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 […]
Live streaming video by Ustream Victims of typhoon Yolanda and their supporters led by People Surge march from different parts of Manila to Mendiola Bridge near Malacanang Palace to once again protest the Aquino administration’s “criminal negligence” amid the continued suffering of millions in Yolanda’s Wake–five months after the disaster struck Eastern Visayas. (Watch the […]
Nagsagawa ng lightning rally ang mga miyembro ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)- Cavite sa harap mismo ng himpilan ng Philippine National Police sa Camp Crame, Quezon City kaninang umaga. Nanawagan ang mga miyembro ng NDFP na palayain sina Benito Tiamzon at Wilma Austria, mga lider-rebolusyonaryo na umano’y ilegal na inaresto noong Marso […]
Sa pangunguna ng progresibong mga organisasyon ng kabataan tulad ng Anakbayan, League of Filipino Students, Student Christian Movement of the Philippines, College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines at National Union of Students in the Philippines, gayundin ang progresibong grupo ng mga guro, Alliance of Concerned Teachers, nagsagawa ng walk-out sa kanilang mga pamantasan at eskuwelahan ang […]
More photos of the protest action: View the Pinoy Weekly Twitter photos here Photos by Boy Bagwis, Macky Macaspac, Darius Galang, Pher Pasion & KR Guda Post by Pinoy Weekly. Read (in Filipino): Kumusta ang kababaihan sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino?
Everything seems frozen in place. Every tree, branch, every root sticking out from the ground, stretches out toward an unseen horizon as though reaching for a sun that will never come, or shine as bright as it once did. The trees are twisted out of true, like the bodies in the bags that used to […]
Live streaming video by Ustream Live Streaming schedules: 10:30 AM : Mendiola, Manila 3 to 8 PM : Quezon City Memorial Circle to UP Diliman, Quezon City (Philippines Time: GMT+8) This year’s One Billion Rising — the global campaign to rid the world of all forms of violence against women — is dubbed as “an […]
Almost three months after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck, much of Leyte and Samar still lie in ruins. People are homeless, hungry, and without livelihood. Last January 25, around 12,000 storm survivors descended from remote villages and coastal towns to stage a protest march around Tacloban City, united in anger at the Aquino government’s negligence and […]
Around 500 members of revolutionary groups staged a lightning rally from Carriedo St. to Recto Ave. in Manila on December 19 to mark the 45th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). The CPP was established on December 26, 1968, and leads one the longest-running communist insurgencies in the world. The revolutionaries hailed […]
Sa kanyang ika-150 na kaarawan, inilahad ng iba't ibang Pilipino ang kanilang pagtingin at pagkilala sa bayani ng rebolusyon na si Andres Bonifacio.
