Across Mindanao, Lumad vs. Lumad as firms gobble up land
Children are once again casualties of Basilan, Sulu wars
Children?s vulnerabilities have further been aggravated by reports from the DSWD in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao that on August 19, eight kids aged 4 to 16 years old from Indanan, Sulu, were arrested and tortured along with their parents by the military?s Joint Special Operations Force.
‘Surface Jimmy Rosios!’
On this day of the desaparecidos, Anakpawis ?SOCSKSARGEN calls for the immediate surfacing of abducted labor leader Jaime ?Jimmy? Rosios. Rosios, a Board Member of Yellow Bus Lines Employees Union, and a vocal critic of the YBL management?s unfair labor practices, was abducted by armed men aboard a Tamaraw FX, just outside the Yellow Bus garage in Koronadal City, South Cotabato last August 11, 2007.
Bayan Muna belies Philippines?s ?economic growth?
DAVAO CITY — Bayan Muna negated here today the recent pronouncement of Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of posting the alleged highest economic growth in 20 years saying that the ?fake president is at it again, executing a grand sham design to divert public animosity over the new revelations of the Hello Garci scandal.?
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Workers incredulous?not surprised?over Philippines?s growth claim
DAVAO CITY — Kilusang Mayo Uno-Southern Mindanao Region today slammed Gloria Arroyo?s declaration that her administration?s plans for the economy has succeeded, saying the hard-up Filipino people will be the first ones to negate her preposterous claim.
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