Colmenares: Military attacks vs activists may threaten ‘ordinary critics’

Inquirer.net 10/20/2018

BAYAN Muna chair Neri Colmenares has blamed the military on the recent criminalization of activists, saying it may also threaten ordinary people who are criticizing the government. About nine activists from militant organizations Gabriela, Anakpawis and Bayan…

Stop fossil fuel extraction, activists cry at San Francisco climate summit

Inquirer.net 09/14/2018

SAN FRANCISCO, California — As Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Florence threaten to barrel through the Philippines and the US, respectively, climate activists are demanding government leaders and businesses at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) to commit…

Rody to ask for coffee cop who rammed protesters

10/23/2016

Davao City — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he would invite for coffee the police officer who rammed into Wednesday’s protest line outside the US Embassy in Manila to ask him why he did it. “I…

Better lukewarm than absent

Rina Jimenez-David 10/21/2016

For a while there, it looked like activists and political protesters were happy playing footsies with the police and military. Where normally activists, many of them from the Left, would be the first to raise a howl…

The raid

Radel Paredes 07/09/2016

  I woke up to a sudden blast of light beamed on my face. A gloved hand then tapped my arm as the man standing before me said: “Wake up. This is a raid.” His flashlight scanning…

Aquino gov’t: a truckload of lies, empty promises, lip service — Moro group

07/27/2015

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Militant groups here called for a stop to human rights violations, which they claimed has remained rampant during President Aquino’s term.  The protesters, led by Suara Bangsamoro, marched through major city streets here…

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