Former detainees and victims of the Marcos dictatorship urged the government to immediately implement the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, as they pay tribute to two anti-dictatorship activists who recently died. The Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) said the Aquino administration still has to form a claims […]
Immediate help is needed. Large parts of Luzon in the Philippines are now experiencing heavy flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains, intensified by tropical storm “Maring”. And while local and national government agencies launch rescue, evacuation and relief operations for many provinces in Northern and Central Luzon, Cagayan Valley, Southern Luzon and Metro Manila, help […]
Isinusulong ng grupong Water for the People Network (WPN) na imbestigahan ng Kongreso ang dalawang malaking pribadong consessionaire sa serbisyo sa tubig. Nangongolekta umano ang mga ito ng maanomalyang mga singil. Pinaiimbestigahan din ng WPN ang pribatisasyon sa serbisyo ng tubig sa bansa na nagbigay-daan sa walang-habas na pagtaas ng singil sa tubig at maanomalyang […]
Ikinatuwa ng mga grupong pangkapayapaan sa Mindanao ang mga pahayag ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte na di siya pumayag na gawing lunsaran ang paliparan ng lungsod para sa US military unmanned aerial vehicles o drones, at di rin pagpayag sa “permanenteng rotational” na paglagak ng tropang militar ng Kano sa lungsod. Sa pahayag ng […]
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.” (Proverbs 29:2) The amount involved, the outrageous sense of betrayal felt by the general public and the total insensitivity of those involved to the greater majority of the people boggle the mind. The scandal provokes sadness and anger. […]
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), together with the company Filipinas Palm Oil Plantation, Inc. (FPPI) in Agusan del Sur, has developed an Anti-Child Labor Program in response to a study by a labor advocacy group that pointed out, among others, that 24 percent of workers employed in palm oil plantations are minors. But […]
These children are among the hundreds of Agusanon families who evacuated due to militarization and human rights abuses. They are currently staying at Bangkerohan Gym, Davao City, until the military pulls out of their communities (Mark Henry)
Hindi dagdag na tropang Amerikano kundi diplomasya sa Tsina ang kailangan para harapin ang nagtutunggaling claims sa West Philippine Sea. Ito ang inihayag ni Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus alinsunod ng pahayag ng mga departamento ng national defense at foreign affairs na dadagdagan ang bilang ng mga tropang Kano sa bansa dahil sa umano’y banta […]
The Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) slammed the Department of Agrarian Reform’s pronouncements that the Cojuangco-Aquino family will be paid P1.2 billion as compensation for the distribution of land to farmers in Hacienda Luisita. In a budget hearing at the House of Representatives last August 8, de los Reyes revealed that the Cojuangcos would be paid […]
Isang hakbang para sa pagpapalaya ng “Courage 2”, o dalawang organisador sa hanay ng mga kawani ng gobyerno na sina Randy Vegas at Raul Camposano, ang pagbasura sa mandamyento de aresto laban sa kanila at dalawa pang aktibista kaugnay ng kaso ng pag-atake ng mga rebeldeng gerilya sa Tinoc, Ifugao noong Abril 25, 2012. Ikinatuwa […]
