The unheard voice
Today, April 28, is the anniversary of Jonas Burgos’ abduction. The Free Jonas Burgos Movement released a video long overdue: Unheard for six years, the wife of Jonas finally lets her voice be heard for the first time
Today, April 28, is the anniversary of Jonas Burgos’ abduction. The Free Jonas Burgos Movement released a video long overdue: Unheard for six years, the wife of Jonas finally lets her voice be heard for the first time
Millions of people were affected, while countless lives were lost or permanently scarred, when typhoon Pablo hit Southern Mindanao on December last year. Today, months after the natural calamity struck that part of the country, man-made calamities once again threaten the people: large-scale mining operations and logging continue unimpeded, while the military intensifies its martial […]
Libu-libong Pilipino ang lumahok sa One Billion Rising, isang kampanya para wakasan ang karahasan sa kababaihan sa pamamagitan ng sayaw. Sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City noong Pebrero 14, ginanap ang main rising na inorganisa ng Gabriela, Gabriela Women’s Party, New Voice Company, at iba pang grupo. Dokumentasyon para sa One Billion Rising Philippines ng PinoyMedia […]
Sa bisperas ng Marso 8, Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan, dinahas ng pulisya ang kababaihang pinoprotesta ang umano’y pagkakanulo ni Pangulong Aquino sa mga mamamayan nito, sa usapin ng Sabah at sa pagsadsad ng USS Guardian sa Tubbataha Reef. Mapayapa nang nagdidispers ang nagprotestang kababaihan nang damputin at arestuhin ng mga miyembro ng Manila Police District ang […]
Libu-libong Pilipino ang lumahok sa One Billion Rising, isang kampanya para wakasan ang karahasan sa kababaihan sa pamamagitan ng sayaw. Sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City noong Pebrero 14, ginanap ang main rising na inorganisa ng Gabriela, Gabriela Women’s Party, New Voice Company, at iba pang grupo. Opisyal na dokumentasyon para sa One Billion Rising Philippines […]
Coconut farmers recently formed a group, CLAIM (Coco Levy Funds Ibalik Sa Amin), to demand the return of the multi-billion peso coco levy funds that were extracted from small farmers during martial law. Late last year, P56 Billion of the coco levy funds were remitted to the National Treasury. The Aquino administration formed the Presidential Task […]
Siksikan sa mga ward ang mga pasyente ng Philippine Orthopedic Center, nang mabisita ng Pinoy Weekly. Pati ang mga hallway at corridor, mistulang ward na rin, sa dami ng mga pasyenteng nagpapagamot sa tanging ospital sa bansa na nag-iispesyalisa sa orthopedics o paggamot sa mga sakit na may kaugnayan sa buto. Hirap ang mga istap ng POC sa paglilingkod sa maraming pasyente na dumudulog sa ospital -- pero sinisikap nilang matugunan ang pangangailangan nila. Silang mga maralitang pasyente at manggagawang pangkalusugan ang nangunguna ngayon sa pagtutol sa pagsasapribado sa POC
Watch two of the most compelling speakers during the 26th anniversary commemoration of the Mendiola Massacre at Mendiola Bridge, Manila last January 22. Miriam Villanueva was 17 years old during the massacre, a survivor who cannot forget that fateful day. Justine is the granddaughter of a peasant leader, a young activist who represents how the […]
Pinsalang dulot ng bagyong Pablo sa mata ng isang doktor na bumisita sa mahihirap na komunidad na di naabot ng tulong ng gobyerno, midya, o iba pang sibikong organisasyon
World-renowned author of The Vagina Monologues and women’s rights activist Eve Ensler visited the Philippines this December 2012 to witness the developments in the grassroots campaign to end violence against women. She visited provinces and urban poor communities in Metro Manila, where she witnessed in Payatas, Quezon City the “marrying of capitalism and sexism” — […]