Disquiet
By: Carlos Isagani T. Zarate It is an agonizing disquiet unmistakably etched on the faces of the thousands of evacuees, mostly cramped inside soiled evacuation centers in the different “Sendong”-devastated parts of Northern Mindanao, that cannot be easily forgotten or ignored. Sendong’s fury did not only steal their merrymaking for the season, the tragedy also [...]
Read MoreA victory for defenders of human rights
More than five years after the disappearance of Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan, the Department of Justice, finding probable cause, has approved the filing of kidnapping and illegal detention charges against retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Lt. Col. Felipe Anotado, M/Sgt. Rizal Hilario and S/Sgt. Edgardo Osorio. Finally, Palparan and his cohorts in the military [...]
Read MoreKid-gloves for Arroyo, harsh treatment for activists
This article was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer as a letter to the editor last December 13, 2011. by Atty. Edre Olalia NUPL Secretary General Baseless arrests, brutal dispersals, inaction on human rights violations, but kid-glove treatment for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The Aquino administration perpetuates a double standard of justice. The special treatment of Arroyo [...]
Read MoreChampions
This article was published in Atty. Isagani Zarate’s column Kris-Crossing Mindanao in the Philippine Daily Inquirer last November 14, 2011. by Atty. Carlos Isagani Zarate NUPL Vice-President for Mindanao Failing to watch the controversial win of “Pambansang Kamao” Manny Pacquiao over Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on Sunday may have been one treat that had to [...]
Read More“Idol ko si Pops”
“Fr. Pops represents the dreams of our common people in the Arakan area, all over the Diocese of Kidapawan, and all over Mindanao, what we call the PDOMES, Poor- Deprived- Oppressed- Marginalized- Exploited- Struggling masses. They tried to kill our dreams but they only added life to Pops. They expanded his presence and influence, now he is a much larger figure, and his death touched the heart of many more people…. He has become now a new sign of the times, the bearer of the dreams of many victims and many dreamers who continue serving the people in their struggles.”—Fr. Peter Geremia, a confrere and compatriot of Father Pops.
Read MorePalace denies what’s right under its nose
This article was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on October 9, 2011. By: Edre U. Olalia Philippine Daily Inquirer There are indeed political prisoners, several of whom are our clients. Our group of lawyers, law students and paralegals, who now number around 400, has discovered and known all along that the alleged acts of [...]
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