Youth and students from different private and state universities and colleges stormed the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to protest impending tuition and other fee increases that will welcome students next academic year 2014-2015. Along with the protest action in front of CHED’s office in Diliman, student leaders met with CHED officials for a dialogue […]
Dexter Torres, 23, and his cousin Jun Jimenez, 22, arrived in Metro Manila a month ago. They were victims of typhoon Yolanda in Leyte and now looking for jobs here. The two said they can hardly find a job today. “Before Yolanda hit, we are surviving from menial jobs,” Jun said. He was a helper […]
One month after the filing of petition for temporary restraining order against premium hikes for Social Security System (SSS) and two weeks for a similar petition against Philhealth premium hikes, workers under the Kilusang Mayo Uno picketed the Supreme Court yesterday to demand the high court to stop these hikes. The group said premium hikes in […]
Human rights group Karapatan accused the Philippine military of trying to offset the failure of Oplan Bayanihan’s first phase by attacking civilians and accusing them as members of rebel groups. The group said for the month of January alone, at least three victims of extra-judicial killings and four victims of frustrated killing were reported. The […]
Jersey City, New Jersey– The Filipino-American youth community urged US State Secretary John Kerry to grant undocumented Filipino workers in the US a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to prevent them from being deported at a time when their families are still recovering from the effects of typhoon Haiyan. In a letter to Kerry dated February […]
A combined force of the police, military, and security guards of a company owned by President Aquino’s kin yesterday set fire to huts and bulldozed crops of three farmers occupying land supposedly covered by land reform. According to reports by Ambala (Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita), the huts of farmers Ricky Flores, Rudy […]
The payment of P471 million to President Aquino’s family by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is tantamount to “brazen” fraud and plunder, the peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today said. The KMP demands that the money be returned to the government and that the Cojuangcos pay the “billion-peso debt they owe to […]
Binigyan na lamang ng lokal na gobyerno ng Quezon City ang mga maralitang residente ng Sitio San Roque ng hanggang Pebrero 5 para lisanin ang center island ng Agham Road kung saan pansamantalang naninirahan ang may 300 pamilya matapos ang marahas na demolisyon noong Enero 27. Ayon sa mga ulat, puwersahang paalisin muli ang mga […]
Malaysia is one of the most common destinations of trafficked Filipino workers, mostly women, according to Migrante International, a global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and families. It is also one of the most common “transit points” of trafficked Filipinos on their way to other parts of Asia. Recently, however, their safety and security […]
Sinalubong ng protesta ng kabataan ang pagpasok ng Chinese New Year para itaboy ang anila’y nagbibigay malas at pahirap sa mga mamamayang Pilipino sa paanan ng Mendiola. Ayon sa kabataan, hindi na nila matatagalan pa ang tatlong taong pamumuno ni Aquino. Dahil daw ito sa kahirapang kinakaharap ngayon ng mga mamamayan dulot ng sunud-sunod pagtaas […]
