[cycloneslider id=”34864″] A little over 200 locals, members of solidarity groups and international delegates came together to commemorate the struggles of the indigenous peoples during the Cordillera Day. With its aim at uniting the indigenous peoples of Cordillera for their right to self-determination, Cordillera Day’s Itogon (Benguet) celebration was held on April 23. “Amid difficulties, […]
Sa likod ng malaking pagkilos ng mga manggagawa noong Mayo Uno, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa, naganap ang panghaharas sa mga kawani at manggagawa ng pamahalaan. Isiniwalat kamakailan ng Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Empoyees (Courage) ang panghaharas sa mga nasa pamunuan ng mga unyon ng mga kawani sa pamahalaan. Ibinahagi ni Rosalinda […]
Humigit-kumulang 20,000 katao ang nagtipon sa Liwasang Bonifacio, Maynila sa maiinit na Araw ng Paggawa para muling hilingin ang pagbibitiw ni Pangulong Aquino. Ang kanilang batayan: pagpapahirap umano sa mga manggagawa at pagpapabaya umano sa mga mamamayan na dumulo sa iba’t ibang pambansang trahedya tulad ng muntik nang pagbitay sa overseas Filipino worker na si […]
I almost do not want to type the words #FiringSquadforCeliaVeloso. It brings for me an avalanche of shame and anger—shame for my countrymen, who have seemingly lost all sense of decency, and anger at, well, almost everything that brought Mary Jane Veloso to the brink of death and moved sympathizers around the world to act […]
(Yesterday, May 1, the day the Veloso family arrived back in Manila after a successful worldwide campaign to secure a stay of execution of Mary Jane Veloso, Mary Jane’s mother, Celia and the Veloso family became a subject of a vicious social media “hate” campaign to discredit them and the Filipino migrants’ organization Migrante International. […]
Altermidya, the national network of alternative media organizations and practitioners, stands in solidarity with our colleagues in the GMA-7 regional stations who have recently been laid off. The mass retrenchment of reporters, desk editors, cameramen and other media workers by a giant media company such as GMA-7 once again demonstrates how big business regards the […]
Sabi nga raw, di ka magtatagal sa trabaho kung di mo ito mahal. At kung mahal mo ang trabaho mo, ito rin ang magpapaangat sa buhay mo. Pero paano kung minahal mo ang trabaho mo, pero di ka man lang umasenso, at wala pang benepisyo? Ganito ang pakiramdam ni Boni (di-tunay na ngalan). Admin assistant […]
Tama na! Sobra na! Welga na! Unang umalingawngaw ang panawagang ito sa unang pinakamalaking welga sa ilalim ng batas militar, halos 40 taon na ang nakararaan – ang La Tondena strike. Ito’y sa kabila ng pagbabawal sa welga ayon sa General Order No.5, na ibinaba ng dating diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos sa ikalawang araw […]
“Thanks for calling the costumer service. My name is ____. How can I help you?” Kadalasang sinasabi ito ng call center agents sa tuwing may kliyenteng tumatawag. Madalas, artikulante sa Ingles ang ahente at handang magbigay ng serbisyo. Pero handa din naman ba ang mga kompanya sa pagbibigay ng seguridad sa trabaho at mga benepisyo? […]
[cycloneslider id=”maryjanelives”] It was a uniquely amazing experience: thousands of people, anxiously awaiting the imminent execution of one of their own — Filipino migrant worker Mary Jane Veloso — and then being told that something unexpectedly good happened after all. She lived. The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, had, at literally the last minute, decided to stay Mary […]
