Filipinos will be happier if GMA jumps from airplane

GMA and her family riding an airplane.
GMA: What if I throw 1 check worth a million pesos out of the window to make a least 1 Filipino happy?
Mike Arroyo: Honey why not throw 2 checks worth half a million pesos to make 2 Filipinos happy?
Luli Arroyo: Mom, why not 4 checks worth quarter of a [...]

Defend Patrimony demands permanent closure of Rapu-Rapu mine, accountability and responsibility from Arroyo, DENR, and Lafayette

Anti-mining liberalization alliance Defend Patrimony today pressed for the permanent closure of the Arroyo administration’s first foreign-owned showcase mining project in the Philippines owned by financially-troubled Lafayette Mining Limited (LML) of Australia.

Suspect in Aklan broadcaster’s slay surrenders to cops

Nestor P. Burgos Jr., Inquirer Visayas
ILOILO CITY, Philippines — A suspect in the 2001 murder of Aklan broadcaster Rolando Ureta surrendered to police on Tuesday, three
weeks after another suspect was arrested.
Jessie Ticar disclosed his plan to surrender during an interview aired over radio station dyKR of Radio Mindanao Network, of which Ureta was program director [...]

Media Position Paper for the Senate’s Committee on Justice and Human Rights

By: Maria A. Ressa
Head, ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs Division
On November 29, 2007, more than 30 journalists were arrested, handcuffed and transported to Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan. 12 of the journalists were from ABS-CBN, detained as “witnesses and suspects,” according to the police. Others were told they would be released as soon as their [...]

Ranario’s Death Sentence Commutation Credit to Family, People’s Groups

It is the Ranario family and the individuals and groups who relentlessly campaigned for Marilou Ranario who should be given credit for the commutation of her sentence from death by hanging to a life term, said Migrante International in a statement.
BY AUBREY MAKILAN
Bulatlat
MIGRANT WATCH
Vol.VII, No. 44, Dec. 9-15, 2007
It is the Ranario family and the [...]

Militant workers to lead nationally-coordinated protest actions on December 13

Hundred of workers affiliated with Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) will troop to the streets nationwide to lead the Nationally-coordinated Protest Actions Against Oil Price Hike this coming December 13.
KMU Chairperson Elmer ‘Ka Bong’ Labog said that the nationally-coordinated protest actions with nationwide transportation strike is a stern warning to the Arroyo government that ‘widespread [...]

DEFEND LIFE, UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS – Bishop Bastes

Statement On the Occasion of the 59th Declaration of International Human Rights Day
Life is the most precious gift that man has ever received from God. Man shares in the grace of the Divine Life and man’s image is created according to its Creator. Such likeness magnifies God’s goodness to man and no one [...]

BARANGAY DEFENSE SYSTEM (BDS): STATE GARRISONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

On the Occasion of the International Human Rights Day
Vibrant life has been lost in the countryside especially in the far-flung barrios in the Province of Sorsogon. It is no longer a place of KASANGGAYAHAN (place of abundance and peace) but rather state garrisons where military rules the life of the people. Military posts [...]

Camp-out vs GMA’s flagship mining project kicks off

Lafayette mine should be closed, affected communities compensated – Kalikasan PNE
Amidst reports of financial woes plaguing the Arroyo administration’s flagship mining project in Rapu-Rapu island, local residents are launching a week-long rally and camp-out in front of the Albay Provincial Capitol to call for the permanent closure of Australian-owned Lafayette Mining Limited’s open-pit mine and [...]

Protest against Lafayette mining heats up

Albay board to review memorandum of agreement between Australian firm and provincial govtProtest against Lafayette mining heats up
By Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondent-Manila Times
Legazpi City: Finally the provincial government of Albay agreed to reinvestigate the fish kill incident off the shores of Rapu-Rapu a month ago and finally settle the issue.
The move came following the appeal [...]