Before noon, there were already calls for a bonfire in University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. This time, though, it was a call for an indignation gathering in Sunken Garden in the Diliman campus in the evening of the day that authorities arrested fugitive general Jovito Palparan Jr. in Sta. Mesa, Manila. It […]
The protest, of about 30,000 people, was, as expected, a colorful one. But following last years violent attempt by cops to disperse protesters asserting right to get near Batasan Pambansa during #SONA2013, this year’s march evoked an air of urgency: they now call on the immediate ouster of Pres. Benigno Aquino III from office. This, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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?
Last November 13, Pinoy Weekly’s Pher Pasion, together with two colleagues from Bulatlat.com, went to disaster-stricken areas in Leyte province to document the devastation and the people’s fight for survival amid reported delays in the government’s delivery of much-needed relief goods. In areas such as Tacloban City, Ormoc City and Tanauan, they saw how people coped with […]
Dahil tunay na nakakatakot para sa mga mamamayan ang sistemang pork barrel, nagsagawa ng isang costume parade na pinamagatang “Katakurakotan” ang iba’t ibang grupo’t indibidwal sa pangunguna ng #AbolishPork Movement noong Oktubre 23. Mula Rajah Sulaiman Park, nagmartsa ang daan-daang mga aktibista at indibidwal patungong Senado sa CCP Complex, Pasay City. At dahil malapit na ang Kanluraning holiday […]
