■  Jose Maria Sison: My Experience of Imprisonment and Torture, March 15, 2008 

■  Jose Maria Sison: End the Barbaric US War of Aggression Against the People of Iraq

■  Luis Jalandoni: Personal attacks against Prof. Sison by Honasan are meant to support Arroyo regime

■  Arroyo regime should read the handwriting on the wall, March 1, 2008

■  Jose Maria Sison: The magnitude of the protest mass actions today will indicate how close is the end of the Arroyo regime

■  Jose Maria Sison: GMA is ripe for ouster by the broad mass movement

■  Jose Maria Sison: Prospects for resumption of formal talks are bright if Arroyo is ousted

■   Karapatan says CHR's high rating for Arroyo rights record
is retraction of critical stance. The supposed watchdog as lapdog. Read more

■   No to GMA takeover of Meralco -- Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela partylists Read more

■  Current Philippine situation and prospects of the NDFP by Prof. Jose Maria Sison, April 25, 2008

■  ILPS Chair Prof. Jose Maria Sison: ILPS congratulates the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the Nepali people for victory of democratic cause

■  ILPS Chair Prof. Jose Maria Sison: Reactionary movement represented by Dalai Lama is financed by US imperialism and is condemnable

■   The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is thankful to the Royal Norwegian Government, Third Party Facilitator to the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations, for making possible the informal meeting between the GRP and the NDFP for the purpose of finding ways of resuming the formal meetings of the negotiating panels in GRP-NDFP peace negotiations in accordance with The Hague Joint Declaration. Read more

■   NDFP negotiating panel chair Luis Jalandoni outlines impediments to overcome for the resumption of formal peace negotiations between the GRP and NDFP. Read more

■   Pagbati sa pamunuan at mga balangay ng Anakbayan sa matagumpay na pagdaos nito ng ika-5 kongreso ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison

■   Message to the League of Filipino Students by Prof. Jose Maria Sison, May 31, 2008

■   Gabriela: Despite talks of renegotiation: intensified militarization, Arroyo's DDR to erode mutual confidence in GRP-MILF peace talks, Aug. 23, 2008

■   Salinlahi: Katarungan para sa mga batang biktima ng giyera sa Mindanao, iginiit, Aug. 22, 2008

■   Peace talks charade - column by Dr. Carol Araullo, Aug. 23, 2008

■   Arroyo's policy shift in peace negotiations will intensify conflict in Mindanao - InPeaceMindanao, Aug. 21, 2008

■   Amidst armed conflict and political repression, human rights work must be carried out vigorously-KARAPATAN, Aug. 20, 2008

■   Mindanao peace group says Arroyo must be made accountable for spoiling GRP-MILF pact; US should keep out, Aug. 16, 2008

■   Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a grand hazard to peace in the Moroland - Suara Bangsamoro Northern Mindano.

■   OUT NOW! questions US troops involvement in Philippine Army operations in Baliki, Midsayap

■   Teodoro's Mission Impossible - letter to the editor by Norma Dollaga, Aug. 18, 2008

■   Clever girl - by Luis Teodoro, Aug. 15, 2008

■   Arroyo wants lasting reign, not lasting peace in Mindanao, Aug. 14, 2008

■   Oplan Bantay Laya 2 behind harassment of human rights defender - PCPR, Aug. 15, 2008

■   Railroading charter change: could lead to violent upheaval in the country, NUPL, Aug. 16, 2008

■   KARAPATAN Monitor, 2nd Quarter 2000 Report

■   BATINGAW - news, views and analsysis from Migrante Melbourne, July-Aug 2008 issue

■   Principled peace negotiations, not charter change - NCCP, Aug. 16, 2008

■   Letter of thanks from the family of Rep. Crispin Ka Bel Beltran and the Anakpawis partylist

■   Arroyo must be held accountable for allowing US intervention in peace process - BAYAN, Aug. 16, 2008

■   Back where I started - Dr. Carol Araullo

■   Suara calls on PGMA to stop the Pinols from reviving vigilante groups on BJE issue

