Alarm raised over Duterte’s “radical changes”
Various groups have expressed alarm over the recent pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte to implement “radical changes”.
Various groups have expressed alarm over the recent pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte to implement “radical changes”.
Beleaguered Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno slammed “bullying tactics” against her and the judiciary in a speech before civil libertarians last April 9 on the occasion of the Araw ng Kagitingan. In this video, Sereno asked her audience to join her in the defense of judicial independence.
Business leaders here said they would tackle at this year’s Mindanao Business Conference (Minbizcon) the issue of the Bangsamoro Basic Law and the Duterte administration’s push for federalism and “to know what are their economic implications to Mindanao.”
“Trade unionists are under attack. With the onslaught of neoliberal policies that unilaterally favor companies and business tycoons, their profits come at the expense of workers’ rights. Legitimate initiatives of workers to assert their rights and welfare have been hampered by a string of anti-worker schemes such as contractualization and union busting. Meanwhile, trade unionists…
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Marking the anniversary of the first ever internet connection in the Philippines, alternative media outifts are fighting back as they filed a civil complaint for damages against two companies found by experts to be the source of the relentless cyber-attacks against their websites. “This is definitely a first and it will serve as a testament…
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