Rights activists again voice their condemnation of the recent killings in Mindanao. This time, the victims were an administrator of a Lumad school, a Lumad peasant leader and his cousin. Meanwhile, the Lumad communities began to, once again, evacuate.
Outside Batasan Pambansa, tens of thousands braved the torrential rain, the pre-SONA threats and intimidation by state forces, and of course, the police barricade that virtually became a garrison in the middle of Commonwealth Avenue, to register intense dissatisfaction with the country's state of affairs under Aquino. Inside, meanwhile, people's representatives were equally defiant.
Sa kabila ng mala-"war zone" na paghahanda ng Philippine National Police para sa huling State of the Nation Address, nakahanda ang iba't ibang sektor na ihayag ang kanilang hatol sa limang taong pamumuno ni Pangulong Aquino.
Sa Brgy. Happyland, Tondo, Maynila, isang dayuhang kompanya ang nagtambak ng karbon (coal). Ngunit lumaban ang mga residente sa maitim na balak na unti-unti silang patayin sa lason. Kuha at editing: Gabby Pancho & Katherine Gutlay
Newly detained political prisoners National Democratic Front of the Philippines’ political consultant Adelberto Silva, his wife writer Sharon Cabusao, and driver Isidro de Lima speak on their unlawful arrest and detention. Andrea Rosal’s husband Diony Borre also speaks for the first time on the untimely death of their newborn child under police custody. The video […]
Sa isang programa sa Quiapo, Manila, ginunita ng iba’t ibang organisasyon ng mga manggagawa at iba pang sektor ang ikapitong taong anibersaryo ng pagkamatay ng dakilang lider-obrero na si Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran. Anila, may espesyal na kahalagahan ang anibersaryong ito ngayong taon: ilang linggo pa lang matapos maganap ang pagkasunog sa pabrika ng Kentex Manufacturing sa […]
A documentary on how the people in the Philippines and all over the world responded in the dramatic last two days leading to the reprieve of Mary Jane Veloso in the early morning of April 29. Veloso is a Filipina overseas worker meted with the death penalty for alleged drug smuggling in Indonesia. She is […]
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 […]
Iba’t ibang grupong manggagawa ang bumuo ng alyansang SOBRA NA! (Sigaw ng Obrero: Resign Aquino!). Anila, sobra-sobra na ang pagpapahirap na nararanasan ng mga manggagawa sa ilalim ng administrasyong Aquino, na nagpatupad kamakailan ng “mumong” P15 dagdag-sahod. Binubuo ang SOBRA NA! ng Kilusang Mayo Uno, Federation of Free Workers, National Labor Union, Philippine Association of […]
In 2011, Lt. Col. George Rabusa, now retired from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, was a whistleblower to the biggest corruption scandal in AFP history. He has since grown disillusioned with the Aquino administration for its failure to follow through with the promised reforms within the military. Now, amid the worst political crisis confronting […]
