The Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan or Makabayan Bloc of the 19th Congress, 3rd regular session led by Representative Arlene Brosas of Gabriela Women’s Party, Rep France Castro of ACT Teachers Partylist and Rep Raoul Manuel of Kabataan Partylist filed today, December 11, 2024 House Resolution No. 2128 urging the Philippine government through PBBM, to grant…
On the 76th commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Migrante International and its chapters of overseas Filipino organizations around the world assert that full realization of our migrant and human rights entails our achievement of national freedom and the democratic demands of our people. Through genuine agrarian reform, we can realize the economic…
November 29, 2024. The revolutionary mass movement of Filipinos overseas represented by Compatriots-NDFP denounces the signing of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and opening of the Combined Coordination Center (CCC) between the United States and the Philippines. Both were announced in quick succession during U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s visit to…
June 19, 2024, Kodao.org Vice President (VP) Sara Duterte has resigned as secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) and vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, a move a political analyst said marks her full split with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “VP Sara Duterte’s resignation from the Cabinet…
Jun 14, 2024, Reuters The US military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk. WASHINGTON, USA – At the height…
Cristina Chi – Philstar.com, June 17, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — A congressional probe is now being sought into the damages caused by the United States military’s secret campaign to reportedly incite fears of China-made vaccines among Filipinos at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic — an operation believed to have been deadly in the vaccine-hesitant…
Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star, June 13, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — Filipino workers must be freed from poverty and poor working conditions, labor groups urged he government yesterday as the country celebrated the 126th anniversary of Philippine independence. Poverty wages and contractualization are among critical workforce issues that the Marcos administration must address, the Nagkaisa…
Cecille Suerte Felipe – The Philippine Star, June 11, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang’s directive to integrate the singing and recitation of the “Bagong Pilipinas” hymn and pledge into the weekly flag ceremonies of national government agencies and instrumentalities needs a law, according to Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III. “I suggest that the executive…