semilla – Reporter / Inquirer Visayas /May 14, 2021 CEBU CITY—The Central Visayas police has freed seven persons arrested last February on suspicion that they were recruiting lumad minors and training them as “child warriors” of communist rebel movement. The detainees, known as Bakwit School 7, were released around 6 p.m. on Friday…
Dear friends, We are sharing with you the statement of Barbel Kofler, German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights and Policy and Humanitarian Aid, and that of Luxembourg ministers Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Romain Schneider, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, on the killing of Atty. Benjamin “Ben” Ramos. read more
Israel weeps as he narrates how his father was killed by policemen on March 30, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Saka) Under the Duterte administration, 66 farmers and activists have already been gunned down. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Israel Avelino wept in anguish as he narrated how his father Edgardo was killed by…
Mahigit-kumulang 150 na guro, non-teaching personnel at instruktor mula sa iba’t ibang SUC’s, pampubliko at pribadong paaralan ang nagtipon-tipon sa Bulwagang Tandang Sora, College of Social Work and community Development, UP Diliman para sa National Education Worker’s Summit 2018 na pinangunahan ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers, All UP Academic Employees Union, Quezon City Public School Teachers Association (QCPSTA), SOS (Save Our Schools) UST Chapter at KMED (Kilos na para sa Makabayang Edukasyon) noong Agosto 15,…
A plaque honoring Philippines’s Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) was installed at the Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, USA last May 1 at the monument honoring workers whose deaths led to several labor reforms, including the implementation of an eight-hour work day. The installation of the plaque was organized by the Illinois Labor History Society. Raymond Palatino Bagong…