Activists and people from varied oppressed sectors all over the world mourned the passing of Irene Fernandez, a known Malaysian human rights activist who succumbed to heart failure last March 31, at the age of 67. Since news of Fernandez’ death, tributes have poured in, propelled mostly by the heartfelt gratitude expressed by the multitudes […]
Niraratsada ng administrasyong Aquino ang mga pagbabago sa 1987 Konstitusyon. Noong Lunes, ipinasa ng House Committee on Constitutional Amendments ang mga panukala para tanggalin ang natitirang mga probisyon sa Konstitusyon na nagpoprotekta sa ekonomiya ng bansa. Nagkaroon ng sunud-sunod na mga pagdinig hinggil sa Charter Change noong nakaraang mga linggo, sa pamumuno ng mga kaalyado […]
Scientists and computer professionals who conducted a “data audit” of the Aquino administration’s online portal to track foreign aid for victims of typhoon Yolanda said that the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub (FAiTH), like the government’s relief and rehabilitation efforts, is actually a “failure.” As AGHAM and Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) celebrated the worldwide Open Data […]
A network to “keep watch” over the continuing agrarian unrest in Hacienda Luisita was formed amid efforts by the Cojuangco-Aquinos to remain in control of the estate through land grabbing led by the Tarlac Development Corporation (Tadeco). Luisita Watch, a network of individuals and organizations “advocating the cause of Hacienda Luisita farmers” was launched last […]
Binigyan na lamang ng lokal na gobyerno ng Quezon City ang mga maralitang residente ng Sitio San Roque ng hanggang Pebrero 5 para lisanin ang center island ng Agham Road kung saan pansamantalang naninirahan ang may 300 pamilya matapos ang marahas na demolisyon noong Enero 27. Ayon sa mga ulat, puwersahang paalisin muli ang mga […]
The land had just yielded a bountiful rice harvest. Farmers were just about ready to sow mongo seeds to rejuvenate the land and prepare it for the next planting season. But on the morning of January 16, farmers in Brgy. Cutcut woke up to find that a hut, a security outpost of the Cojuangco-owned Tarlac […]
Farmers bearing the brunt of landlessness and “fascist attacks” of state forces today marched to the gates of Malacañang to press for the ouster of President Aquino, saying that injustice has heightened 27 years after the Mendiola Massacre. Hundreds of farmers from Hacienda Luisita, Hacienda Dolores, and other areas of unresolved land disputes in Central […]
“Ampaw,” o walang totoong ganansya para sa ordinaryong mamamayan ang ‘paglago’ umano ng ekonomiya noong 2013. Kaya ngayong 2014, dapat asahan ang mas matinding diskuntento sa administrasyong Aquino. Ito ang tanaw ng think tank na Ibon Foundation, matapos suriin ang kalagayang pampulitika at pang-ekonomiya ng Pilipinas noong nakaraang taon. Ayon sa Ibon, noong 2013, lumalim […]
Amid reports that rice is being sold at exorbitant prices in typhoon-affected areas, women from urban poor communities today picketed the office of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Quezon City to demand for the free distribution of rice to survivors of typhoon Yolanda, saying that the price freeze declaration by President Aquino is not […]
Foreign mining companies Oceana Gold, Royalco Ltd., and FCF Minerals Inc. were scored for various human rights abuses and environmental destruction in four mining-affected communities ni Nueva Vizcaya. Nueva Vizcaya is at the “forefront of the (mining) industry’s most recent excesses,” according to a mission statement signed by 35 organizations that participated in a recent […]
