Research group IBON said that the rise in employment and decline in unemployment is seemingly welcome after the worsening job generation in the past four consecutive labor force rounds. But this should not be taken at face value because of alarming underlying trends. This includes job losses in the production sectors that the Duterte administration…
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Sinusupil, nilalamangan, dinadahas. Sa kabila nito, nagpupunyagi ang mga tagapagtanggol ng karapatang pantao. Lumalaban at nagtatagumpay. Ito, mistula, ang naging tema ng nakaraang linggo. Lunes, Hunyo 3, nang maglabas ng hatol ang San Mateo Regional Trial Court sa kasong illegal possession of firearms sa aktibista at organisador ng mga manggagawa sa transportasyon, si Marklen Maojo…
Noon pa man, kilala na ng maraming kasabayang kabataang aktibista si Marklen Maojo Maga. Ikalawang hati ng dekada ’90, naging aktibista siya sa Politeknikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, miyembro ng Panday Pira, League of Filipino Students o LFS at Anakbayan, at may reputasyong mahusay na organisador. Ang hirap banggitin ng pangalan niya nang walang paliwanag, bagamat…
Sa niraratsadang amendments sa Anti-Terrorism Act, kahit sino ang pwedeng arestuhin, sundan, at tiktikan kung mapaghinalaan kang terorista. Alamin natin kung bakit mapanganib ito para sa ordinaryong mamamayan kasama si Inday Espina-Varona sa episode na ito ng Alab Analysis. The post ALAB ANALYSIS: Anti-Terrorism Act appeared first on Bulatlat.
Angeline dela Karsada was crafting a pouch out of abaca when we arrived exhausted at her hut. Apologizing for the disturbance, we asked if we could use her bench to eat our very late lunch. The light was already slant and golden. On the doorpost, a small, rather faded “Ayaw Namin sa Kaliwa Dam” (No…
Pasulong, ‘kad! Kaliwa, kaliwa, kaliwa, kanan, kaliwa.. Para sa mga nagnanais na maging pangangailangan (requirement) muli para makapagtapos sa kolehiyo ang Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), simple’t maikli lang ang tanong ko: Handa ka na bang aksayahin ang oras mo? Naabutan ko po ang panahong lahat ng mga lalaking estudyante ay kinakailangang kunin ang apat…
Various student and youth groups, led by Kabataan Partylist Quezon City (KPL – QC), along with militant youth organizations Anakbayan – Metro Manila and Kabataan Partylist – Metro Manila, staged a picket protest in front of the House of Representatives (HOR) and in front of Batasan National High School on Monday, June 3. The groups…