Relatives and survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda/Haiyan who had evacuated to Manila joined hands with other victim-survivors of previous calamities to form a national network to seek justice for the government’s “criminal negligence and ineptitude” in times of natural disasters. Together with victim-survivors of typhoons Ondoy, Pablo and Habagat, Yolanda victims formed Tindog Network and pushed […]
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.
Mabuti ang pag-aalok ng tulong ng mga lider ng iba’t ibang bansa at mga institusyon, subalit wala ito dapat na interes o anumang kapalit. Ito ang pahayag ng mga kinatawan ng Bayan Muna na sina Rep. Neri Colmenares at Carlos Zarate kaugnay ng tulong na iniaalok ng mga institusyong tulad ng Asian Development Bank (ADB) […]
Nakaligtas sila, at nagdusa. Ngayon, nagmartsa na sila patungong Mendiola, para maningil. Ilang nakaligtas sa bagyong Yolanda (Haiyan) ang nagtungo sa paanan ng Malakanyang para iparating ang hinaing sa mabagal na pagresponde umano ng gobyerno sa panahon ng kalamidad. Hiling din nila na mabigyan ng katarungan ang mga biktimang ayon sa kanila’y sanhi ng kapabayaan ng […]
“Dulo ng iceberg” (tip of the iceberg) ng sistemang pork barrel sa gobyerno ang ibinasura ng Korte Suprema noong Nob. 19. Ito ang sinabi ni Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon, matapos ianunsiyo ng Kataas-Taasang Hukuman ang unconstitutionality ng Priority Development Assistance Program (PDAF) at ang bahagi ng Presidential Social Fund na nagmumula sa Malampaya Gas Project. Malaking tagumpay na […]
Amid reports that rice is being sold at exorbitant prices in typhoon-affected areas, women from urban poor communities today picketed the office of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Quezon City to demand for the free distribution of rice to survivors of typhoon Yolanda, saying that the price freeze declaration by President Aquino is not […]
The horrific aftermath of super typhoon Yolanda (international code name: Haiyan) that claimed thousands of lives exemplifies the Aquino government’s inability to learn from past disaster crises. Thus said Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of Kalikasan – People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE), a progressive environmental group. He said that, as with previous disaster crises it […]
Extending its sympathies to the millions of people affected by supertyphoon Yolanda that ravaged provinces in Visayas, Mindanao and some parts of Southern Luzon, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) called for its members all over the country that are not affected by the typhoon to mobilize support and relief operations for the victims […]
Hinintay ng buong bansa ang pagharap ni Janet Lim-Napoles sa Blue Ribbon Committee ng Senado para sa pagpapatuloy ng imbestigasyon sa tinatawag na P10-Bilyong pork barrel scam noong Nobyembre 7. At tulad ng inaasahan ng marami, todo-tanggi si Napoles sa halos lahat nang itanong sa kanya ng mga senador kaya naman halos walang napiga ang […]
“Walang paring katulad ni Fr. Joe na namuhay para sa mahihirap at nanindigan para sa katarungang panlipunan.” Ito ang sinabi ni Antonio Flores, pangkalahatang kalihim ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), sa parangal ng mga taong-simbahan, manggagawa, magsasaka at iba pang sektor ng lipunan para kay Fr. Jose “Joe” Dizon, aktibista at makabayang pari. Buhay […]
