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Maguindanao Massacre: Tip of the Iceberg of Arroyo’s Human Rights Record, posted December 11, 2009. On the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Arroyo government’s human rights record remains tainted with blood. The Maguindanao Massacre that took the lives of 57 individuals including 30 media practitioners is just the tip of the iceberg of Arroyo’s long list of human rights violations since she came into power in 2001. (Read Article)

Ampatuan Masaker at Martial Law sa Maguindanao, puno’t dulo ng kapit-tukong pamumulitika ng Pasistang Rehimeng Arroyo, posted December 10, 2009. Walang pinagkaiba sa terorismo ang matinding militarisasyong naghasik ng takot sa mga mamamayan sa Maguindanao nang mag-deploy ang gobyernong Arroyo ng 4,000 sundalo dito. Ito ay matapos pirmahan ang Proclamation 1959 na nagpapasailalim sa lalawigan ng Maguindanao sa batas militar kahit labag ito sa saligang batas. Diumano’y taktika upang bigyang katarungan ang karumaldumal na planong pagtatakip sa pagpatay at pamamaslang ng may 57 katao na kinabibilangan ng mga empleyado ng lokal na gobyerno, sibilyan at mamahayag noong Nobyembre 23 sa bayan ng Ampatuan, balwarte ni Gobernador Datu Andal Ampatuan, Sr. sa Mindanao. (Read Article)

Under the central slogan, “Labanan At Biguin Ang Panunupil Sa Karapatan At Kabuhayan, Makibaka Para Sa Pambansang Industriyalisasyon”, workers from Cavite and Batangas pressed for wage hike, job security, job generation, immediate economic relief and the transformation of the national economic system to address and avert the onslaught of the chronic economic crisis engulfing the nation.The May One rallies in Cavite and Batangas was spearheaded by the Solidarity of Cavite Workers (SCW) and the Batangas Labor Alliance for Social Transformation (BLAST), respectively. They we're joined by other people’s organizations and concerned citizens. (For more details, click here.)