Awiting pakikidalamhati sa mga naulila.. Sa paglaganap ng karahasan Bibig syang unang binubusalan Ilan pang buhay mapapaslang Sa bawat tokhang. Impit na hiyaw ang syang maririnig Tahimik na nga ang paligid Sa paghatid sa huling hantungan Sa labi ng nasawing minamahal U-u-u-u-h U-u-u-u-u-u-uh U-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-uh U-u-u-uh U-u-u-u-u-u-uh Ating pananahimik Sa gitna…
Awit para sa mga batang napagitna sa karahasan ng digmaan. Masdan mong pagdaloy ng luha At panginginig ng kanyang mga laman Sa tuwing sasambitin ngalan ng ama’t ina May kirot, galit, lungkot sa akanyang mukha May takot sa kanyang mga mata. Paano mo kaya maipapaliwanag Naganap na karahasan sa bata…
Rights groups warn extension would open doors to new bloodbath targeting activists, indigenous people Inday Espina-Varona and Mark Saludes UCANEWS Philippines December 11, 2017 Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte marked human rights day on Dec. 10 by urging Congress to approve extending martial law for one more year in the…
PRIVILEGE SPEECH – Rep. Tom Villarin, AKBAYAN Party List 11 December 2017 [Mr./Madam Speaker: I rise on personal and collective privilege.] When Gina Lopez was appointed secretary of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, advocates for the protection of the environment had high hopes for her order to…
Environmental, church groups line up to attack Philippine president’s treatment of tribal people, mining ambitions Inday Espina-Varona, Mark Saludes, Bong Sarmiento and Karl Romano UCANEWS Manila Philippines December 12, 2017 President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to treat suspected supporters of Asia’s longest-running rebellion as “terrorists” targets millions of indigenous people…
Legal Memorandum [1]On Charter Change Under The Duterte Administration: Resolution of Both Houses No. 8 Proposed Federal Constitution by Atty. Neri Javier Colmenares[2] Introduction The specter of another charter change (Cha Cha) is again haunting the Filipino people. While there is nothing intrinsically wrong with amending the Constitution, the moves…
Ambassadors, bishops and journalists describe Father Marcelito Paez as a courageous, patient and exemplary priest Inday Espina-Varona and Mark Saludes UCAN Philippines December 7, 2017 Ambassadors, bishops and journalists paid tribute to slain priest Father Marcelito Paez recalling his “unflinching courage” and patience in building coalitions for justice. Father Wilfredo Dulay,…
Troops are blocking aid to almost 2,000 indigenous people who fled their homes amid intensifying military operations against communist rebels in Mindanao last week, according to church officials in the southern Philippines. Students and teachers from indigenous communities in Mindanao stage an indignation rally on December 2 in Quezon City to condemn…
We strongly condemn the brutal killing of Fr. Tito Paez last December 4 in Nueva Ejica. Fr Tito as a priest of the San Jose Nueva Ecija Diocese was coordinator of the Central Luzon Region of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, Board member of Alay Bayan Incorporated, a disaster…
What has become of our country? The new killing fields of Asia? Yesterday at 8:00 in the evening they gunned down Fr. Tito Paez, a 73 year-old retired priest of Nueva Ecija, for the simple reason that he assisted in the release of the political prisoner Rommel Tucay earlier in…
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