Dobleng sampal sa pamilya ni Juvy Gatmaitan, 22, ang pinakahuling taas-presyo ng langis at mga bilhin. Tindera kasi siya sa isang maliit na karinderya sa ilalim ng flyover sa kanto ng EDSA at Quezon Avenue sa Quezon City. Samantala, drayber naman ng jeep ang asawa niya. “Kagaya niyan, imbis na ’yung dinagdag sa taas ng…
Families struggling with meager incomes still have to put up with high prices even amid lower inflation posted in February 2019. Research group IBON said that the poor majority of Filipino households are still having difficulty making ends meet with prices remaining high. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) figures show that headline inflation slowed further to…
On March 4, Save Our Schools (SOS) Network and Kalikasan PNE held a protest at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) office in commemoration of the 24th year Republic Act (RA) 7942 or Philippine Mining Act of 1995 was signed into law. The groups condemned the continuous plunder of indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands…
Sa isang iglap, gumuho ang mundo ni Tin (Liza Soberano). Naglaho ang kanyang mga pangarap. Nagsara ang mga oportunidad na minsang nagkikislapan sa hinaharap. Balisa siya sa biglang pagbabago ng mundo niya. Sa pelikulang Alone/Together (dinirehe ni Antoinette Jadaone para sa Star Cinema), minsang estudyante ng art studies sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Diliman si Tin. Marami…
Defend Job Philippines today expressed its strong opposition to the looming increase in the Social Security System monthly contribution to 3%. The group said that this additional deduction to the long-drawn low wages of ordinary and poor Filipino workers will mean nothing but added burden to them. The statement is made as Defend Job Philippines…
Naniniwala ka pa bang mas mababa ang kinikita ng kababaihan kumpara sa kalalakihan? Ayon sa pinakahuling pag-aaral ng PayScale tungkol sa kaibahan ng sahod ayon sa kasarian (gender pay gap), nakakakuha lang ng US$0.78 ang babae sa bawat US$1.00 na kinikita ng lalaki. At sa isang sitwasyon daw na ang babae’t lalaki ay may parehong…
“Ang martial law ay hindi lang [namin] tinututulan sa Mindanao, bagamat sa Mindanao dineklara ang martial law dito sa buong Pilipinas ay may de facto martial law,” said Bishop Antonio Ablon spokesperson of Barug Katungod. [We don’t only oppose martial law in Mindanao, for while martial law is declared in Mindaao, there is de facto…