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PH migrants express support for HK protests

Filipino migrants and progressive Filipino organizations in China’s Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau expressed their solidarity with massive people’s protests in Hong Kong that call for reforms and democratization amid “worsening economic conditions”. The group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Hong Kong & Macau (Bayan-HKM – New Patriotic Alliance) also condemned the governments of […]

What’s up, Hong Kong?

When the request for a column about what is now happening in Hong Kong came in, I was honestly stumped about what to write. Should I write about the issue, or issues, the protesters are carrying? For indeed, while many may think that life is bliss in Hong Kong, the people here have legitimate issues […]

Dalawang dinukot na kabataan, tinortyur – Ridon

Sumailalim sa mental at psychological torture ang dalawang kabataang organisador sa isang kampo ng militar bago sila inilitaw sa Cabanatuan City ng mga pulis. Ito ang napag-alaman ni Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon, matapos makausaup ang dalawang kabataan na sina Gerald Salonga, 24 at Guiller Cadano, 22. Sa bisita ng kabataang kongresista noong Setyembre 28 sa […]

After the protest: Fil-Ams who dared to question Aquino

Filipino-Americans took the lead in speaking up on human rights violations in the Philippines during Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s speech in a World Leaders Forum at New York’s Columbia University last September 23. Aquino was answering a question regarding extrajudicial killings in the Philippines when Joelle Lingat, a Fil-Am and member of Anakbayan New Jersey, […]

Badyet para sa SUCs, kulang na kulang pa rin

Nanawagan ng mas mataas na badyet para sa 113 state universities and colleges (SUCs) sa bansa si Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon, sa deliberasyon sa Kamara ng pambansang badyet para sa 2015. Sa datos ng Department of Budegt and Management (DBM), nasa P43.3 Bilyon lamang ang nakatakdang ilaan ng gobyernong Aquino sa SUCs para sa 2015, malayo […]

Paniningil ng terminal fee, tinutulan ng mga OFW

Ipinoprotesta ng grupo ng Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) ang awtomatikong paniningil ng P550 terminal fee sa airline tickets. Nabuo ang bagong patakaran sa isang Memorandum of Agreement na nilagdaan ng Manila International Airport Authority o MIAA at mga airline carrier, at agarang ipapatupad sa Oktubre 1. Ngunit sa ilalim ng Republic Act 10022 o Migrant […]

Ika-58 buwan ng Ampatuan masaker, ginunita ng CEGP

Nag-alay ng kandila ang mga kasapi ng College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) bilang simbolo ng paghahanap pa rin ng hustisya sa mga naging biktima ng Ampatuan masaker at iba pang alagad ng midya na pinaslang. Itinaon nila ito sa ika-58 buwan ng Ampatuan masaker, na naganap noong Nobyembre 23, 2009 at ikinasawi ng […]

Rights group: Civilians killed, rebels tortured in Abra military ops

A human rights group called for a total military pull-out in Lacub, Abra to give civilians respite from intensified military operations, alleging that the military used “excessive force” that resulted in the death of two civilians and seven members of the New Peoples Army (NPA), some of whom were tortured. In a statement, the Cordillera […]

‘Relasyong Tsina, PH luluwag pagkatapos ng termino ni Aquino’

HAIKOU CITY, CHINA– Malaki ang posibilidad na mas luluwag ang relasyon sa pagitan ng bansang Tsina at Pilipinas kapag natapos ang termino ni Pangulong Aquino sa taong 2016. Ito ang sabi ni Wu Shicun, presidente ng National Institute for South China Sea Studies, isang think-tank ng gobyerno ng Tsina na nakabase sa lungsod na ito […]