INTERFAITH RALLY KONTRA “CHACHA”

Nagkaisa ang higit sa 20,000 katao sa isinagawang Interfaith Rally kahapon sa Ayala Avenue, Makati upang labanan at patayin ang plano ng rehimen ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na Charter Change(ChaCha) na umano’y naglalayon na palawigin pa ang termino ng mga opisyales.

Nagsama-sama ang iba’t ibang organisasyon na dinaluhan ng mga political at religious leaders gayundin ng business sectors na may layunin na patalsikin si Arroyo at ibasura ang planong "ChaCha."

Inilarawan ng anti-chacha rally sa Makati City kahapon na gising at mulat na ang mga tao sa pananamantala ng gobyerno ni Arroyo at hindi na papayagan ang pananamamtalang ito sa kanila. Pinatunayan at pinanindigan ng taumbayan ang kanilang pagiging buo upang tutulan ang isinusulong na pagbabago sa Saligang Batas at tuluyan ng patalsikin ang manhid na si Gloria at kanyang mga alipores.

Eksaktong als-kuwatro ng hapon nang sunud-sunod na dumating ang ilang kilalang mga personalidad na sina Rep. Teddy Casino ng Bayan Muna Partylist, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, Jun Lozada, Joey De Venecia, Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, dating Senador Franklin Drilon at Ernesto Maceda. At gayundin ang pagdating ng halos lahat ng mga senador sa nasbing interfaith Rally na pinangunahan ng mga presidentiables na sina Senador Panfilo Lacson, Mar Roxas, Francis Escudero, at Loren Legarda sa may istatwa ni dating Senador Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino sa may panulukan ng Ayala Ave., at Paseo De Roxas, Makati kung saan itinayo ang isang entablado para sa naturang pagtitipon.

Sa hanay naman ng mga Militanteng grupo, nangunguna ang Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) sa pamumuno ni Rep. Satur Ocampo; AnakPawis na kinatawan ni Rep. Rafael Mariano; Gabriela na kinatawan ni Liza Maza; at maging ang mga estudyante mula sa iba’t ibang eskwelahan at unibersidad.

March to Mendiola... Human Rights 60th Anniversary, Celebrated…

Almost 20 different organizations celebrated the 60^th Anniversary of Human Rights together with the different alliance such as women, children, urban, teachers, doctors, workers, and professional sectors walk and shout to fight for the rights of the people from Welcome Rotonda straight to Claro M. Recto, last December 10 this year.

The movement aimed to oust Gloria and proclaim for their rights against the regime of Arroyo. According to Panggoy, member of Bayan Muna, this was the first time that the Human Rights was wrote but it was never implemented especially here in the Philippines.

“Ngayon ang pagdiriwang ng 60^th anniversary ng Human Rights at first time naisulat yung Human Rights pero hindi napapatupad lalo na sa Pilipinas. Nalalabag, nabubulabog at hindi naiimplemeta. Karapatang magpahayag ay dapat hindi pinipigilan at dapat sinusuportahan ng

state,” Panggoy said.

The rally started from Welcome

Rotonda and conducted a program to C.M. Recto until 4 P.M. . . “Hindi na kami tutuloy hanggang Mendiola dahil baka may manggulo daw at no permit no rally. Pero dapat bawal yung permit kasi karapatan natin ang magpahayag. Kaya dito na lang kami until matapos yung program,” Panggoy added.

PO1 Rodolfo Ocampo said that there are almost 150 PNP assigned to C.M. Recto and to Mendiola. There plan was to hold-up the people and if they try to walk forward to Mendiola the police will disperse them.

“Haharangin na namin sila dito pa lang para hindi na umabot sa Mendiola kasi maraming estudyante,” PO1 Ocampo said.

The team leader of the PNP police were Col. Sedanto ,chief of Police Station 7; Col. Layug,chief of Police Station 4; and

Col. Sapitula, chief of Police Station 3.

Children Action... Knock-out U.S. Arroyo Regime

“Labanan ang teroristang atake ng rehimeng U.S Arroyo sa mga bata at mamamayan.”
That was the clamor of the group Salinlahi, the alliance for children’s concern together with the children from Tatalon, Batasan,Bagong Silangan, Tondo, Mlabon, Muntinlupa, and Gabriela in Bustillos Church, Legarda, Manila yesterday morning.

The movement of the children was started at 9 a.m. from Bustillos Church in Legarda straight to Mendiola and conducted a program with a theme “Night mare match, Knock-out Gloria! The number child’s night violations,” where the children shout and talked for their rights.

Alfonso Rivera, Officer in Charge of Salinlahi said that their aim for that movement was to show to the society the suffering of the children and to knock-out the regime of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her government.

“Ang layunin ng pagra-raly na ito ay para ipakia sa mga mamamayan ang paghhirap ng mga bata, labanan ang gobyerno ni Arroyo, at para pabagsakin at i-knock out si Gloria,” Rivera stated.

Renato Reyes, General Secretary of Bayan sung to the program and Gary Martinez, President of Migrante International also shared a message to the children.

“Gusto kong mag-share sa mga bata tungkol sa mga karanasan ng mga anak ng mga OFW , ibahagi sa kanila ang hirap na dinaranas nn mga bata at magulang, at ipaunawa sa kanila na ang pag-aabroad ay hindi sagot sa kahirapan,” Martinez added.