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Continue reading →: Ilagan Doctrine: a background note
Last March 10, the Court of Appeals (CA) denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the 43 health workers who were abducted, tortured, and remain under military detention since February 6. The CA invoked the so-called “Ilagan Doctrine” in its decision. A habeas corpus refers to a…
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Continue reading →: Meralco’s insulting attempt at pa-pogi
On Tuesday (March 9), the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to allow it to “reduce” and spread over several months the whopping P1.83 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) hike in this month’s generation charge. This is clearly a case of an insulting attempt at pa-pogi. Meralco wants…
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Continue reading →: Free the Health 43!
The video above is a performance by Sining Medikal, cultural arm of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), during a March 5 protest rally at Mendiola Bridge in Manila. It tells the ordeals and fight for freedom of the 43 health workers abducted last February 6, then tortured and being…
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Continue reading →: Failed health system and the Health 43
In a poor country where one out of every two people dies without receiving any medical attention, 50 percent of the population do not have access to health care, 40 percent do not have access to essential medicine, 10 mothers die daily due to pregnancy and childbirth-related causes, and 100…
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Continue reading →: Notes on the Comelec’s mock polls
Today (February 6), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) held mock elections in various parts of the country. The mock polls, which intended to simulate the first ever automated nationwide polls on May 10, covered nine polling centers with 50 pre-selected voters each. As a volunteer for election watchdog Kontra Daya…
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