Archive - Multimedia

NORTH Triangle. Home to close to 7,000 urban poor families in Quezon City. After the September 23 clash between demolition teams and residents, another confrontation looms. The settlers are prepared to defend what they claim is their land. Photojournalist Kenneth Guda visited and documented the current plight of residents there.
Click on image to view slideshow.

AT a time when human rights defenders are needed as ever, members of the legal profession have increasingly found themselves under attack. In this slideshow, Jo Abaya-Santos followed human rights lawyer Jobert Pahilga in the course of serving his clients of mostly poor farmers and peasants, and asserting his right to exercise his profession, despite the attacks and lack of financial reward.
(Click image to view the slideshow.)

THE University of Santo Tomas has mounted an exhibit of old books and other historical treasures which, school officials say, prove that globalization first came to Philippine shores some four centuries ago.
(Click image to view the slideshow.)

Photos by MARIO IGNACIO
SOME 300 students of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City staged a rally on the second day of their protest against the P1.39 billion budget cut on state universities and colleges.

Photos by MARIO IGNACIO, CHIT ESTELLA and AVIGAIL OLARTE
MARKING the first year of the Ampatuan massacre, over a hundred journalists and militant groups on Tuesday marched to Mendiola demanding justice to the slain.

LONG ago, in the days before the unats or straight-haired people took over their land, home to the Aytas of Bataan was the vast forest that stretched all the way to Zambales and included what is now the economic zone called Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
Click image to start slideshow.

IN 2006, about 300 families of Sitio Agusuhin in Subic, Zambales were forcibly evicted from their land. The government had entered into a deal with Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., owner of the biggest shipbuilding facility in the country.
Click on image to start slideshow.

Militant groups welcomed President Benigno Aquino III along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City with a rally, as they have done with previous presidents, every fourth Monday of July.

Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III took his oath of office as 15th president of the Philippines at noon today, taking over the reins of government from Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a smooth and peaceful transfer of power.

VERA Files’ Mario Ignacio shares his photos of incoming President Benigno Aquino III’s press conference earlier today:

It's official: The Philippines has a new president and vice president. On Wednesday afternoon, Congress proclaimed Sen. Benigno Aquino III and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay winners in the May 10 presidential and vice presidential races

The Commission on Elections proclaimed nine winning senators Saturdays at the Philippine International Convention Center.

It used to take weeks before the results of voting is known in the hinterland towns of Abra such as Tineg, some parts of which are accessible only by foot. After Monday's election, results were out in a matter of days.

VERA Files' Mario Ignacio took pictures of what it was like shortly before voting began at 7 a.m. today. The shots are from the SSS Elementary School in Marikina City.

The Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) of the Commission on Elections held its "Final Test and Sealing" of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in Marikina, Makati and Parañaque precincts Thursday.

Former president Joseph Estrada spent Labor Day with about 10,000 people who flocked to his rally at Nueve de Pebrero and Martinez Streets in Mandaluyong City.

Former President Joseph Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) showed he has not lost his “masa “ appeal despite having been ousted from power and convicted of plunder.

Text by ELLEN TORDESILLAS Photos by MARIO IGNACIO LIPA CITY.—Batangueños gave Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and his running mate, Manuel “Mar” Roxas Jr., a rapturous welcome here over the weekend. Gov. Vilma Santos and her husband Ralph Recto, who is running for senator in the LP slate, received and hosted Aquino