Throwback Thursday is a Facebook culture that is fun and makes one feel sentimental. Meanwhile, the forced remittance bill is a throwback nightmare that is all about raising funds for the government and makes one feel nothing but contempt for its proponents. House Bill 3576 authored by former ambassador Roy Señeres from the party-list group […]
Human rights groups belied the military’s claim that the killing of three family members of an indigenous people’s tribe in Abra was a handiwork of the rebel New People’s Army (NPA). Abra Human Rights Movement, as well as militant groups, point to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) itself as the culprit. The three […]
Patuloy na krisis at kapabayaan. Ganito ilarawan ng kababaihan ang kanilang kalagayan sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino sa mahigit apat na taong panunungkulan nito. Habang patuloy umanong pinababayaan ng gobyerno ang mga naging biktima ng bagyong Yolanda, patuloy din ang bagyong idinudulot ng administrasyon sa kababaihan at mga mamamayan sa taas-presyo ng mga bilihin at […]
More photos of the protest action: View the Pinoy Weekly Twitter photos here Photos by Boy Bagwis, Macky Macaspac, Darius Galang, Pher Pasion & KR Guda Post by Pinoy Weekly. Read (in Filipino): Kumusta ang kababaihan sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino?
Espesyal na print issue ng Pinoy Weekly na lumabas noong Pebrero 14, 2014. Nasa loob: Hustisya ang hangad ng mga biktima ni Yolanda at kapabayaan ng gobyerno; One Billion Rising for Justice; Kuntsabahan sa taas-singil sa kuryente; Pagmahal ng edukasyon sa buwan ng Pebrero; Kababalaghan sa DAP; at marami pang iba.
Fronting the huge tract of agricultural land in Brgy. Balete in Hacienda Luisita was a long concrete fence and a sign that said “Development soon to rise”. But on March 6, two days before the International Women’s Day, it was the women of Hacienda Luisita who rose. For months now, these women were among the […]
A female hors d’combat and political prisoner, injured and in hospital arrest for almost three years at the Southern Philippines Medical Center, has been released by a Davao court after posting bail on the eve of the International Women’s Day. The release of Vanessa delos Reyes, 29, was greeted with applause by her supporters and […]
Sumugod sa mismong tarangkahan ng Malakanyang ang mga miyembro ng Gabriela Youth at iba pang kabataan, dalawang araw bago ang Marso 8, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan. Inihahayag ng kababaihang kabataan ang kanilang galit kay Pangulong Aquino sa umano’y patuloy na pag-abandona niy sa karapatan ng kabataan sa edukasyon. Pero sinalubong sila ng marahas na pagtaboy […]
Niraratsada ng administrasyong Aquino ang mga pagbabago sa 1987 Konstitusyon. Noong Lunes, ipinasa ng House Committee on Constitutional Amendments ang mga panukala para tanggalin ang natitirang mga probisyon sa Konstitusyon na nagpoprotekta sa ekonomiya ng bansa. Nagkaroon ng sunud-sunod na mga pagdinig hinggil sa Charter Change noong nakaraang mga linggo, sa pamumuno ng mga kaalyado […]
Thousands of workers from Carina Apparel stormed the Department of Labor and Employement (DOLE) in Intramuros, Manila to demand that Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz step into the dispute between Carina management and the illegally dismissed workers. Carina Apparel, manufacturer of high-end lingerie, shut down its operations since February 21 due to alleged financial loss. But […]
