Monday, December 21, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Statement on GMA's declaration of the state of martial law in Maguindanao
NO TO MARTIAL RULE: END GMA’s WARLORDISM
We strongly condemn Proclamation 1959 that has placed the province of Maguindanao under Martial Rule. We believe that it will not benefit the grieving relatives clamoring for justice nor redress the rights violated by the level of impunity exhibited in the massacre of 57 people in Ampatuan town two weeks ago.
This proclamation aims to “break warlordism” in the province by GMA’s public pursuit of the Ampatuans. The Ampatuans power and prominence precedes them, enabling them to be blanketed by the protection offered by the writ of amparo, while the humble witnesses have yet to be favored by the courts with the same.
The Maguindanao Massacre exhibits the rotten-to-the-core character of Philippine politics where power rests on the monopoly of resource and influence of a small section of the population. It is a system that has bred the likes of the Ampatuan in the South, Singsons in the North and the Josons in Nueva Ecija.
And now the present regime has groomed the Ampatuans into a clan so powerful that is capable of amassing a hundred armed men in broad daylight to kill women, lawyers, journalist and burying the evidence with the use of government equipment.
Public outrage generated by this, ultimately destabilizes the whole ruling system. GMA hopes that in publicly flogging the powerful clan, she can wash away her culpability to the crime.
GMA’s warlordism will only be reinforced, if not, empowered by Proclamation 1959.
She remains to be the biggest warlord in the country, the original ‘untouchable’. Her regime has no concept of public accountability, her record is peppered with scandal and corruption, she has tolerated and encouraged extra-judicial executions and disappearances by rewarding and praising the likes of Jovito Palparan and raised cheating in the national elections to an unprecedented level of brazenness.
We enjoin the people to be vigilant as the illegitimate president GMA is laying the ground work for various scenarios like NO-El and NO-Proc, with the ultimate aim of remaining in power beyond her term.
Lift Proclamation 1959 Now!
Justice to the Maguindanao Massacre Victims!
End GMA’s Warlordism Over the Archipelago!
We strongly condemn Proclamation 1959 that has placed the province of Maguindanao under Martial Rule. We believe that it will not benefit the grieving relatives clamoring for justice nor redress the rights violated by the level of impunity exhibited in the massacre of 57 people in Ampatuan town two weeks ago.
This proclamation aims to “break warlordism” in the province by GMA’s public pursuit of the Ampatuans. The Ampatuans power and prominence precedes them, enabling them to be blanketed by the protection offered by the writ of amparo, while the humble witnesses have yet to be favored by the courts with the same.
The Maguindanao Massacre exhibits the rotten-to-the-core character of Philippine politics where power rests on the monopoly of resource and influence of a small section of the population. It is a system that has bred the likes of the Ampatuan in the South, Singsons in the North and the Josons in Nueva Ecija.
And now the present regime has groomed the Ampatuans into a clan so powerful that is capable of amassing a hundred armed men in broad daylight to kill women, lawyers, journalist and burying the evidence with the use of government equipment.
Public outrage generated by this, ultimately destabilizes the whole ruling system. GMA hopes that in publicly flogging the powerful clan, she can wash away her culpability to the crime.
GMA’s warlordism will only be reinforced, if not, empowered by Proclamation 1959.
She remains to be the biggest warlord in the country, the original ‘untouchable’. Her regime has no concept of public accountability, her record is peppered with scandal and corruption, she has tolerated and encouraged extra-judicial executions and disappearances by rewarding and praising the likes of Jovito Palparan and raised cheating in the national elections to an unprecedented level of brazenness.
We enjoin the people to be vigilant as the illegitimate president GMA is laying the ground work for various scenarios like NO-El and NO-Proc, with the ultimate aim of remaining in power beyond her term.
Lift Proclamation 1959 Now!
Justice to the Maguindanao Massacre Victims!
End GMA’s Warlordism Over the Archipelago!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Reaction Speech to the Dialog on Climate Justice
November 26, 2009
AVR2, University of Cebu Banilad Campus
I congratulate the organizers, collaborating dynamic and active organizations and of course to the speaker for the success of this event. It is of unexplainable honor and prestige to be one of the reactors of this venue. Let me lay down the views in behalf of Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya and the Stop the New Round Coalition Cebu to see the topic at the grassroots level.
Indeed, it calls upon us on an advance and highly-assertive level of response given the extent of the impact of devastation the climate change in a global scale likewise the local/ national scale had brought about. It needs strong enforcement and adherence to the logic of laws (international and national) to rise out of this chaos. We say, it calls for more, quite a need this time since mitigating may not cope with the fast concentration of carbon and that nature can’t absorb them enough, a transformation needs to be achieved, the transformation of the entire humanity from this system apathetic of the people’s plight caused by careless and inhumane practices in its plunder and to the loyalty for market and profit rather to the principle of sustainable development.
We support the quest for making the Global North or the First World, the perpetrators of this mess, accountable for its excesses. It has served humanity and now it has gone to its moribund state. Such despair of asserting its continuous existence has caused everybody havoc and continuing. Too many losses of lives and destruction to earth, the single living planet we have, had gone pass our consciousness, reports had been heard of imbalance everywhere, phenomenal changes in climate among different regions and ironies of catastrophe are up-front.
How many facts are laid and sad stories do we need to hear?
Furthermore, the State of the world is not yet in anyway relieved of the Economic Crisis on a cyclic basis threatening more vulnerable sectors and innocent lives among already impoverished people of the world. Such enraging scenarios, I can’t bear any longer. Being in the grassroots, witnessing these every step of the way makes me want to die with the perpetrators, sacrifice my life and spare the majority. Not sounding hopeless, I am aware of pro-active moves that have been pushed forward, negotiations and counter-negotiations, appeals and dialogues yet how many had it been since these talks internationally made to address prevalent and important issues of our times as climate change, social justice and equity. The latest one as the Doha Round had gone from bad to worse. Not heading any better. Guess what the Coppenhagen Round in December would result to? Nevertheless, as optimistic as we may be, we continuously appealed for Government Representatives to the WTO to study, prepare and take into high considerations how deals may be of benefit to the majority of its people likewise to the rest of the impoverished people of the world.
On the other hand, the Third World Countries’ Governments had shown incapability to neither protect its constituents nor be of control to situations/events that arise as effects of global warming. In the Philippines, we had witnessed several serious incidences of onslaught of natural disasters: the Agusan and Davao floods, the Mindanao drought, the Ormoc flash floods, the Infanta-Real-General Nakar landslides, the Guinsaugon land slide, the Mindoro floods, the Liguasan Marsh floods and grave damages brought by typhoons Reming, Milenyo, Frank, and now Ondoy & Pepeng and counting. Every after these incidences, national policies and priorities never changed, legislations maybe present yet of poor enforcements, rather sustainable programs and genuine development, expanded reclamation projects and land conversions propping up the Global Capital that further exacerbate impacts of climate change instead of mitigating them.
When is this cycle ending? Until a society is established that holds both the nature and the people of optimum importance. Until then, we hang on and continue to be surprise of what nature can strike back but bear in mind it will be more than a roller coaster ride.
Be one of the co-defenders and take that advance move for our sake. Understand the facts, take the responsibility, be one with the movement for we are left with no choice but, to unite to persist and we must resist.
Thank you.
AVR2, University of Cebu Banilad Campus
I congratulate the organizers, collaborating dynamic and active organizations and of course to the speaker for the success of this event. It is of unexplainable honor and prestige to be one of the reactors of this venue. Let me lay down the views in behalf of Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya and the Stop the New Round Coalition Cebu to see the topic at the grassroots level.
Indeed, it calls upon us on an advance and highly-assertive level of response given the extent of the impact of devastation the climate change in a global scale likewise the local/ national scale had brought about. It needs strong enforcement and adherence to the logic of laws (international and national) to rise out of this chaos. We say, it calls for more, quite a need this time since mitigating may not cope with the fast concentration of carbon and that nature can’t absorb them enough, a transformation needs to be achieved, the transformation of the entire humanity from this system apathetic of the people’s plight caused by careless and inhumane practices in its plunder and to the loyalty for market and profit rather to the principle of sustainable development.
We support the quest for making the Global North or the First World, the perpetrators of this mess, accountable for its excesses. It has served humanity and now it has gone to its moribund state. Such despair of asserting its continuous existence has caused everybody havoc and continuing. Too many losses of lives and destruction to earth, the single living planet we have, had gone pass our consciousness, reports had been heard of imbalance everywhere, phenomenal changes in climate among different regions and ironies of catastrophe are up-front.
How many facts are laid and sad stories do we need to hear?
Furthermore, the State of the world is not yet in anyway relieved of the Economic Crisis on a cyclic basis threatening more vulnerable sectors and innocent lives among already impoverished people of the world. Such enraging scenarios, I can’t bear any longer. Being in the grassroots, witnessing these every step of the way makes me want to die with the perpetrators, sacrifice my life and spare the majority. Not sounding hopeless, I am aware of pro-active moves that have been pushed forward, negotiations and counter-negotiations, appeals and dialogues yet how many had it been since these talks internationally made to address prevalent and important issues of our times as climate change, social justice and equity. The latest one as the Doha Round had gone from bad to worse. Not heading any better. Guess what the Coppenhagen Round in December would result to? Nevertheless, as optimistic as we may be, we continuously appealed for Government Representatives to the WTO to study, prepare and take into high considerations how deals may be of benefit to the majority of its people likewise to the rest of the impoverished people of the world.
On the other hand, the Third World Countries’ Governments had shown incapability to neither protect its constituents nor be of control to situations/events that arise as effects of global warming. In the Philippines, we had witnessed several serious incidences of onslaught of natural disasters: the Agusan and Davao floods, the Mindanao drought, the Ormoc flash floods, the Infanta-Real-General Nakar landslides, the Guinsaugon land slide, the Mindoro floods, the Liguasan Marsh floods and grave damages brought by typhoons Reming, Milenyo, Frank, and now Ondoy & Pepeng and counting. Every after these incidences, national policies and priorities never changed, legislations maybe present yet of poor enforcements, rather sustainable programs and genuine development, expanded reclamation projects and land conversions propping up the Global Capital that further exacerbate impacts of climate change instead of mitigating them.
When is this cycle ending? Until a society is established that holds both the nature and the people of optimum importance. Until then, we hang on and continue to be surprise of what nature can strike back but bear in mind it will be more than a roller coaster ride.
Be one of the co-defenders and take that advance move for our sake. Understand the facts, take the responsibility, be one with the movement for we are left with no choice but, to unite to persist and we must resist.
Thank you.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A Dialogue on Climate Justice – A Lecture-Forum on Nov. 26, 2009 at 8:30 AM-12NN, UC Banilad AVR2
University of Cebu College of Law, ALSP, GLACC, IBP-Cebu City, Visyas Climate Action Network and KPD-Cebu
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH-PHILIPPINES
Subject: “A Dialogue on Climate Justice – A Lecture-Forum”
Dear Friends and Networks: :
Greetings of Peace! “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” are not “once-in-a-lifetime” events. More super typhoons, floods and sea level rise are expected to ravage the country and nations all over the world. The issue , impact and consequences of climate change need to be understood by all. Is climate change the culprit?
In partnership with Focus on the Global-South Philippines, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the lecture-forum entitled “A Dialogue on Climate Justice” on November 26, 8:30 AM at AVR2, University of Cebu, Banilad, Cebu City. The resource speaker, Mr. Larry Lohman, is a well-known expert, activist, and researcher on climate issues. He works with Corner House, a UK-based research and advocacy organization. His books include Pulping the South: Industrial Tree Plantations in the Global Paper Economy (with Ricardo Carrere) (Zed, 1996) and the edited volume Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation on Climate Change, Privatization and Power (Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 2006). He is also a founding member of the Durban Group for Climate Justice and his articles have appeared in journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society; Asian Survey; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars; Development; International Journal of Environment and Pollution; New Scientist; Race & Class and Science as Culture. He is expected to touch on the following:
- To peg the introduction to the natural disaster the world is experiencing (particularly timely for the Philippines), or other concrete experiences
- To give a brief and clear discussion of what really is the issue/problem about climate
- A discussion of how countries/governments respond to these issues/problems – mitigation, adaptation, and touch on the many false/market-based solutions being peddled, and short assessment of them
- What ought to be done, or what are the alternatives, how to respond to the climate problem through climate justice, and how to develop green economies
- Then an update of what’s happening – the climate talks, among others.
