BAYAN calls on P-NOY to end killings

People's organizations led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) marched from the España Blvd to the Mendiola bridge near the Malacanang Palace last July 19 to call on the Aquino Administration to end extra-judicial killings against activists.

In a statement, BAYAN secretary general Renato Reyes said that President Benigno Aquino should condemn and junk the counter-insurgency program OPLAN BANTAY LAYA of the former administration and end political killings.

There are three victims of political killings under the new Aquino government so far, on top of 1,205 victims of extra-judicial killings under the Arroyo regime. Oplan Bantay Laya (Operation Freedom Watch) is the military counter-insurgency plan that is being blamed for thousands of human rights violation in the last nine years. 

Kodao Productions. Jaime de Guzman and Mona Bernardo

Noynoy Aquino: Walang Bahid?

Isang maikling video documentary mula sa Bulatlat.com na tumatalakay sa pamilyang Aquino at ang Hacienda Luisita. Dito ay binasag ng Bulatlat.com ang mga katagang si Noynoy Aquino ay "walang bahid" ng pagnanakaw, anomalya at pagsasamantala. Inilihad dito na mulat sapul pa lang ay bahagi na si Noynoy ng  pagsasamantala sa mga magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita. At bagamat, si Noynoy ay nagpahayag na siya ay handang ipamigay ang lupa sa mga magsasaka kung sakaling siya ay maging pangulo, kitang kita pa rin na hindi nya ito mapanindigan. Lalo na nang isa sa mga kamag-anak nya (mula sa pamilya  Cojuangco) na may mas mataas na porsyento ng pagmamay-ari sa Hasyenda ay nagpahayag na hindi nila ito papayagan.

Nais lang din linawin dito na bukod sa isyu ng pamamahagi ng lupa sa mga magsasaka ay nararapat na manindigan si Noynoy para bigyanng hustisya ang mga biktima ng Hacienda Luisita Massacre na kumitil sa 7 magsasaka at manggagawang bukid ng Hasyenda.

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Remembering Luisita

The Hacienda Luisita massacre is an outstanding issue of the people vs Noynoy Aquino. 

Six years after, the Hacienda Luisita massacre remains an outstanding issue of the Filipino toiling masses against the Cojuangco-Aquino clan. This brief video commentary talks about why it is very important come the 2010 elections and Noynoy Aquino’s presidential bid, to tackle the issue of the massacre and reflect on the life …and death of the Luisita farm workers.