(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 […]
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 […]
