At around 3:00 a.m. last July 27, around 1,000 farmers from different provinces in Southern Tagalog were resting in a covered court in Brgy. Old Balara along Commonwealth Ave in Quezon City. Tired from a whole day journey to reach Quezon City in time for protests on the eve of President Aquino’s fifth State of […]
The human rights group Karapatan said it deplores the Aquino government’s deployment of 400 military personnel and 10,000 policemen supposedly to contain the massive protest actions set to be staged on July 28, during President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). “The paranoia of a beleaguered President is once again manifested through the deployment […]
Independent think-tank IBON Foundation said that small and medium enterprises did not benefit from the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as claimed by the Aquino administration. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reported last week that Php30 billion of the DAP–one of its’ biggest chunks–went to the recapitalization of the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). […]
Did part of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) that the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional come from funds of Overseas Filipino Workers? Migrante International, an organization of Filipino migrants and their families, called on the Aquino administration to reveal the true source of funds used for DAP, and suspects that part of it may have come […]
Agaran ang reaksiyon nila: Nagsisinungaling na naman si Pangulong Aquino. Inihayag ito ng iba’t ibang progresibong grupo, sa pangunguna ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), na nagtipon sa Plaza Miranda sa Quiapo, Manila para pakinggan ang talumpati ni Aquino hinggil sa Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) nitong Hulyo 14 ng gabi. (Tunghayan ang infographic ng Pinoy Weekly […]
Nanawagan ang iba’t ibang grupong kontra-pork barrel kay Pangulong Aquino na magbitiw matapos ideklara ng Korte Suprema na labag sa Saligang Batas ang Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) na itinuturing na presidential pork barrel. Hiniling din ng ibang grupo na isauli ng administrasyong Aquino sa national treasury ang mahigit P142 Bilyong ginamit nito bilang unprogrammed fund […]
Nagkaisa ang iba’t ibang grupo para magprotesta kontra sa sistema ng pork barrel at pagkakasangkot dito ng administrasyong Aquino sa Hunyo 12, Araw ng Kalayaan. Sa pangunguna ng #AbolishPork Movement, inanunsiyo ng iba’t ibang lider at personalidad ang protesta para ihayag ang “galit at pagkasiphayo” sa kabiguan ng administrasyong Aquino na imbestigahan at usigin ang […]
Support for the struggle of workers from the electronics company NXP Semiconductors, formerly Philips, against the May 7 illegal dismissal of 24 of their officers amid the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations with NxP management poured in from different workers’ groups, unions, solidarity organisations and individuals from across the world. The NXP workers have condemned the […]
Nagsasampa ng petisyon ang koalisyong Makabayan, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) at iba pang progresibong grupo sa Korte Suprema laban sa Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at Estados Unidos (US). Ito ang pangalawang batch na nagsumite ng petisyon sa Kataas-taasang Hukuman para kuwestiyunin ang legalidad ng EDCA. Naunang nagsumite noong nakaraang araw […]
Naglunsad ng noise barrage sa Commonwealth Avenue ang ilang grupo ng maralita mula sa Brgy. Holy Spirit kahapon laban sa planong bidding para sa Controlled Economic Zone (CEZ) sa Quezon City na umano’y magpapalayas sa libu-libong maralitang pamilya. Noong Mayo 6, nasunog ang isang bahagi ng Brgy. Holy Spirit na bahagi ng CEZ, isang proyekto […]
