Kasabay ng paghingi ng dispensa ng yunit ng gerilyang New People’s Army (NPA) sa pamilyang Guingona, muling ipinaliwanag ng mga rebolusyonaryo na istriktong ipinapatupad nila ang pagbabawal sa armadong mga tauhan ng nangangampanyang mga pulitiko sa kanilang mga teritoryo. Malubhang nasugatan si Mayor Ruthie Guingona, habang nasawi ang magkapatid na tauhan niya na sina Nestor […]
Habang ang ibang kandidato ay nahihirati sa paggamit ng mga jingle mula sa mga sikat at dayuhang awitin tulad ng “Call Me Maybe” ni Carly Rae Jepsen o ng “Gangnam Style” ng Koreanong si PSY, mas pinili ni Makabayan senatorial candidate Teddy Casiño ang OPM o original Pinoy music. Mula pa nang magsimula ang kampanya […]
A 69-member fact-finding mission experienced harassment from elements of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Sitio Cabuyao, Barangay Binondo in the heavily militarized town of Baganga, Davao Oriental. While conducting investigation into reported cases of human rights violations in the area on April 19, drivers of vehicles rented by the FFM Team […]
Workers led by militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno, as well as other progressive organizations, launched Metro Manila-wide protests against the power rate hike this April and the rising prices of basic commodities. Among the targets of protest was a local office in Espana Avenue, Manila of the country’s biggest power distributor, Manila Electro Co. […]
Youth groups are dissatisfied with the announcement of University of the Philippines Manila Chancellor Manuel Agulto that it has lifted the university’s “no late payment” policy, amid public protests following the suicide of Kristel Tejada, a student who was forced to go on leave for failing to pay her tuition fee. Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino called it […]
Libu-libong Pilipino ang lumahok sa One Billion Rising, isang kampanya para wakasan ang karahasan sa kababaihan sa pamamagitan ng sayaw. Sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City noong Pebrero 14, ginanap ang main rising na inorganisa ng Gabriela, Gabriela Women’s Party, New Voice Company, at iba pang grupo. Dokumentasyon para sa One Billion Rising Philippines ng PinoyMedia […]
On March 20, various sectors will take to the streets to protest price hikes and privatization policies of the Aquino administration. Find out how exactly how ordinary consumers are burdened with the latest electricity, water, and oil price increases.
Tinatayang umabot sa 15,000 katao, karamiha’y kababaihan, ang nagmartsa mula Liwasang Bonifacio patungong Mendiola, sa paanan ng Malakanyang noong Marso 8, pandaigdigang araw ng kababaihan. Protesta ang porma ng kanilang pagdiriwang — protesta sa anila’y panggagahasa ng kutsabahang Aquino at Obama (administrasyong Aquino sa Pilipinas, at administrasyong Obama sa US) sa inang bayan ng Pilipinas. […]
If figures are the be believed, Violence Against Women is on the rise, three years since President Aquino came to power.
One of the community leaders who participated in the barricade and protest against government inaction amid intensifying hunger among typhoon victims in Davao City was shot dead today, March 4, 2013. According to the human rights group Karapatan in Southern Mindanao, Cristina Morales Jose was shot dead by an unidentified motorcycle-riding assassin at around 6 […]