■   On the GRP-MILF Ancestral Domain Agreement - Rep. Satur Ocampo

■   Workers, urban poor skip meals and sleep longer to cope with crisis by CTUHR

■   One UP student's journey

■   Katas ng VAT for the poor: the data and the math

■   Bangsamoro Juridical Entity should not be used to divide the people of Mindanao

■   Kawagib Moro Human Rights Calls for the release of Basilan detainees, July 21, 2008

■   Nordis Weekly: RP among the world’s richest in 20 years

■   Nordis Weekly: Cops, SWAT forces harass protesting youths

■   Pinoy Weekly Online - Ang sinasabi ng litrato: Review of Ligalig, a photo exhibit sponsored by Artists' Arrest, Southern Tagalog Exposure and Kodao Productions

■   Migrante calls for suspension of levy, July 16, 2008

■   Global oil giants and local big 3 profitting from prices bloated by speculation, July 16, 2008

■   Poja's family and fellow activists continue the call for justice, demand disclosure of witness to slay, July 17, 2008

■   Where are the protesters - by Bayan Chair Carol Araullo, July 18,2008

■   Over-priced, kickback-ridden ODA projects' payments, not projects for the poor, behind VAT collection - Rep. Liza Maza, July 16, 2008

■   Northrail project is a burden to the people - Rep. Liza Maza, July 15, 2008

■   Youth group slams AFP's lies, urge military to turn over Fatima to Nanay Maria, July 16, 2008

■   Youth group holds noise barrage against high price of rice,continues 18-day protest caravan up to Arroyo’s SONA, July 15, 2008

■   KMP lauds Davao City council resolution banning military presence in schools, July 16, 2008

■   All systems go for bigger class walkouts on July 18; Youth call on public to 'rise up' vs. price hikes, join People's SONA

■   AFP urged to release abducted minor to mother

■   Palayain si Fatima at RoseAnn Gumanoy - Gabriela TK

■   Rep. Satur Ocampo's UP Centennial Lecture

■   Mrs. Maria Gumanoy's statement on her daughter being under duress

■   Kasamang Marfred Wadell of the cultural group SINAGBAYAN needs assistance to meet medical expenses. Click here for details

■   Anakpawis, Bayan Muna and Gabriela representatives call Akbayan's malicious and irresponsible charge a cheap shot at progressive partylist groups made to gain mileage for the bogus Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

■   TIME magazine: The Philippines' Disappearing Dissidents

■   A daughter's wish for her missing father on FATHER'S DAY

■   International Committee DEFEND condemns continuing oppression of Prof. Sison, June 8, 2008

■   Two glaring errors in the 5 June 2008 decision of The Hague District Court on my complaint - Prof. Jose Maria Sison

■   Agence France Presse report is inaccurate and misleading, a statement by Prof. Jose Maria Sison

■   UN rapporteur Alston stands by his findings on Philippine killings

     Philippine NGO delegation aghast at the open-faced arrogance of the Philippine government at the 8th Session of the UN Human Rights Council

■   RP's election as VP in UN HRC does not mean that It Is doing its homework

■   Boycott Del Monte Philippine products contaminated with deadly pesticide- calls environmental activist group 

■   RP's Election as VP in UN HRC: An Insult to Victims of Rights Violations

Philippine legislators ask Canada for help

Three Philippine legislators are in Canada seeking help regarding extrajudicial killings and Canadian mining companies operating in the Philippines. These companies are accused of hiring military and paramilitary forces to secure their operations. Read more

Open Letter to the governments of the Philippines and Canada

Canadian-based organizations and individuals strongly condemn the harassment by armed men of Rep. Satur Ocampo and others, and the threat of his imminent arrest. Read more

NUPGE protests harassment of Philippine human rights
leaders
Ottawa (24 April 2008) - The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) says armed men have harassed the leader of a human rights mission to Canada since his return to the Philippines and threatened him with arrest.Read more

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), with over 160,000 members, sent an open letter to Arroyo strongly condemning the harassment by armed men of Rep. Satur Ocampo on his return from a Human Rights Mission to Canada and the threat of his imminent arrest. PSAC expressed serious concern  for his safety and that of the other members of the Mission, Rep. Crispin Beltran and Rep. Luz Ilagan. Read more.