Admission is free. For queries, please call or fax reply at (032) 420 7400, 231-8621, or call Cesan at no. (0918) 5127238 or email ucmcle@gmail.com. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Emalyn M. Aliviano
Spokesperson
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya-Cebu
Tel. No.: 253-9682/ Mobile Phone No: 0923-253-7738
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH-PHILIPPINES
Subject: “A Dialogue on Climate Justice – A Lecture-Forum”
Dear Friends and Networks: :
Greetings of Peace! “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” are not “once-in-a-lifetime” events. More super typhoons, floods and sea level rise are expected to ravage the country and nations all over the world. The issue , impact and consequences of climate change need to be understood by all. Is climate change the culprit?
In partnership with Focus on the Global-South Philippines, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the lecture-forum entitled “A Dialogue on Climate Justice” on November 26, 8:30 AM at AVR2, University of Cebu, Banilad, Cebu City. The resource speaker, Mr. Larry Lohman, is a well-known expert, activist, and researcher on climate issues. He works with Corner House, a UK-based research and advocacy organization. His books include Pulping the South: Industrial Tree Plantations in the Global Paper Economy (with Ricardo Carrere) (Zed, 1996) and the edited volume Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation on Climate Change, Privatization and Power (Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 2006). He is also a founding member of the Durban Group for Climate Justice and his articles have appeared in journals such as Accounting, Organizations and Society; Asian Survey; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars; Development; International Journal of Environment and Pollution; New Scientist; Race & Class and Science as Culture. He is expected to touch on the following:
- To peg the introduction to the natural disaster the world is experiencing (particularly timely for the Philippines), or other concrete experiences
- To give a brief and clear discussion of what really is the issue/problem about climate
- A discussion of how countries/governments respond to these issues/problems – mitigation, adaptation, and touch on the many false/market-based solutions being peddled, and short assessment of them
- What ought to be done, or what are the alternatives, how to respond to the climate problem through climate justice, and how to develop green economies
- Then an update of what’s happening – the climate talks, among others.
Admission is free. For queries, please call or fax reply at (032) 420 7400, 231-8621, or call Cesan at no. (0918) 5127238 or email ucmcle@gmail.com. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Emalyn M. Aliviano
Spokesperson
Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya-Cebu
Tel. No.: 253-9682/ Mobile Phone No: 0923-253-7738
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Isang Tula ng Paggunita at Pagpupugay Kay Harry Nacorda
Si Bob Marley at si Hagrid,
Ang Taong-Oso at Higanteng Bata.
At si Ka Harry
(Isang Tula ng Paggunita at Pagpupugay
Kay Harry Nacorda ng Sining Dilaab at YND;
Setyembre 29, 1985 – Agosto 12, 2009)
Nag-iiyakang ibinalita ng mga kasama sa Cebu
Ang malungkot niyang pagyao.
Waring bigla’y nakiramay ang panahon
Sa panghihinayang na iglap na humugos
At panglaw ng pangungulilang lumukob,
Sa labas --bumuhos ang malakas na ulan
Sa katanghaliang-tapat na maalinsangan
at nakababanas;
Sa araw pagkatapos ng pamiminsala
ng bagyong Kiko --
Miyerkules, ika-12 ng Agosto.
Sinagasa namin ang lakas ng ulan sa labas
Bilang banyos sa nilalagnat naming loob;
Pakiramdam nami’y kaagapay si Ka Harry
sa mabilis na paglakad
Tulad nuon sa rehearsals ng Sining Dilaab
Sa bakuran ng parokya ng Alumnos:
Nilalakad lamang namin mula kanto
Sa kabila ng buhat-buhat na mga conga
at bongos;
Nagtitipid kami ng pamasahe as traysikel
Para may ipambili ng sigarilyo’t iced water
Pagkaraan ng libreng pananghalian sa amin
Ni Fr. Manix at ng mababait na Salvatorian Sisters.
