Nagprotesta sa harapan ng Kampo Crame sa Quezon City ang iba’t ibang grupo para ipanawagang palayain nang walang kondisyon ang tatlong detenidong pulitikal na dinakip sa Molino, Cavite noong Hunyo 1. Iginiit nila na walang batayan ang pagkakaaresto kina Sharon Cabusao, ang asawa nitong si Adelberto Silva na isang National Democratic Front (NDF) consultant, at […]
Kaakibat ng tungkulin ng gobyerno na magbigay ng edukasyon sa mga mamamayan nito ang masigurong napapaunlad ang kalidad ng edukasyong ito batay sa pangangailangan at mithiin ng bansa. Bilang hakbang sa pagpapaunlad ng edukasyon sa Pilipinas, pilit na itinulak ng administrasyong Aquino ang Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 o ang programang K-to-12 na nagpabago […]
Behind the glitz and glamour of corporate media is a disturbing labor practice that affects thousands of media workers: contractualization. Like many workplaces, factories and even government offices across the country, contractualization has taken over as the mode of employment of choice by most employers. The reasons are obvious: employers are able to maximize profits […]
Sinasabing nasa hukay ang isang paa ng inang nagdadalantao. Tanungin mo ang sinumang buntis, sasabihin niyang totoo ang kasabihang ito. Pero sa mga maralitang buntis ngayon, tila hindi lang mismong pagdadalantao ang nagbibigay-panganib sa kanya. Ang ilang polisiya ng gobyerno’y tila nagdadala sa kanya sa higit na panganib. Ipagkakait na kasi sa mga maralita ang […]
We in PinoyMedia Center and Pinoy Weekly view with concern the arrest and detention of writer and activist Ms. Rosanna “Sharon” Cabusao, who sat on the editorial board of Pinoy Weekly from 2002 to 2005. We know Ms. Cabusao to be an excellent writer and editor who passionately brought her long experience in advocating for women’s […]
Human rights group Karapatan scored the Aquino administration for arresting another peace consultant to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Karapatan said peace consultant Adelberto Silva, 67, was arrested by combined elements of military intelligence units as well as the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on June […]
Hika, sakit sa balat, at pagsusuka. Ganito ang pang-araw-araw na nararanasan ng maraming residente ng Bgy. 105 Happyland sa Tondo, Manila. Nagsimula nila itong maranasan may isang taon na mula nang magsimulang perwisyuhin sila ng tambakan ng coal na kadikit ng kanilang barangay. Nakapangalan sa Rock Energy ang nasabing bodega na pinag-iimbakan. “Kawawa ang mga […]
The immediate family of Mary Jane Veloso complained of harassment by three unidentified men who came to look for the house of Celia Veloso in Cabanatuan City on May 24. According to Darling Veloso (Mary Jane’s sister), the unidentified men said they wanted to help in Mary Jane’s case because they felt that it was […]
Sa gitna ng balitang muling magtataas ng singil ang ilang mga pamantasan at kolehiyo sa bansa, isa na namang kabataan ang nagpatiwakal sa hindi maabot na presyo ng bayarin sa paaralan. Inilahad ng mga grupong kabataan ang pangalan ni Jhoemary Azaula, isang mag-aaral ng Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology (Eearist), at papasok na […]
Youth groups led by Kabataan Party-list urged the youth to “swim against the current” and participate in the 2016 elections. Kabataan launched its initiative to raise one million registered youth voters in a press conference was held at the Amoranto Stadium swimming pool in Quezon City . “We are swimming to register the youth’s commitment […]
