by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights of women.

The CHR said … Read the rest

THESE are initial notes based on the Supreme Court <http://blogs.inquirer.net/voxpopuli/2008/10/17/notes-on-the-sc-decision-on-moa-ad/#> Public Information Office bulletin of October 14, 2008, titled “SC Declares MOA-AD Unconstitutional” and a quick scanning of the 87-page majority Decision of the same date … Read the rest

1. Is the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) the Final Peace Agreement?

No. It is a sub agreement on the third substantive aspect identified by the Parties under the Government of the … Read the rest

MARCH BACKWARD: Sometimes we have to make one step backward before making two steps forward. That, we understand.

But the Cha-cha boys of President Gloria Arroyo are furiously beating the drums to stampede the … Read the rest

Some 80 percent of internally displaced persons (IDPs) caused by armed conflicts in the country are women and children, according to a study commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

In the study made by … Read the rest

DAVAO CITY – New People’s Army (NPA) rebels continued their rampage in Southern Mindanao, raiding three banana plantations in the outskirts of this city Wednesday night.

Chief Superintendent Andres Caro II, Southern Mindanao police director, said … Read the rest

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Philippine peace negotiators and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels reached an agreement late Wednesday on the issue of ancestral domain, a breakthrough in the seven-year-old peace talks aimed at putting an end to more than … Read the rest

DAVAO CITY – Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels swooped down on a wood pole factory in the outskirts of Davao City and torched a crane Saturday night, police said.

Chief Superintendent Andres Caro II, Southern … Read the rest

DAVAO CITY – Suspected communist rebels stormed a mining company office and burned equipment, and fatally shot a policeman and wounded three soldiers in stepped-up attacks, police said yesterday.

New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, who quit peace talks … Read the rest

Party-list group Akbayan yesterday accused the New People’s Army of threatening its officers and members in Masbate, a day after engaging the militant Bayan Muna in a “word war” over a bill extending the agrarian … Read the rest