Isa na namang inisyal na tagumpay laban sa illegal recruitment ang natamasa ng mga biktima nito. Inilabas ng Department of Justice (DOJ) noong Abril 30 ang resolusyon na nagsasaad na hatol na guilty kay Isidro Rodriguez sa mga kasong large-scale illegal recruitment at syndicated estafa. Tugon ito sa reklamong isinampa ng ilan sa may 300 guro […]
Nagprotesta ang iba’t ibang mga grupo sa harapan ng Department of Justice (DOJ) sa pagbubukas ng preliminary investigation sa kaso nina Maria Kristina Sergio at Julius Lacanilao, ang itinuturong mga rekruter ni Mary Jane Veloso. Ayon kay Renato Reyes, Jr., pangkalahatang kalihim ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), kailangang patuloy na manawagan sa pagliligtas at pagpapalaya […]
Magandang gabi po. Nang mapatay ng militar si Recca Noelle Monte noong Setyembre 2014, mabilis na bumuhos ang mga sulatin, mahaba at maikli, tungkol sa kanya. Naging araw-araw ang Throwback Thursday at naglabasan ang mga larawan kasama siya. Walang abi-abiso sa taba o payat, kinis o gaspang, kintab o tuyot ng mukha, laki o liit […]
By Carlos Conde for Human Rights Watch In a country where extrajudicial executions by state security forces are a longstanding problem, potential victims take any threat seriously. So when farmers’ rights activist Eduardo Regidor noticed that three armed men were trailing him around Davao City last week, he sought refuge in the local offices of […]
[cycloneslider id=”34864″] A little over 200 locals, members of solidarity groups and international delegates came together to commemorate the struggles of the indigenous peoples during the Cordillera Day. With its aim at uniting the indigenous peoples of Cordillera for their right to self-determination, Cordillera Day’s Itogon (Benguet) celebration was held on April 23. “Amid difficulties, […]
Sa likod ng malaking pagkilos ng mga manggagawa noong Mayo Uno, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa, naganap ang panghaharas sa mga kawani at manggagawa ng pamahalaan. Isiniwalat kamakailan ng Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Empoyees (Courage) ang panghaharas sa mga nasa pamunuan ng mga unyon ng mga kawani sa pamahalaan. Ibinahagi ni Rosalinda […]
Humigit-kumulang 20,000 katao ang nagtipon sa Liwasang Bonifacio, Maynila sa maiinit na Araw ng Paggawa para muling hilingin ang pagbibitiw ni Pangulong Aquino. Ang kanilang batayan: pagpapahirap umano sa mga manggagawa at pagpapabaya umano sa mga mamamayan na dumulo sa iba’t ibang pambansang trahedya tulad ng muntik nang pagbitay sa overseas Filipino worker na si […]
I almost do not want to type the words #FiringSquadforCeliaVeloso. It brings for me an avalanche of shame and anger—shame for my countrymen, who have seemingly lost all sense of decency, and anger at, well, almost everything that brought Mary Jane Veloso to the brink of death and moved sympathizers around the world to act […]
(Yesterday, May 1, the day the Veloso family arrived back in Manila after a successful worldwide campaign to secure a stay of execution of Mary Jane Veloso, Mary Jane’s mother, Celia and the Veloso family became a subject of a vicious social media “hate” campaign to discredit them and the Filipino migrants’ organization Migrante International. […]
Altermidya, the national network of alternative media organizations and practitioners, stands in solidarity with our colleagues in the GMA-7 regional stations who have recently been laid off. The mass retrenchment of reporters, desk editors, cameramen and other media workers by a giant media company such as GMA-7 once again demonstrates how big business regards the […]
