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Workers back Pacquiao, ask BIR: ‘Why not Lucio Tan?’

Workers under the militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) picketed the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) main office in Quezon City and slammed the agency’s alleged persecution of boxing champ and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao. The group said BIR officials have gone “over-the-top” in pursuing a tax evasion case against the boxing icon, but […]

Ika-150 kaarawan ng Supremo, 150 taon ng paglaban

Libu-libong manggagawa, magsasaka at iba pang sektor ng lipunan ang nagprotesta noong Nobyembre 30, bilang paggunita sa ika-150 anibersaryo ng kapanganakan ni Gat Andres Bonifacio, ang Supremo ng Kagalang-galangan, Kataas-taasang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK). Sa Kamaynilaan, nagdaos ng programa ang iba’t ibang sektor sa Welcome Rotonda sa Quezon City at sa Liwasang […]

Women’s groups launch One Billion Rising for Justice 2014

Three women’s organizations who were at the forefront of the One Billion Rising Campaign early this year joined forces again in launching the One Billion Rising for Justice Philippines. The big event will kick off on February 14 next year. This time, women’s groups want to highlight the injustice caused by government neglect and inefficiency […]

Yolanda/Haiyan victims join hands to demand justice

Relatives and survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda/Haiyan who had evacuated to Manila joined hands with other victim-survivors of previous calamities to form a national network to seek justice for the government’s “criminal negligence and ineptitude” in times of natural disasters. Together with victim-survivors of  typhoons Ondoy, Pablo and Habagat, Yolanda victims formed Tindog Network and pushed […]

SUCs na nasalanta ng bagyo, may kaltas sa badyet

Nabahala si Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon na kalakhan sa mga kampus ng state universities and colleges (SUCs) na lubhang nasira ng bagyong Yolanday ay makakatanggap ng kaltas sa badyet para sa susunod na taon. Kasama rito ang iba pang SUCs na walang matatanggap ni isang sentimo ng capital outlay o badyet para sa pagpapatayo ng […]

Tulong sa mga biktima ni Yolanda dapat walang kapalit – Bayan Muna

Mabuti ang pag-aalok ng tulong ng mga lider ng iba’t ibang bansa at mga institusyon, subalit wala ito dapat na interes o anumang kapalit. Ito ang pahayag ng mga kinatawan ng Bayan Muna na sina Rep. Neri Colmenares at Carlos Zarate kaugnay ng tulong na iniaalok ng mga institusyong tulad ng Asian Development Bank (ADB) […]

Biyahe ni Gat Andres Bonifacio, biyahe sa kalayaan

Nalalapit na ang pagdiriwang sa ika-150 kaarawan ng dakilang bayaning si Gat Andres Bonifacio, isang rebolusyonaryong lumaban sa kolonyalistang Espanya sa pamamagitan ng armadong paghihimagsik. Manining ang buhay at pakikibaka ni Andres Bonifacio. Ipinanganak siya sa Recto (dating Azcarraga), Tondo, Manila ng mag-asawang Santiago Bonifacio (sastre o mananahi) at Catalina de Castro (magrorolyo ng tabako). […]

Photos | In Yolanda’s wake

Last November 13, Pinoy Weekly’s Pher Pasion, together with two colleagues from Bulatlat.com, went to disaster-stricken areas in Leyte province to document the devastation and the people’s fight for survival amid reported delays in the government’s delivery of much-needed relief goods. In areas such as Tacloban City, Ormoc City and Tanauan, they saw how people coped with […]