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Political detainee poet Ericson Acosta tortured, almost executed by military | Achieving Happiness
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April 15, 2011. Political detainee poet Ericson Acosta tortured, almost executed by military. 8212; Ina Alleco @ 4:07 am. He was not holding a grenade or any explosive at the time of his arrest and he was subjected to torture while in the custody of the military. These were some of the assertions made by poet and writer Ericson Acosta in counter-affidavit submitted to the National Prosecution Service in Calbayog City Samar on April 12, 2011. Researching human rights violations in Samar. Acosta was arrest...
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September | 2011 | Achieving Happiness
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September 7, 2011. Despite setbacks caused by the GPH, the NDFP remains committed to Peace Talks. 8212; Ina Alleco @ 6:45 am. Solve problems, overcome obstacles. In a forum sponsored by Pilgrims for Peace, an ecumenical formation of religious groups and lay associations, Jalandoni and Ledesma gave the background story on the not-so-rosy developments in the negotiations with the Aquino administration’s so-called peace makers. In the last month, the NDFP and the GPH have been exchanging sharp words over th...
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October | 2011 | Achieving Happiness
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October 19, 2011. Peace advocates press for release of 3 NPA hors de combat in Mindanao. 8212; Ina Alleco @ 2:01 pm. Wrote this for Bulatlat.com. MANILA Gabriela Women’s Partylist representative Luzviminda Ilagan recently visited New People’s Army (NPA) hor de combat Vanessa Delos Reyes who is currently detained in the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC). The lawmaker pressed for Delos Reyes’ immediate release on humanitarian grounds. According to the veteran women’s rights leader, Delos Reyes sho...
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National Liberation Movements for Humanity | Achieving Happiness
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July 8, 2011. National Liberation Movements for Humanity. 8212; Ina Alleco @ 3:23 am. When we think of Superman — the quintessential superhero who has his residence in the United States as the mild-mannered journalist Clark Kent — we think of how he saves thousands of lives through his amazing strength and speed. But when has he ever been a defender of human rights, of collective human rights? Human rights as collective rights. But let’s backtrack a little. Collective rights or people’s rights. Since the...
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March | 2011 | Achieving Happiness
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March 1, 2011. Crossing fingers for Rolando Tolentino as UP Diliman Chancellor. 8212; Ina Alleco @ 11:24 am. The student body, faculty and non-academic staff members of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus is waiting for the election of their new Chancellor, and many of them are hoping that will be Prof. Rolando B. Tolentino. According to a memorandum issued by outgoing UP president Emerlinda Roman, the UPD chancellor search committee shall submit to UP president-select Alfredo Pascual a...
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February | 2011 | Achieving Happiness
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February 22, 2011. A good man worth defending (A review of Jose Maria Sison a Celebration). 8212; Ina Alleco @ 4:16 am. Judging from the contents of Jose Ma. Sison A Celebration, Jose Ma. Sison is well-loved and much-admired man, and those who love and look up to him are passionate in their defense of this controversial, much-maligned but undeniably unforgettable individual. Here we find academic writings attesting to Sison’s intellect. As Kabataan party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino, the youngest among...
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June | 2011 | Achieving Happiness
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June 2, 2011. Improve women’s quality of health and life, support the RH and Divorce Bills. 8212; Ina Alleco @ 6:37 am. The best thing about writing for Bulatlat.com is that I get to write about issues that I really care about and support, and I learn a lot during the processes of research, interviewing and coverage. How do we view others and do we treat each other with the necessary respect? What is the Filipino way of life, anyway? All life is sacred (some more than others, some much less so), but how ...
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Six month-old baby Airish is an argument for the passage of the RH bill | Achieving Happiness
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May 24, 2011. Six month-old baby Airish is an argument for the passage of the RH bill. 8212; Ina Alleco @ 10:10 am. Six month old baby Airish is an argument for the passage of the RH bill. Ginalyn Ortiz is only 17 years old but she’s already a mother. She was only able to attend school until the third grade, and from the time she was 14, worked as a live-in housemaid in Galas, Quezon City. According to online medical websites, meningocele is a form of spina bifida, which in turn refers to any birth defec...
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August | 2011 | Achieving Happiness
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August 23, 2011. Someone get me a gun (an old blog entry on F. Sionil Jose). 8212; Ina Alleco @ 9:36 am. Thursday, October 27th, 2005. Right before I went to to the Bukluran para sa Katotohanan-sponsored mass this afternoon in Brgy. San Miguel within the garisson that is the Malacanang grounds, I first visited Mr. and Mrs. F. Sionil Jose in their bookstore Solidaridad in Padre Faura. Like I said, I practically grew up in that store. 8220;You and your movement! Your people are dying at the hands of the bu...