"It’s a shame for BS Aquino to drag the name of environmentalist and broadcaster Dr. Gerry Ortega in his attempt to defend his discretionary power to use billions of people’s money and to clear his name from any involvement in the corruption cases hounding his administration,” said Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay.
Karapatan scored “self-confessed” peace advocate Chito Gascon’s pronouncement saying Zamboanga crisis was due to a ‘miscommunication and misunderstanding between the government and Misuari’s group’. “If BS Aquino’s alter-egos in the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has only this to say, they better shut their mouths up. Or, best they …
"Oplan Bayanihan fund is blood money," Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan said in time of the Congress’ budget hearing for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, particularly citing the funds allocated for Pres. Aquino’s counter-insurgency program Oplan Bayanihan. "We reiterate our call to the members of Congress to give zero budget to the AFP," …
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Government bureaucrats and their legions in and out of the bureaucracy live on people’s hard labor to load their bank accounts, build business empires, acquire expensive houses here and abroad, buy the most expensive luxury items to indulgence themselves, and to wine, dine, and dance. Landlords, transnational mining companies, agri-business plantations rob peasants and …
"From within prison walls, political prisoners are not unaware of the people’s rage against bureaucratic corruption," said Ramon Patriarca, detained peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. In a statement sent to Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) Patriarca cited President Aquino’s pork, and " how billions …
“We all grew up with an old saying that goes: if there’s a will, there’s a way. The old and tested adage, in case Atty. Alex Padilla missed this, can very well aid him in his role as GPH peace panel head,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson of Karapatan and an independent observer to the GPH-NDFP …
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The human rights watchdog Karapatan warned the Moro peoples against Philippine Government’s human rights violations in the light of the Zamboanga siege. "In times like this, the Noynoy Aquino government is desperate to pacify any form of unrest. It wants to crush its so-called enemies through its dirty tactics such as human rights violations and …
Political prisoners today launched “Break free from pork”, a nationwide protest against the pork barrel system, to join hands with the rest of the Filipino people calling for the abolition of the pork barrel system. From Metro Manila, Bicol, Bohol, Cebu, Misamis Oriental, and Bukidnon, political prisoners’ action ranged from noise barrage, fasting, wearing of …
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Peace is dead. In a picket at the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), rights groups and family members of the peace consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) depicted the situation with a replica of white doves locked in 13 plastic jars. The 13 doves, the protesters …
What was supposed to be a vacation turned out to be a nightmare for three local tourists Aileen Cruz, Rey Busania, and Ofelia Inong when they were arrested without any warrant on September 10 by joint operatives of Regional Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT), the Philippine National Police led by Senior Supt. Ulysses J. Abellera, …
