Video: Where’s the relief?
Filmed in Ormoc, Tacloban, Palo and Tanauan in Leyte more than a week after Typhoon Yolanda, this video shows how typhoon victims were doubly victimized by slow-paced relief and rescue efforts by the Aquino government.
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Photos | In Yolanda’s wake
Last November 13, Pinoy Weekly’s Pher Pasion, together with two colleagues from Bulatlat.com, went to disaster-stricken areas in Leyte province to document the devastation and the people’s fight for survival amid reported delays in the government’s delivery of much-needed relief goods. In areas such as Tacloban City, Ormoc City and Tanauan, they saw how people coped with […]
DIDIPIO | A documentary on a mining-affected community
This short documentary reveals what happens when a foreign mining company enters an upland village in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. Oceana Gold, an Australian-New Zealand company started full commercial operations in Brgy. Didipio this year, under the first Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement granted under the Philippine Mining Act. This documentary shows the […]
Huwad na pamamahagi ng lupa sa Hacienda Luisita
Dahil gustong magkaroon ng karapatan sa lupa si Mercy Fernandez, 74 anyos, nilagdaan niya ang papeles na pinapipirmahan ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) para “maipamahagi” ang lupa sa Hacienda Luisita. Isa si Nanay Mercy sa mahigit 6,000 benepisyaryo ng lupa sa Hacienda Luisita. Pero naiyak siya nang malaman mula sa kanyang mga kasamahan na […]
BANTAY BADYET | Sino ang ‘Pork Barrel King’?
“Kapanalig natin sa paglaban sa korupsiyon.” Ganito inilarawan ni Pangulong Aquino ang mga mamamayang nagrali kontra sa pork barrel noong Agosto 26. Pero sa kabila ng mga pahayag niya at ni House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. na tatanggalin na nito ang Priority Development Assistance Program o PDAF sa 2014 badyet, nanatili pa rin ang lump […]
BANTAY BADYET | Habang sumisiba ang baboy: edukasyon, kalusugan pinababayaan
Ginagarantiya dapat ng Saligang Batas na prayoridad ng gobyerno ang mga serbisyong panlipunan tulad ng edukasyon at serbisyong medikal. Pero ang polisiya ngayon ng administrasyong Aquino, patuloy na pagkaltas sa pondo ng naturang dalawang serbisyo – at itulak sila patungo sa pribadong sektor. Kung titignan ang mga numero ng 2014 pambansang badyet, tumaas ang pondo […]
Matalinghagang ngiti ng gerilya
Rebyu ng “The Guerrilla is a Poet” Mga direktor: Sari Dalena & Kiri Dalena Tampok sina Karl Medina, Angeli Bayani, Anthony Falcon, Bong Cabrera, RK Bagatsing, Chanel Latorre, Lehner Mendoza, Lui Quiambao-Manansala, Marcus Madrigal, Jes Evardone, Willie Nepomuceno, Jao Mapa, Raymond Bagatsing Sinulat nina Kiri Dalena, Keith Sicat, Ericson Acosta, Kerima Tariman Ano nga ba […]
BANTAY BADYET | Pondo sa demolisyon, CCT: Maralitang lungsod, walang asenso
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
BANTAY BADYET | Defense budget prone to corruption, used for rights abuses
In light of the pork barrel scandal rocking the country today, Pinoy Weekly launches a series examining the proposed 2014 national budget. Here we look at how pork barrel is maintained, but also how public funds may be misused, misallocated or denied from social services needed by impoverished Filipinos. First in the series: On the […]
On corruption and mass protests: Interview with Prof. Jose Ma. Sison
Three years into the administration of Benigno S. Aquino III, the still unraveling multi-billion pork barrel scam is the biggest scandal to hit a presidency that claims to stand for “clean governance.” The involvement of senators, congressmen, and even Palace officials in the scam, as well as Aquino’s refusal to abolish the pork barrel system, […]