Pinoy Weekly Staff

Dateline: Bali | A Pinoy Weekly newsblog on WTO Bali MC9

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 […]

Ika-150 kaarawan ng Supremo, 150 taon ng paglaban

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 […]

‘Paglaban sa pork barrel, di pa tapos’

“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 […]

Various sectors show solidarity with Yolanda survivors, express anger at ‘inept’ Aquino gov’t

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 […]

Yolanda survivors need our help. Now.

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 […]

Revolutionary group to mobilize forces for relief operations

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 […]

Fr. Joe Dizon, paring makabayan, pinarangalan

“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 […]

Ang malaking ‘eskandalong’ kinakaharap ng simbahan, ayon kay Fr. Joe Dizon

Noong Hunyo 2003, o sampung taon na ang nakararaan, kinapanayam ng Pinoy Weekly ang aktibistang pari na si Fr. Joe Dizon hinggil sa mga eskandalong seksuwal na kinasasangkutan ng ilang alagad ng Simbahang Katoliko. Nilalabanan niya ito siyempre, pero binigyan-diin din ni Fr. Joe na may malaki pang eskandalo na kinahaharan ang simbahang ito – […]

Fr. Joe Dizon, 65

Pumanaw na ang isa sa mga tinitingalang lider ng kilusan para sa progresibong pagbabago sa bansa, si Fr. Jose “Joe” Dizon, 65, dahil sa mga kumplikasyong mula sa sakit na diabetes. Inanunsiyo ni Renato Reyes Jr., pangkalahatang kalihim ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), sa social media ang pagpanaw ni Dizon alas-11:15 ng gabi ng Nobyembre […]