National Federation of Small Fisherfolk Organizations in the Philippines
Mr. Eleazar must repair the terrible damage that former police chief Debold Sinas has inflicted. This could only be done when accountability is sought for the victims of dubious police operations that led to arbitrary arrests and detentions, grave human rights abuses, and extra-judicial killings.
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“The PNP has no business in curbing the pandemic. They are neither public health experts nor medical practitioners to begin with. By doing a military, instead of medical approach on a health crisis, the Duterte government is repeating the same old mistake again,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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PAMALAKAYA said the fisherfolk couple Chai Lemita-Evangelista and Ariel Evangelista were both members of Ugnayan ng Mamamayan Laban sa Pagwawasak ng Kalikasan at Kalupaan (UMALPAS KA), a local environmental organization in Nasugbu, Batangas. The Evangelistas were active in the long-standing campaign against coastal and land-grabbing by private developers within the 8,650-hectare Hacienda Looc in Nasugbu.
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“Mr. Lorenzana should instead deploy his troops in the contested and militarized West Philippine Sea, wherein armed Chinese militias have been harassing and threatening the livelihood of Filipino fisherfolk, and moreover, our national sovereignty,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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“If President Duterte was solely referring to her daughter as not capable to lead the country, then we couldn’t agree more. Anyone who is competent and has a strong political will to assert the national and democratic interest of the Filipino people can be a president, regardless of the gender,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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Disband bogus, pro-admin party-lists – fishers’ group Manila, Philippines – Fake and dummy party-lists handled by the administration must be[…]
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