Topic: Death Squads
Philippine Fair Trade Manager Assassinated
March 28, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Fair trade is all about working for justice, for the poor, the downtrodden, the impoverished and exploited people. It strives to lift them up to a life of dignity and greater opportunity in a non-violent, peaceful way through economic development. Fair Trade is a practical way to respect the rights and […]
Read More...FAIR TRADE PIONEER ASSASSINATED
March 25, 2014 ·
Militants say death squads behind killing of Panay fair trade manager By Nestor P. Burgos Jr. Inquirer Visayas 12:04 am | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 OTON, Philippines‹Why did they have to kill him? He was good person who had helped many of us who are poor, said Ma. Theresa Mediavilla. Mediavilla said workers of […]
Read More...Father 'Pops", before his assassination by suspected paramilitary k contract killers.
October 22, 2013 ·
Spokesperson, Auckland Philippines Solidarity (APS) 18 October 2013 New Zealanders Press for Justice for Italian missionary gunned down in Philippines two years ago. Two years since the killing of Fr. Fausto ‘Pops’ Tentorio, PIME, Auckland Philippines Solidarity (APS) together with church leaders in New Zealand gathered at St John’s Presbyterian Church to remember the martyrdom […]
Read More...Why Father Pops left the way he did
October 18, 2013 ·
By Cecilia B. Langlois (aka Geejay Arriola) Inquirer Mindanao 7 343 314 (Editor’s Note: Following is a tribute to Italian priest Fausto Tentorio, who was murdered on Oct. 17, 2011 by still unknown assailants near his parish church in Arakan, North Cotabato.) When a priest leaves the comforts of his First World convent to go […]
Read More...Human Rights Watch urges Aquino to take action on journalist killings
August 14, 2013 ·
August 13, 2013 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Benigno Aquino to speak out against the recent killings of three journalists and ensure authorities expedite investigations into their murders. “While the killers and motives [of the killings] are unknown, these and past unresolved attacks on journalists have a chilling effect on media freedom in […]
Read More...Church worker in hiding after 'death threats'
May 31, 2013 ·
May 28, 2013 A mining site in Surigao del Sur province Philippines An activist based in Surigao del Sur province in Mindanao has called for government protection after receiving death threats for his stance against mining activities in the area. Chito Trillanes, who is also a spokesman of Tandag diocese’s social action center, said armed […]
Read More...THE BRAVE STRUGGLE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
March 19, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The pristine sands of Boracay Island, the popular Philippine tourist destination near Kalibo-Aklan, is stained with the blood of the innocent. Dexter Condez, a young 26 year-old lay missionary with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was shot dead on the island as he was returning home from a meeting […]
Read More...PH 7th Most Dangerous for Reporters
January 10, 2013 ·
January 4, 2013 Last year was one of the deadliest on record for journalists, with 141 killed in 29 different countries. Six were members of the Philippine media, making the country the 7th most dangerous place on earth for reporters. The Swiss-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), which fights for the protection of journalists, said the […]
Read More...NON-VIOLENT LIVING IS TO BE FULLY HUMAN
August 24, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
NON-VIOLENT LIVING IS TO BE FULLY HUMAN by: Fr. Shay Cullen email: [email protected] (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) Those of us striving to make this a more peaceful world are dismayed and saddened by news of violent acts, cruel killings and atrocities […]
Read More...The Enemy Within
July 27, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Many people were inspired and uplifted to hear the resounding words of President Noynoy Aquino in his State of the Nation Address recently: “nothing is impossible to a united nation.” Millions of people wish it were so. For Filipinos to be united in bonds of fraternity, justice, equality, the rule of law, compassion and modest […]
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