Sa YND at Sining Dilaab, ang mga kabataan
Kasama si Ka Harry ay mahigpit na binibigkis
Ng komitment sa mapagpalayang Kliusan
sa bandila ng KPD;
Kalakip ay mga makabayang musika’t awitin:
Mga kantang nagtataguyod ng mga adhikain
ng taumbayan,
Tumututol sa kawalan ng katarungang
panlipunan,
Lumalaban sa pampulitikang panunupil;
Mga awit na idinaraing ang walang-habas
Na paglabag sa mga pantaong karapatan,
walang-pakundangang mga pagdukot at pamamaslang
At nagtataguyod sa tunay na pambansang
Kalayaan at Kasarinlan:
Sa himig na nagpapasikdo sa puso ng masa,
At nagpapaalab sa diwa ng pakikibaka;
Mga awiting ipinalalaganap ng Sining Dilaab
Na kinabibilangan ni Ka Harry: Bersyong Cebu
Ni Bob Marley: Mula buhok na tinirintas
Nang maliliit; Bigwas at pigura ng mukha
At kayumangging kutis; Jamaiscang swabeng
Gilas, tikas at kisig; Hanggang lindi’t kisot,
Indak at kislot – na hinasa sa tiyempo’t ritmo
Ng mga tambol, conga at bongos,
Si Ka Harry ay plakadong imaheng banda,
Subalit namamalaging si Teddy Bear siya
para sa lahat ng mga kasama!
Nang gabing iyon ng masamang balita
at sumama ring panahon
Hindi kami nakatulog dahil sa lumulukob
Sa higaan naming makapangyarihang Anyubog
Na wari’y ang mabait na si Hagrid,
ang half-giant sa Harry Potter,
Na sa kabila ng kalakhan ay maamo
at kalugud-lugod;
Masuyo ang kislap ng mga mata
At ang ngiti kahit na matipid ay matapat;
Parang nagtatanong – Ilang Siomai sa Tisa?
Anong sopdrink?
Hindi nga ito si Hagrid, kundi si Ka Harry
Sa isang pwesto ng Fastfood sa Colon
na IGP nina Deo at RJ
At serbisyo’y IGP naman ng mga Kasamang
Carlo at Harry sa gabi;
Anyubog ni Ka Harry na nakayungyong
sa aming higaan:
Mas malaki kaysa dati nang laki, subalit
Hindi kahindik-hindik na tulad sa masamang
panaginip;
Sa hugos sa amin ng magagandang alaala
Pinalaki siya ng kamatayan kaysa nang siya’y buhay
Dahil sa bihis ng mga gunitang maganda’t matamis:
Isang higanteng Taong-Oso, kayumangging
Taong-Oso na nakayungyong hindi upang
kami’y durugin
Kundi upang maingat, magiliw na yakapin;
Taong-Osong kalugud-lugod at kaibig-ibig
Na masarap siksikan ng sarili at yakapin din
Laluna sa mga gabing maulan at malamig;
Isang Higanteng Bata ng dalisay
na Kawalangmalay
At ang pakikitungo sa masa at mga kasama
ay lantay;
Hindi kami nakatulog nang gabing iyon
Hindi dahil sa mapapait na gunita na naging
bangungot
O sapagkat iyo’y gabi ng pagmumulto
ng kaluluwa ng isang yumao
Na hindi pa lubusang makalisan sa mundo;
Iyo’y gabi ng matatamis na alaalang
Hindi kailanman maililibing sa limot
Sapagkat nakakintal nang malalim sa puso
at diwa ng mga kasama at ng masang
Nakasalamuha niya sa mahirap na pakikibaka,
Nakasalo sa hirap at ginhawa,
At nakabahagi sa lungkot at saya.
Tara na sa lamay at i-group hug ang ating
Teddy Bear!
***
Para sa Teatrong Bayan – KPD;
Tsong, Agosto 14, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
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