Supreme Court allows “Ang Ladlad” in May election
Patrick King Pascual, production assistant/researcher of ANC’s Strictly Politics is ecstatic because of this news.
From Yahoo, Philippines
by Oliver Teves
Associated Press
The Philippine Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision barring a gay rights group from contesting national elections...
Source: ellen tordesillas
ASEAN intervention in human rights issues
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (February 15, 8:34 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
JAKARTA, Indonesia (February 15) — An interesting development in the massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao (Philippines) which claimed the lives of at least 30 Filipino...
Source: Rising Sun
Mrs B and the 43
There were no dry eyes when the lights opened at the auditorium of Bantayog ng mga Bayani last Saturday evening- the last show of “Mrs B”, a theater presentation about Edith Burgos’ search for her son, Jonas.
As we all know , Edith Burgos, widow of Jose Burgos, Jr. founder of Malaya and...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Military defies SC on 43
AFP fails to present detainees
by Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Despite a writ of habeas corpus issued by the Supreme Court, the military and the police failed to present before the Court of Appeals Friday the 43 health workers arrested on Feb. 6 on suspicion of being members of the communist...
Source: ellen tordesillas
Noynoy: Respect the Rights of Detained Heath Workers
Sen. Benigno S. Aquino III: “Respect the Human Rights of Detained Health Workers”
“I find very alarming the reported violation of human rights of the 43 health workers presently detained in Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal, who were all arrested during a raid by the military. It is also alleged that...
Source: NOYPIPOL: The Official Blog of Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino
Mass murder in Maguindanao
The President and Zaldy Ampatuan in happier days, courtesy of Newsday
Back on September 7, 2009 in my column A necessary provocation, I pointed out the integral role warlords play in the ruling coalition. Just a week ago, as a photo in Uniffors shows, the Ampatuans were lionized by the ruling coalition....
Source: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose
f*ck violence!
Maraming dahilan kung bakit minsan, ayoko magbasa, manood, makinig sa balita. Dahil nakakapagod, nakakasawa, paulit-ulit na lang na walang hinto. At kadalasan pa sa mga balita, ay bad news.Lalo na pag usapin sa Mindanao. Patayan. Pagsabog. Pagkidnap. Pananakot. Walang pinagbago. Nakakagalit. Nakakainis.Pero...
Source: manik makina
Homosexuals have the right to claim independence
What do I think about homosexuals? Do they qualify as a sector? What do we mean by a sector, by the way?
Justice Vitug, writing a dissenting opinion in Ang Bagong Bayani vs. Comelec, provided us with an answer. A sector, says Vitug, is a group of individuals sharing the same characteristics, interests...
Source: pinoyobserver.com
Eduardo Ermita before the UN Body
Eduardo Ermita recently presented before the United Nations body the “comprehensive and candid picture of the human rights situation in the country”. Or is it really the case?
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