BALITA AT LATHALAIN
Drug Law Spurs Child Prisoners’ Rights Abuse
The government's much-ballyhooed anti-drug campaign is triggering a massive backlash by way of an institutionalized form of human rights violation against children who get jailed under sub-human conditions with adult prisoners in police detention cells.

To Manage Globalization, Philippines Needs Less Liberalization, Stronger Institutions
By Alfred A. Araya, Jr. and Bill Huang, CyberDyaryo
With a month to go before the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, local academics studying the Philippine experience with globalization, however, suggest that what the Philippines may need is not necessarily more trade and economic liberalization, but rather, a dose of economic nationalism and stronger institutions.

Navy Whistleblowers’ Lost Cause
By Alexander Martin Remollino, Bulatlat.com
One whistleblower who took the lid off reports of corruption in the Philippine Navy died. The commander of the Philippine Navy himself, who had exposed corruption in the Philippine Marines, was sacked. Who says that mechanisms are in place to act on allegations of corruption in the military?

Internasyonal Na Ang DALITEXT!
Pinutungan bilang mga TextMakata ng Linggo sina Vladimeir Gonzales at Frank Rivera sa ikalawang yugto ng DALITEXT Poetry Writing Contest. Sina Libeto F. Vargas, Jr., Ricardo Palaypay, Ralph Vierneza, Desiree Lustre, Joselito de los Reyes, Joel Malabanan, Karina Montesines, at Frank Rivera ang mga consolation prize winners.

Defense Secretary on the Defensive
By Alexander Martin Remollino, Bulatlat.com
First, he was accused by the July 27 mutineers of being the mastermind in the series of bombings in Davao, southern Philippines early this year. Now Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes has been asked to be placed under investigation for the bombings and that he should immediately resign. A signature campaign to support this call has been launched.

NUJP Condemns Harassment of GMA-7 Reporter
The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) condemns in the strongest terms President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's outburst against GMA7 reporter Tina Panganiban-Perez following the latter's interview with Sen. Gregorio Honasan.

Press Freedom Is Under Attack
The Media for Peace stands behind Ms. Panganiban-Perez and our many other peers who in the line of duty have caught the ire of the powers-that-be.

Militant Solon Condemns Media Repression; Tells Media to be More Vigilant
Sanlakas Rep. JV Bautista recently expressed his outright disapproval over President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s act of harassing and intimidating GMA-7 reporter Tina-Panganiban Perez due to the latter’s alleged connection with Makati mutiny.