September 27, 2009 in international
By BAYAN-CANADA
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To mark the 37th anniversary declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) Canada member organizations are holding rallies, study sessions, coffee house discussions, public fora and photo exhibits in different cities in Canada. Read the rest of this entry →
September 27, 2009 in Uncategorized
By PIPLINKS
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LONDON, UK — Indigenous Peoples Links (PIPLinks), a UK-based support group on indigenous rights, presented a letter to President Arroyo on her visit to the United Kingdom, raising issues around the recent concluding observations of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Uncategorized
By TITO SANQUI
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September 20, 2009 in Cordillera
By Aldwin Quitasol
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SONGS, POEMS, AND TORCHES FOR JAMES BALAO. A year since the enforced disappearance of James Balao, relatives and friends light torches and sang songs to light their way and enliven their spirits in the continuing efforts to locate the missing activist, whom many suspect fell victim to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Oplan Bantay Laya. photo by Noel Godinez
BAGUIO CITY — The 17th of this month, marks one year since Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) founding member and activist James Balao was abducted by suspected military agents. The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA), Balao’s family, clanmates and friends once more rallied mabtad! in search for James, and reiterated their demand for the government to stop enforced disappearances (EDs). Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Cordillera
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
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The said sipat by Balweg and Cory cannot be validly done as the practice is done between two tribes in the Cordillera villages on equal footing. photo courtesy of Cordillera People’s Alliance
BAGUIO CITY — While remnants of the para-military Cordillera Peoples Liberation Army (CPLA) commemorates the anniversary of the Conrado Balweg – Cory Aquino sipat (peace tokens) on September 13, a leader of Cordillera elders said that the sipat was a misrepresentation of the Cordillera people. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Cordillera
By LYN V. RAMO
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BAGUIO CITY – Workers and employees of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC) can not avail of short-term benefits from the Social Security System (SSS) due to the company’s unpaid premiums since 2004. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Baguio City
By WENDY ATUBAN
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BAGUIO CITY — A newly forged alliance of indigenous students group inside the University of the Philippines system commits itself to support the Katribu partylist in its foray into the partylist contest in the 2010 elections. As an indidgenous people partylist,Katribu aims to represent the issues and concerns of the indigenous people in the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Cordillera
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
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TUBA, BENGUET — A German national is now the subject of a manhunt by authorities for violating the Anti-Human Trafficking Act of 2003 which punishes prostitution, slavery and sexual exploitation. Cases for violations of various laws on child abuse and violence against women were also filed against the German national. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Cordillera
By WENDY ATUBAN
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BAGUIO CITY — Realizing its corporate social responsibility to the communities hosting its investments, the SN Aboitiz Power, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Agreements (MOA)with the local officials of Benguet for five Community Social Responsibility (CSR) funded projects for the year 2008. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in international
By ALDWIN QUITASOL
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BAGUIO CITY — The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) condemned the attempted assassination of one of its consultants Glicero Pernia on Monday, September 16 at Guinobatan, Albay and criticized the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for blaming the New People’s Army (NPA) for carrying out the ambush. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Cordillera
By CHRISTINE SIDCHOGAN
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LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Once again, Benguet State University (BSU) is inching its way to excellence.
This after it was identified as one of the National University/College of Agriculture (NUCA) for CAR under the National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES) under R.A No. 8435, otherwise known as Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Baguio City
By LYN V. RAMO
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BAGUIO CITY — Already criticized for hauling out garbage, the city council here Monday approved the release of some P2.1 million to bring out piling since August 23 as an emergency measure unable to do away with transporting. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in international
By CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
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The Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines (CHRP), an independent British-based human rights group, will launch a protest together with concerned members of the Filipino community on Friday, 18 September, as the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers a keynote conference speech in London. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in editorials
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Right after Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro was proclaimed as the administration’s presidential bet for next year’s election by the executive committee of the Lakas-CMD-Kampi party, militants expressed their apprehensions that his possible ascent to Malacañang might be an extension of the Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo’s presidency. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in columns
By ALDWIN QUITASOL
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(A commentary from www. kilusangmayouno.org)
The vice president should apologize.
It’s not a pretty sight: VP Noli de Castro finally revealing himself to be a voice against the poor. Capitalizing on being a popular TV anchor before, he started out his political career by projecting himself as the voice of the people, “boses ng bayan.” He then went on to become the voice of the Arroyo regime. Now, this. It seems working for the anti-poor Arroyo regime, with the likes of demolition king Bayani Fernando, for nine years, has finally rubbed off on him. He is destroying what little electoral chances he still has. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in national, statements
By NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Estrada is shooting the messenger
Former president Joseph Estrada is barking up the wrong tree by including editors and reporters of the Philippine Daily Inquirer in the libel suit he has filed against taipan Alfonso Yuchengco, who claimed Estrada had forced him to sell his shares in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in national
By DONNA DEMETILLO/WOMEN’S FEATURE SERVICE
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‘Lito’, a one-year-old boy, takes his naps sprawled on the pavement beside the glass wall of Jolibee Fastfood along Quezon Avenue, where people pass him by as they enter to have a hot meal inside. He is naked and hungry, a small piece of biscuit in his mouth his only source of comfort. Beside him sits his grandmother, forty-three-year-old Yolly Bagtas. Read the rest of this entry →
September 20, 2009 in Uncategorized
Ni BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO
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photo by Brenda Subido-Dacpano
Ti picos ket ginisa a karne a naiwa iti babassit. Kaarngi daytoy ti picadillos, ginisa a karne a giniling ken nateng. Ti picadillos ket putahe ti Spain ken Latin America. Ti nagdumaan ti picos iti picadillos ket ti picos malaukan ti pickles ken saan a giniling wenno tinadtad. Naiwa ti karne iti baassit ken naingpis, kasla pang-igado. Read the rest of this entry →
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