Liban sa paghatid ng lumang awit at musika sa bagong-dagdag na kiliti nito, walang kinalaman ang dulang Rak of Aegis sa buhay ng bandang Aegis. Wala rin itong kinalaman sa musikal na Rock of Ages (Chris D’Arienzo/Broadway, 2006) liban sa laro ng salita at sumpong ng harayang sa kasaysayan ng rock, mayroong Aegis ang Pilipinas. […]
Umarangkada na ang pagpapapirma para sa People’s Initiative to Abolish the Pork Barrel System. Matapos ang paglulunsad ng panukalang batas na ito sa pamamagitan ng People’s Congress sa Cebu City nitong Agosto 23, isang malaking pagtitipon ng di-bababa sa 20,000 katao naman ang isinagawa ng iba’t ibang grupong kontra-pork barrel sa Luneta Park, Manila para pasimulan […]
Isa sa mga nauna sa pila sa pagpirma ng petisyon kontra pork barrel ang 68-anyos na si Betty Duja, taga-Brgy. Basac Pardo, Cebu City. “Lalong nagiging degraded ang ating bansa dahil sa pork barrel. Dati, wala tayong kaalam-alam tungkol sa paggasta sa ating budget. Ngayon, malinaw na lalong naghihirap ang mga Pilipino dahil sa mga […]
Pinoy Weekly‘s live tweets of protest action and signature campaign for People’s Initiative to abolish all forms of pork barrel, as well as Aquino’s “yellow dictatorship” | 25 August 2014 | 9AM-1PM | Luneta Park, Manila Like us on Facebook Live tweets: Tweets by @pinoyweekly Related articles across the web ‘People’s initiative’ aims to unite […]
Editor’s Note: We are publishing in full the proposed bill to abolish the pork barrel system through the people’s initiative, ratified in a People’s Congress held last August 23. Carol Araullo, convenor of Abolish Pork Movement, described the bill as a product of a “long, painstaking, and democratic discussion by experts and non-experts alike.” The […]
Cebu City—More than a thousand people from all over the country converged yesterday for a historic People’s Congress, which ratified a bill to abolish all forms of pork barrel “once and for all.” The Congress, the first of its kind, hopes for the passage of the bill through a people’s initiative, or a nationwide signature […]
Human rights advocates cried foul over the arrest of Genasque Enriquez, an indigenous Manobo leader and activist, in Surigao City after attending a press conference calling on people’s support for a people’s initiative to abolish the pork barrel system. Three counts of frustrated murder have been filed against him by the Philippine Army, according to […]
Representatives from various sectors and the church will gather tomorrow at Cebu City in a historic attempt to enact a law through the “people’s initiative,” united in the call to abolish the pork barrel system. A People’s Congress is set to approve the Pork Barrel Abolition Act, and launch a nationwide signature campaign for its […]
Muling pinaigting ng mga guro ang kanilang kampanya para ipaglaban ang pananatili ng pagtuturo ng Wikang Filipino sa kolehiyo, sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika ngayong Agosto.
Nagpupuyos sa galit ang mga biktima ni dating heneral Jovito Palparan sa “espesyal na pagtrato umanong tinatamasa nito mula nang mahuli siya noong Miyerkules. Sa kabila ng commitment order ng korte na ilipat siya sa Bulacan Provincial Jail, nanatili pa rin ang tinaguriang “berdugo” sa kustodiya ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Naghain si Palparan […]
