PINOY WEEKLY SPECIAL ISSUE (September 2013) Pork Barrel at 2014 pambansang badyet Tampok sa isyu: PNoy: Pork Barrel King? Pondo para sa maralita, pondo para sa demolisyon May pork barrel, may pork baril Habang sumisiba ang baboy: Edukasyon, kalusugan pinababayaan Koalisyon vs pork barrel, lumalawak WTO: dominasyon sa mahihihirap ng mundo Infographic: Buhay-baboy sa pork […]
Tanghali sa Balara kanto C5 Road sa Quezon City ang puwesto ng mga kawani, manininda at ilang guro ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Diliman para sa linggu-linggong protesta kontra pork barrel tuwing Biyernes. Nakiisa hindi lamang ang aktres na si Cristine Reyes, kundi pati ang tricycle drivers sa pag-iingay laban sa pork barrel. Sa hapon, ang mga […]
Nagkaisa ang mga mambabatas kapwa sa blokeng minorya at mayorya sa Kamara para harangin ang pagkaltas ng badyet sa 79 sa 110 state universities and colleges (SUCs) sa 2014 panukalang badyet. Nanawagan din sila ng mas mataas na pondo para sa SUCs. Sa isang press conference, pinangunahan ni Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon ang pagkakaisa ng […]
Various tribes of indigenous people in Compostela Valley signed a unity pact, called tampura, to fight a large-scale mining corporation affiliated with San Miguel Corp. that is set to operate in the area. Heads of Mangguangans, Mandayas and Matigsalug condemned the SMC-affiliated and Cojuangco-owned Agusan Petroleum and Minerals Corp. (AgPet) for “renewed encroachment to their […]
Ang maliit na ngang badyet na inilalaan ng administrasyong Aquino sa pabahay, inilalaan pa sa marahas na pagdemolis sa mga maralita. Samantala, di abot-kamay ang negosyong pabahay ng gobyerno, at walang trabahong sapat na inilalaan
[fbphotos id=10151627669151027] Nagdugtung-dugtong ang kababaihan, pati na ang ilang lalaki at mga bata, sa ilalim ng Babae Laban sa Katiwalian (Babala!), kasama ang Gabriela, para muling bigyang pokus ang isyu ng korupsiyon sa gobyerno sa uri ng sistemang pork barrel. Ginanap ito sa kahabaan ng Taft Avenue hanggang Manila City Hall. Ayon sa Gabriela, ipinapakita […]
Residents of coastal towns in Cagayan province trooped to Malacanang and the House of Representative to call for the immediate halt to magnetite mining (also known as black sand) operations there. The Federation of Environmental Advocates of Cagayan (FEAC) and Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE), among others, demanded Pres. Benigno Aquino III to […]
A mining company in Nueva Vizcaya withdrew cases they filed against indigenous people and is set to cease operations in Nueva Vizcaya. In a motion to withdraw complaint filed in Regional Trial Court Branch 37, in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, the Royalco Philippines Inc. manifested that they are withdrawing their complaints against 10 anti-mining leaders, including […]
The human rights group Karapatan protested the arrest and detention of a 24-year-old Canadian student and activist as she passed through immigration last night, September 13, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for her 7:10 PM flight to Hong Kong. As of this writing, the Canadian student, Kim Chatillon-Meunier, is being detained at the BI […]
Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc rejected the move by the House Committee on Appropriations to re-align the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) into line budget items under the executive branch, while still retaining many of the key features of the pork barrel system. ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio was the sole dissenting vote when the […]
