Hindi pa tapos ang laban kontra sa pork barrel. Ito ang sinabi ng iba’t ibang grupo at personahe na kontra pork barrel sa isang pambansang asembleya hinggil sa people’s initiative kontra sa anumang uri ng lump sum appropriations sa badyet ng gobyerno. Sa kabila ng desisyon ng Korte Suprema noong Nobyembre na nagdedeklarang labag sa Saligang Batas ang Priority Development Assistance Fund […]
Binatikos ng Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) ang pagsasarang ginawa ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Quezon City sa Manila Seedling Bank kamakailan – ilang araw lamang matapos itong isyuhan ng cease and desist order (CDO). Sinabi ni Leon Dulce, tagapag-ugnay ng Kalikasan-PNE, walang pakundangan ang ginawang pagsasara ng naturang lokal na pamahalaan sa […]
Pinoy Weekly believes economic and trade issues need to be reported from the perspective of ordinary people and marginalized sectors. Because of this, PW is now in Bali, Indonesia to cover the 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on December 3 to 6, 2013. This page will serve as our news blog, covering both the ministerial conference […]
Libu-libong manggagawa, magsasaka at iba pang sektor ng lipunan ang nagprotesta noong Nobyembre 30, bilang paggunita sa ika-150 anibersaryo ng kapanganakan ni Gat Andres Bonifacio, ang Supremo ng Kagalang-galangan, Kataas-taasang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK). Sa Kamaynilaan, nagdaos ng programa ang iba’t ibang sektor sa Welcome Rotonda sa Quezon City at sa Liwasang […]
Filmed in Ormoc, Tacloban, Palo and Tanauan in Leyte more than a week after Typhoon Yolanda, this video shows how typhoon victims were doubly victimized by slow-paced relief and rescue efforts by the Aquino government.
“Dulo ng iceberg” (tip of the iceberg) ng sistemang pork barrel sa gobyerno ang ibinasura ng Korte Suprema noong Nob. 19. Ito ang sinabi ni Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon, matapos ianunsiyo ng Kataas-Taasang Hukuman ang unconstitutionality ng Priority Development Assistance Program (PDAF) at ang bahagi ng Presidential Social Fund na nagmumula sa Malampaya Gas Project. Malaking tagumpay na […]
Sectoral groups and individuals in the Philippines and abroad observed the International Day of Solidarity for victims of the typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) on November 13 by gathering in schools, communities, offices and workplaces, as well as expressing solidarity online. Lighting candles, offering prayers, songs, and speeches, students, faculty, and employees from two biggest […]
An estimated 10 million Filipinos in Visayas and parts of Mindanao at Luzon were affected by the storm Yolanda (Haiyan). Thousands were killed and many remain unaccounted for. By all indications, this is the worst disaster crisis the nation has faced. And it is only getting worse. Even with government, media and international aid agencies […]
Extending its sympathies to the millions of people affected by supertyphoon Yolanda that ravaged provinces in Visayas, Mindanao and some parts of Southern Luzon, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) called for its members all over the country that are not affected by the typhoon to mobilize support and relief operations for the victims […]
“Walang paring katulad ni Fr. Joe na namuhay para sa mahihirap at nanindigan para sa katarungang panlipunan.” Ito ang sinabi ni Antonio Flores, pangkalahatang kalihim ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), sa parangal ng mga taong-simbahan, manggagawa, magsasaka at iba pang sektor ng lipunan para kay Fr. Jose “Joe” Dizon, aktibista at makabayang pari. Buhay […]
