It is with utmost jubilance that we announce to all Filipinos and supporters here in the Philippines and around the world that the Indonesian government has suspended the implementation of the death sentence on our kababayan Mary Jane Veloso until all proceedings in the Philippines is finished. We express our most heartfelt joyous solidarity with […]
During the past few days and hours, President Aquino, according to his spokespersons, has been busy trying to convince Indonesian President Joko Widodo to save overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso from the firing squad. He did the five-minute walk with Jokowi and asked him to consider Mary Jane as a witness against drug cartels […]
Tweets by @pinoyweekly This April 28, the Indonesian government led by President Joko Widodo has committed to kill overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso. This despite the frantic last-minute campaign to plead for her clemency, from the various people’s organizations and personalities in the Philippines to Indonesian groups and celebrities to migrant rights activists and […]
“Pawang mga kasinungalingan” ng administrasyong Aquino ang natuklasan ng mga abogado ni Mary Jane Veloso sa kanilang pagdating sa Indonesia para tumulong sa kaso. Taliwas sa sinasabi ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas na ginagawa nila ang lahat para kay Mary Jane, malinaw na kapabayaan ang ginawa sa kaso ni Mary Jane, ayon sa PH legat team sa […]
Nagtungo ang kababaihan ng Gabriela sa Mendiola mula Trabaho Market sa Maynila para singilin ang administrasyong Aquino sa patuloy na kawalan ng tunay na trabaho para sa mga mamamayan na nagtutulak sa maraming Pilipino para mangibang bayan. Bahagi rin ito ng panawagawan nila para isalba ang buhay ni Mary Jane Veloso, Pilipinang hinatulan ng kamatayan […]
Kin of Mary Jane Veloso, together with members of Migrante International and other groups, lit candles at Welcome Rotonda to call on the public to support the call for the Indonesian government to spare Veloso’s life as well as other Filipinos on death row abroad. In University of the Philippines-Diliman, university professors, students and staff vowed […]
Twenty years have passed since Flor Contemplacion was executed in Singapore. Today, Mary Jane Veloso, 30, may very well suffer the same fate in Indonesia–unless the Filipino people and the international community can pressure the Indonesian government to show clemency. After all, it is the firm belief of Mary Jane’s family and supporters that she is in fact a […]
Para sa overseas Filipino workers (OFW), ipinapangako ng paninilbihan sa isang prinsipe at prinsesa sa Kaharian ng Saudi Arabia ang magandang buhay. Pero hindi ito totoo sa karanasan nina Olivia Ramos, Ester Ocom, at Marilyn Ristor, na nanilbihan sa mga royal family sa Saudi Arabia pero nakaranas ng kahirapan, pang-aabuso, at pagyurak sa kanilang pagkatao. Ilan lamang sila sa […]
Day-off mo ba ngayon o tambak ang trabaho? Dahil tayo ay magkalayo, magsulatan tayo kahit nasa magkabilang panig ng mundo. Paglapitin natin at ituring na nakatagpo kayo ng kaibigan, kahuntahan sa nakakatawang eksena ng mga biyahe, karamay sa homesick at kakampi mula sa malulupit na amo o pagtawag ng pansin sa gobyerno. Malugod na ibinubukas […]
Matapos ang rali ng Migrante International sa Mendiola bilang paggunita sa ika-20 taon ng pagbitay kay Flor Contemplacion, eksklusibong nakapanayam ng Pinoy Weekly si Nora Aunor, beteranong aktres at tinaguriang Superstar. Maaalalang si Nora Aunor ang gumanap na bida sa premyadong The Flor Contemplacion Story. Suot ang maong at itim na t-shirt na may markang […]
