DAVAO CITY — Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region lambasted today the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for sowing lies about the killing of a nine-year-old girl, Grecil Buya, claiming that she was a New People?s Army fighter who died in a clash last March 31 in Baragay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province.
Bayan Muna General Counsel Neri Colmenares today scored Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales for criticizing the Supreme Court ?for giving Rep. Satur Ocampo special treatment? in its decision to grant his release on bail.
?It is quite dishonest for Justice Sec. Gonzales to say that the High Court gave special treatment to Rep. Ocampo in its decision to temporarily release him on bail. Ocampo only exercised his constitutional right to go to the Supreme Court and seek justice,? Colmenares said.
Mindanews editor Carolyn Arguillas has a compelling story on Grecil Galacio, a nine-year-old Grade Two pupil from New Bataan, Compostela Valley. The military claimed that Grecil, who was described in…
New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA ? In the final six-week stretch before the May 2007 National Elections in the Philippines, youth of Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland), based in New York and New Jersey, and Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB or Pro-People Youth), based in California, are launching a coordinated national campaign to gather support for progressive youth partylist KABATAAN, the only youth-sectoral partylist running for a seat this coming election.
MANILA — The Families of Desaparecidos for Justice
(DESAPARECIDOS) condemned the abduction of a woman
urban poor leader in Dasmari?as, Cavite this afternoon
as another handiwork of state security forces.