“Ang issue, Free Mass Testing. Ang issue, ayuda para sa mga nangangailangan. Pagiging handa ng health care system, kawalan ng trabaho ng milyong milyong pilipino, kung san kukuha ng pagkain ang bawat pamilya. Hindi ABS-CBN ang kalaban. Hindi artista ang kalaban. Ang kalaban natin, VIRUS.” – Angelica Panganiban By REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA – Actress…
International human rights groups join Karapatan in calling for the release of 62-year old Teresita Naul, a human rights defender who will face trial this Friday, July 12, on charges that she is a top leader of communist rebels.
Agence France-Presse/January 18, 2021 SEOUL — The de facto chief of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top decision-maker. Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone and…
By April Burce The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives separately condemned the brutal dispersal of NutriAsia workers that led to the arrest of 20 people as well as the wounding of several strikers Thursday. In separate statements, both organizations criticized the unnecessary use of force…
Ex-SAF chief faces P59 million plunder rap Philippine Star Dela Rosa assures SAF they will get daily subsistence allowance Manila Bulletin Former SAF chief faces plunder charges over P59.8M in unreleased allowances Rappler Full coverage
Mar 30, 2021, Ralf Rivas MANILA, Philippines If the COVID-19 pandemic is prolonged, many households in Southeast Asia may suffer from hunger and increased poverty, says the Asian Development Bank Institute If they lose their income amid the coronavirus pandemic, around half of Filipino households would have enough resources to cover necessary expenses for only…