Jersey City, New Jersey– The Filipino-American youth community urged US State Secretary John Kerry to grant undocumented Filipino workers in the US a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to prevent them from being deported at a time when their families are still recovering from the effects of typhoon Haiyan. In a letter to Kerry dated February […]
A combined force of the police, military, and security guards of a company owned by President Aquino’s kin yesterday set fire to huts and bulldozed crops of three farmers occupying land supposedly covered by land reform. According to reports by Ambala (Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita), the huts of farmers Ricky Flores, Rudy […]
The payment of P471 million to President Aquino’s family by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is tantamount to “brazen” fraud and plunder, the peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today said. The KMP demands that the money be returned to the government and that the Cojuangcos pay the “billion-peso debt they owe to […]
Almost three months after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck, much of Leyte and Samar still lie in ruins. People are homeless, hungry, and without livelihood. Last January 25, around 12,000 storm survivors descended from remote villages and coastal towns to stage a protest march around Tacloban City, united in anger at the Aquino government’s negligence and […]
Binigyan na lamang ng lokal na gobyerno ng Quezon City ang mga maralitang residente ng Sitio San Roque ng hanggang Pebrero 5 para lisanin ang center island ng Agham Road kung saan pansamantalang naninirahan ang may 300 pamilya matapos ang marahas na demolisyon noong Enero 27. Ayon sa mga ulat, puwersahang paalisin muli ang mga […]
Malaysia is one of the most common destinations of trafficked Filipino workers, mostly women, according to Migrante International, a global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and families. It is also one of the most common “transit points” of trafficked Filipinos on their way to other parts of Asia. Recently, however, their safety and security […]
Sinalubong ng protesta ng kabataan ang pagpasok ng Chinese New Year para itaboy ang anila’y nagbibigay malas at pahirap sa mga mamamayang Pilipino sa paanan ng Mendiola. Ayon sa kabataan, hindi na nila matatagalan pa ang tatlong taong pamumuno ni Aquino. Dahil daw ito sa kahirapang kinakaharap ngayon ng mga mamamayan dulot ng sunud-sunod pagtaas […]
Almost three months after typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) hit the country, thousands of survivors “surged” through the streets of Tacloban City in the biggest protest that Eastern Visayas has seen in decades. Hailing from remote barrios to coastal villages, an estimated 12,000 people marched around the devastated city last January 25 to seek justice […]
Muling ipinagtanggol ng mga maralitang residente ng Bgy. San Roque, North Triangle, Quezon City ang kanilang mga bahay at karapatan. Tinapatan sila ng "sobrang puwersa" ng mga pulis--gamit ang mga shield, pamalo, baril at tear gas. Marami ang sugatan at huli
Nanganganib ngayong mapatalsik mula sa Eulogio “Amang” Rodriquez Institute of Science and Technology (Earist) ang limang lider mag-aaral at masuspinde ang 15 na iba pa na nanguna sa mga serye ng protesta laban sa P1,000 development fee na ilegal umanong sinisingil sa mga estudyante
