Pinoy Weekly Staff

‘Paghingi ng dispensa ni Aquino sa mga biktima ng Yolanda, di sapat’

Pagbibitiw ni Pangulong Aquino, hindi lang paghingi ng dispensa, ang nararapat para masimulan ang pagbigay ng hustisya sa “kriminal na kapabayaan” ng administrasyon sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda. Ito ang mensahe ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) sa protesta nito sa Mendiola kamakailan, isang araw matapos humingi ng dispensa si Aquino sa mga biktima dahil […]

‘Overpriced’ importation jack up rice prices

Progressive lawmakers expressed alarm over the jacked up prices of rice in the National Capital Region and other parts of the country, which they blame on the government’s importation of overpriced rice. “We have received reports that rice prices have increased by P2 to 3 per kilo. We are experiencing a perpetual overpricing of imported […]

Fight vs Cybercrime Law continues — Kabataan

Kabataan Party-list and other progressive groups vowed to continue to challenge Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, even after the Supreme Court declared the constitutionality of majority of the provisions of what critics have been calling as a “draconian law” that impinges on internet freedom. “Though the SC has laid […]

High court set to rule on Cybercrime Law as groups press for repeal

Different advocacy groups, netizens and other sectors reiterated their opposition to the Cybercrime Prevention Law or RA 10175 as the Supreme Court is reportedly set to release its verdict on its constitutionality. “Cybercrime Law looks more like a recipe for a surveillance society rather than an instrument to fight so-called cybercrimes,” said Gladys Regalado, Deputy […]

LIVE! One Billion Rising for Justice (Manila)

Live streaming video by Ustream Live Streaming schedules: 10:30 AM : Mendiola, Manila 3 to 8 PM : Quezon City Memorial Circle to UP Diliman, Quezon City (Philippines Time: GMT+8) This year’s One Billion Rising — the global campaign to rid the world of all forms of violence against women — is dubbed as “an […]

Farmers’ huts razed, crops destroyed in Hacienda Luisita

A combined force of the police, military, and security guards of a company owned by President Aquino’s kin yesterday set fire to huts and bulldozed crops of three farmers occupying land supposedly covered by land reform. According to reports by Ambala (Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita), the huts of farmers Ricky Flores, Rudy […]

P471-M payment to Cojuangcos ‘corruption’, farmers say

The payment of P471 million to President Aquino’s family by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is tantamount to “brazen” fraud and plunder, the peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today said. The KMP demands that the money be returned to the government and that the Cojuangcos pay the “billion-peso debt they owe to […]