Red calendar days

By Abigail KwokINQUIRER.netFirst Posted 14:30:00 01/13/2011 Filed Under: Police, Crime, Human Rights   MANILA, Philippines – The policeman caught on camera torturing a robbery suspect was dismissed from the service, a spokesman for the Philippine National Police said, stressing that the PNP will not go easy on erring personnel. Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr. said PNP…

  Press release December 10, 2010 The Right to Health, as stated in the Universal Health Care blueprint, is a basic human right guaranteed in our Constitution. Failure to address our peoples’ right to health not only gravely violates this basic human right, but it is an act of plunder of the gravest kind. “The…

  From International Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (IRCT) Happy Anniversary! MAG is one of the most active organisations advocating for the right to health of torture survivors that I have worked with in the region. From the day I knew MAG, there have been relentless efforts engaging with different stakeholders especially health related bodies and institutions…

President Benigno Aquino III’s program aimed at providing health coverage to all Filipinos in two years is achievable, but only if basic issues in the country’s health care systemare addressed, a health group said on Saturday. In a statement on its 28th founding anniversary, the Medical Action Group (MAG) said “Aquino’s health program will surely fail unless the issues…

Press release December 4, 2010 Health rights told Aquino: Universal Health Care is achievable “Promoting and protecting health is a basic human right and essential to human welfare. However, from one administration to another, the same issues and deficiencies remain in the list that has plagued the health care situation in the country,” the Medical Action Group…

November 3, 2010 Dear fellow MAG members, Warmest greetings! On 4 December 2010 (Saturday), the Medical Action Group (MAG) Inc., will hold its 19th General Assembly and 28th Anniversary celebration. The time and venue will be announced soon. We will continue to send out invitations with the time and venue of our 19th General Assembly and…

October 27, 2010 ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Dear fellow MAG members, Warmest greetings! On 4 December 2010 (Saturday), the Medical Action Group (MAG) Inc., will hold its 19th General Assembly and 28th Anniversary celebration. The time and venue will be announced soon. We will continue to send out invitations with the time and venue of our…

On the anniversary of the mysterious disappearance on October 14, 2000, of six workers of the Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines (PICOP) Resources, Inc. inAgusan del Sur, human rights groups, once again, dared the government to solve the decade-old case. “It is exactly 3,650 days today since six contractual workers of the PICOP were last seen…

It is exactly 3,650 days today since six contractual workers of PICOP Resources Inc. were seen alive before they disappeared that fateful night of October 14, 2000. The six workers collectively known as PICOP 6 were Joseph Belar, Jovencio Lagare, Romualdo Orcullo, Diosdado Oliver, Artemio Ayala Jr. and Arnold Dangkiasan. They were abducted by members…

    WHAT: Medical Action Group, Inc. (MAG) 19th General Assembly / 28th Anniversary Celebration / Christmas Party WHERE: To be announced later WHO: All MAG Members WHEN: December 4, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. (to be confirmed later)