“Nananawagan kami sa mga makabayan at demokratikong organisasyon, laluna sa kabataang estudyante, na maramihang tumungo sa Samar at Leyte upang alamin ang kongkretong kalagayan ng masa doon, makipamuhay sa kanila, at makipagtulungan sa pag-oorganisa at pagsusulong ng mga pagkilos at pakikibaka ng mga maralitang biktima ng bagyong Yolanda.” Ito ang panawagan nina Wilma Austria-Tiamzon at […]
Bago ang malaking protesta ng mga biktima sa ikalimang buwan matapos ang bagyong Yolanda sa Abril 8, isang linggo silang araw-araw na nagprotesta — sa iba’t ibang ahensiya ng gobyerno na sa suri nila’y “nagpabaya” sa milyun-milyong mamamayang nasalanta ng bagyo at nagdurusa pa rin ngayon. Partikular na ipinrotesta ng grupong People Surge ang mga […]
The chief peace negotiator of the revolutionary umbrella group National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) decried the arrest of alleged Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Chair Benito Tiamzon, his wife and alleged CPP Secretary-General Wilma Austria, and five others in Brgy. Zaragosa, Aluginsan, Cebu as a violation of the Joint Agreement on Safety and […]
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 […]
More photos of the protest action: View the Pinoy Weekly Twitter photos here Photos by Boy Bagwis, Macky Macaspac, Darius Galang, Pher Pasion & KR Guda Post by Pinoy Weekly. Read (in Filipino): Kumusta ang kababaihan sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino?
Espesyal na print issue ng Pinoy Weekly na lumabas noong Pebrero 14, 2014. Nasa loob: Hustisya ang hangad ng mga biktima ni Yolanda at kapabayaan ng gobyerno; One Billion Rising for Justice; Kuntsabahan sa taas-singil sa kuryente; Pagmahal ng edukasyon sa buwan ng Pebrero; Kababalaghan sa DAP; at marami pang iba.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Upping the ante in its call to action to end violence against women, this year’s One Billion Rising for Justice (OBR4J) in the Philippines called for justice for all women victims under what it calls a “disaster presidency” under Benigno Aquino III. The whole-day, country-wide affair featured flash mobs near “places of injustice” such as […]
