Nitong Hunyo 12, ipinakita ng rehimen kung papaano nito ipinagdiriwang ang Araw ng Kalayaan: sa pamamagitan ng pagkumpiska ng simbolikong mga baril ng mga Katipunerong nagsasagawa ng street play malapit sa embahada ng Amerika. Sa parehong umagang iyon, inaresto ng Presidential Security Group ng Pangulo ang isang estudyante, ang 19-anyos na si Pio Emmanuel Mijares […]
Twenty-four of their leaders were dismissed and their union is under siege. Locked out and left out a month after their leaders’ unjust dismissal, hundreds of protesting workers forced their way through the industry park’s gates. Chanting “Manggagawang tinanggal, ibalik! Ibalik!” (Dismissed workers, reinstate! Reinstate!), the protesters, ushered in by dozens of fellow workers in […]
Photojournalist Boy Bagwis, on May 13 to 15, joined the national fact-finding and humanitarian mission to investigate the displacement of more than a thousand Manobos in Talaingod, Davao del Norte due to heavy military presence and intimidation. The Talaingod Manobos, according to anthropologists, are one of the least accessible (to lowlanders) indigenous groups in Mindanao, […]
Ano ang mga usapin sa Charter Change, na ngayo'y niraratsada sa Kongreso? Narito ang ilang datos hinggil sa epekto ng ibayong pagpasok ng dayuhang mga mamumuhunan sa bansa, at ang pagtingin ng mga nagsusulong at tumututol sa Cha-Cha.
Alarming human rights violations (HRVs) against indigenous peoples have prompted an ongoing national solidarity and fact-finding mission (FFM) in Mindanao, focusing on the recent mass exodus of around 1,700 Manobo families from Talaingod, Davao del Sur. In Talaingod, the 60th and 68th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army, in counter-insurgency efforts, subjected civilians to aerial […]
Dadalhin ba tayo sa byaheng pag-unlad ng nakaambang pagtaas ng pamasahe sa MRT at LRT? Alamin ang saloobin ng mga pasahero tungkol sa pinakapopular na moda ng pampublikong transportasyon sa Kamaynilaan.
Ano ang anim na puntong dapat malaman ng mga Pilipino tungkol sa pinirmahang Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sa pagitan ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas at Estados Unidos? Pinirmahan ng mga opisyal ng gobyernong Aquino at US Pres. Barack Obama ang EDCA ilang oras bago dumating sa bansa si Obama para sa isang state visit noong […]
Muling pumula ang kalsada ng Kamaynilaan nitong Mayo 1, Pangdaigdigang Araw ng Paggawa. Bitbit ang pulang mga watawat, suot ang pulang mga damit, at sa pangunguna ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), nagmartsa ang humigit-kumulang 18,000 manggagawa, maralita, kabataan, kababaihan, migrante, progresibong mga personalidad at aktibista, at iba pa, mula Liwasang Bonifacio patungong Mendiola. Nagtipon din […]
For the second straight day, thousands of members of progressive groups took to the streets to protest the signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and US Pres. Barack Obama’s state visit to the country. They attempted to protest in front of the US embassy in Roxas Boulevard, Manila but were blocked by hundreds […]
It was a “warm welcome” indeed. Thousands marched in protest against US Pres. Barack Obama’s state visit of the Philippines yesterday, April 28. It happened during one of the hottest days in Manila this year so far, and was punctuated by burning of an effigy of the American president, with a pit bull that bears […]
