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.

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Increasing Dutch investments in Philippines tied to Joma arrest

"By compromising national patrimony to the Dutch and allowing their companies full and unhampered access to Philippine natural resources, the Arroyo government was able to secure a deal with the Dutch government to go after Prof. Sison and the NDF in the Netherlands," said Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran.

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Peace talks with gov?t good as dead, say rebels


By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

The NDF says the arrest of Jose Maria Sison signaled the end of the peace negotiations. And any local peace talks, which the government and the military now favor, would be pointless. ?The regime will end up talking to itself,? said Gregorio ?Ka Roger? Rosal, the communist party?s spokesman.

Free Joma. Supporters of Sison hold a rally in Utrecht. (Photo courtesy of arkibongbayan.org)


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Ilagan wants Lumad agenda in Congress

"There is no dignity, in policy nor in practice, in the way our indigenous peoples are being treated. Indigenous communities are being displaced and threatened by mining concessions; they are being massacred supposedly in the name of development. There is an ethnocide going on in this country," Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan said.

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