Posts by tag: military

As the peasant movement in the country continues to call for the immediate release of Randall “Ka Randy” Echanis, deputy…

In Albay, 5,000 people expressed their resounding opposition of the conduct of Balikatan 2009 in Bicol and thundered the streets…

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today said that the call made by US ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney to punish human rights violators was �hollow and hypocritical.� The group instead demanded an end to US aid for human rights violators in the Philippines.

Malacanang�s confirmation that notorious retired general Jovito Palparan is being considered for an appointive position in government continues to draw…

A broad alliance of environmental groups, human rights organizations, religious groups, research organizations, academe, civil society groups, and people’s organizations…

Davao City � About a hundred volunteers coming from various networks of Exodus for Justice and Peace (EJP) will gather…

By Carlos H. Conde  |  If the US military can have its way in countries that are less friendly to Washington � Pakistan, for instance � how much more in the Philippines where Americans are given far greater access, whose people bestow on them a tremendous amount of trust that they probably will not find elsewhere?

On March 21, 2008, Edgar de la Cruz Candule, a 23-year-old Aeta, was picked up by policemen in Zambales. What followed was a nightmare, as the cops tortured him and accused him of being a Communist. According to human-rights groups, Candule’s case illustrates the dangers caused by a skewed interpretation and application of the Human Security Act.

The Bangkok-based think-tank, Focus on Global South, reveals that a US military base construction unit has awarded a P3.5-billion contract for work in Mindanao. The award is part of a multi-billion peso contract lasting until 2012, it says.