Website of National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera
Please check out http://www.lumbera.ph, The site features his works, lectures, speeches, books and more. Recently uploaded are some of his recent speeches tackling society and culture'

BAYAN doubts Arroyo efforts to lower power rates
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today expressed serious doubts over the Arroyo government’s efforts to lower power rates by applying pressure on the Lopez-owned distribution firm Meralco. Read more

POWER wants gov’t to remove VAT on electricity
Savings of P206 for consumers of 200 kWh Consumer groups today challenged Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to remove the Value Added Tax on electricity if it is really serious in lowering power rates. Read more..

■   “A tax on a tax?”: POWER questions VAT implementation on power rates. Read more

■   7 out of 10 Filipinos can't buy enough food, have trouble paying electricity bills, basic costs - IBON. Read more
 

■  Militant solons: Napocor and Meralco earning billions, should substantially reduce prices now! Read more

■   Introducing the PILC website.

     The Public Interest Law Center (PILC) renders legal services mainly to organized sectors of Philippine society on legal issues that have a direct or indirect impact on the lives of numerous classes. As a principal mission,

     http://www.publicinterestlawcenter.org/

■   Garcia kin are stakeholders in 2nd largest electric utility
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today scored Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Winston Garcia for failing to publicly disclose his family’s involvement in the Visayan Electric Company (VECO), the second largest private electric utility in the country. Read more.

■   “Garcia is using GSIS members’ funds to enrich Malacañang’s cronies”

     The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today issued a statement denouncing Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Winston Garcia’s bid to take control of Meralco, the country’s largest electric utility. Read more

■   Phil govt, rebels hold Norway peace talks. Read more

■   Norway hosts GRP-NDF talks.  Read more

■   Davao City – Bagong Alyansang Makabayan strongly condemns today the killing of Farmers' Association of Davao City secretary general and Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas regional spokesperson Celso Pojas who was shot dead in front of FADC-KMP office in Bugac, Maa. Read more.

■   Abra files cases with GRP-NDFP joint monitoring committee
BAGUIO CITY (May 13) – Elders of Tubo, Abra announced in an interview that they will file cases of human rights violation with the joint monitoring committee of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

The violations inflicted on their villages in the month long militarization under the 50th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army that reminded them of a nightmare in the 1980s when the nearby village of Beew was transformed into a no man’s land after government troops burned houses, killed a pregnant woman, and committed various human rights violations. Read more

■   Human rights and the US ”war on terror” by Carol Araullo

The (US) strategy which is keyed on military stealth and might had trampling effects on the basic liberties of suspected terrorists for laws are silent when the guns of war do the talking. The war on terrorism has inevitable spillover effects on human rights all over the world, especially in countries suspected as being used as havens of terrorists. -- The Old Struggle for Human Rights, New Problems Posed by Security, Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno

■   Philippine Human Rights Group Stands by Concerns for Violations of Rights of Filipinos in the Netherlands

On this supposed “independence day” of the Philippines, the Philippine Human Rights Watch delegation in attendance at the UN Human Rights Council 8th Session confirms its support to the joint statement delivered by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) during the “interactive dialogue” yesterday on the consideration of the report of the Working Group on the Netherlands Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
 

■   As the UNHRC tackles the Philippine UPR Report on its 8th session,Philippine UPR Watch Reiterates its call to the UNHR Council to pursue RP to totally end Extrajudicial Killings and Disappearances in the Philippines. June 10, 2008

Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos, at the 8th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Mrs. Burgos urged the United Nations to encourage the Philippines to abide by its pledges and commitments and implement the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Burgos is part of the Philippine UPR Watch Delegation

Pinoy Weekly received a plaque of recognition as finalist in the annual JVO Awards for Excellence in Journalism for the article "Malansang Balak ng Hapon sa Pilipinas" by Kenneth Roland A. Guda and Soliman A. Santos published in October 2007.

L-R: Maribel Ognpin member of the Board of Trustees of the Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation Inc; Guda, Santos, and Fr. Bienvenido Nebres Jrl, president of the Ateneo de Manila University.

Norway makes another stab at peace in the Philippines

Vegar Brynildsen (left) met with special representatives from the NDFP and the Philippines government, Luis Jalandoni and Nieves Confesor, in Norway this week, along with Norwegian envoy Hans Brattskar.
PHOTO: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS