Pinoy Weekly Staff

OPM para sa ‘jingle’ ni Teddy Casiño

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 […]

Fact-finding mission in Davao Oriental, joined by Pinoy Weekly journalist, harassed by military

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, other sectors launch metro-wide protest vs power rate hike

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. […]

Dissatisfied with lifting of ‘no late payment’ policy, youth groups call for tuition moratorium

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 […]

Video: Pagbangon ng Kababaihan (Part Two)

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 […]

Infographic: Price hikes and Privatization

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.

‘Panggagahasa sa Inang Bayan,’ ipinrotesta sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan

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. […]

Pablo survivor, Barug Katawhan leader killed in Davao Oriental

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 […]

Massive crackdown of Filipinos in Sabah, imminent?

Migrante Party-list believes the Malaysian government could use the crisis in Lahad Datu to crack down on undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and so-called “stateless Filipinos” in Sabah. “(Sabah) is one of the most common ‘transit points’ of trafficked Filipinos on their way to other parts of Asia,” said Connie Bragas Regalado, chairperson and first […]