The protest, of about 30,000 people, was, as expected, a colorful one. But following last years violent attempt by cops to disperse protesters asserting right to get near Batasan Pambansa during #SONA2013, this year’s march evoked an air of urgency: they now call on the immediate ouster of Pres. Benigno Aquino III from office. This, […]
Live streaming video by Ustream Tunghayan ang live updates ng Pinoy Weekly tungkol sa mga protesta sa State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pang. Benigno Aquino III. Magsisimula: Alas-11 ng umaga. Inaantabayanan ng publiko kapwa ang talumpati ni Aquino at ang maiinit na protesta kontra rito matapos ang pagdeklara ng Korte Suprema na labag sa […]
“Impeaching an honest president is wishful thinking.” Ito ang sambit umano ng alyado ni Pangulong Aquino sa Kamara, si Mindoro Oriental Rep. Reynaldo Umali, bilang reaksiyon sa mga isinampang impeachment complaint sa Kamara. Pero gaano katapat ang Pangulo? Ang pakay ng listang ito, sa ibaba, ay ilista ang 10 pahayag ni Pangulong Aquino, labas ng […]
An alarming pattern has surfaced in government agencies in recent years, as far as state workers are concerned: regular employment in government offices is increasingly being replaced with contractual work. The practice of labor contractualization — employing workers on a contractual basis, without security of tenure and benefits as well as right to unionize — […]
Urban poor residents in Metro Manila and off-city relocation sites are questioning where the billions of pesos in Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds meant for their housing went—and it seems like they have every reason to. Former residents of Sitio San Roque, North Triangle, Quezon City today staged a protest at the National Housing Authority […]
Pinaninindigan ng mga complainant na tahasang nilabag ni Aquino ang Saligang Batas sa pagpayag na muling magbase-militar ang armadong puwersa ng US sa buong Pilipinas.
Did part of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) that the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional come from funds of Overseas Filipino Workers? Migrante International, an organization of Filipino migrants and their families, called on the Aquino administration to reveal the true source of funds used for DAP, and suspects that part of it may have come […]
Naghain ng panibagong impeachment complaint ang mga organisasyon ng kabataan laban kay Pangulong Aquino sa Kamara. Inendorso ni Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon ang complaint na nagsasabing nagkasala ang Pangulo ng culpable violation of the Constitution at betrayal of public trust sa pagpapatupad ng P177-Bilyong Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) na hinatulan ng Korte Suprema na labag […]
For seven years, farmer Gregorio Galacio sought justice for his daughter. Instead of attaining justice, he was killed by unidentified men believed to be military agents in his home in Barangay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley. Hanimay Suazo, secretary general of Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region, informed Pinoy Weekly that around 4AM of July 19, 2014, Galacio […]
The house that was peppered with bullets barely two weeks ago did not even have any police tape to indicate a crime. Only a thin plastic sheet covered the window from where two masked men aboard a motorcycle fired eight shots from a .45 caliber gun at around 11:00 a.m. on July 10, killing Nathaniel […]
