OFWs in Belgium held a candle-lighting ceremony in front of the Philippine Embassy to protest the killing of Randy Malayao. By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions Tributes to Randy Malayao are still pouring in on the eve of the slain National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant’s burial in the old town of…
During the past weeks, the alternative online news agency Bulatlat.com received series of “denial of service” attacks. The attacks started on January 19 and intensified on January 25 bringing the website down for several days. The website went down for several days and forced the media organization to move the website to a more secure…
The Free Bob Reyes Movement, a network consisting of progressive groups Karapatan, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Quezon City and Sandigan ng Manggagawa sa Quezon City, held a protest action demanding the release of detained union organizer, Juan Alexander ‘Bob’ Reyes in front of the Quezon City hall of Justice today. Reyes, 48, coordinator of Sandigan ng…
Manila’s Chinatown, tucked away in Ongpin Street, Binondo Manila, is the oldest Chinatown in the Philippines and in the world. Women of faith Hanging the New year spirit Mga bilog na prutas sa daan Mga bata sa Juan Luna No holiday for vendors Chinese food in filipino karinderya setting The…
Research group IBON said that the lower inflation figure for January 2019 is welcome, but stressed that prices are still higher compared to last year. Real wages have been stagnant for more than a decade and high prices remain a burden for most Filipino families, said the group. Headline inflation for January 2019 is at…
U.S. soldiers and Filipino political prisoners: Manila, 1899-By Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress – Public Domain MANILA — ACT Teachers Representatives Antonio Tinio and France Castro called on President Rodrigo Duterte to urgently enact HB 2092, An Act Declaring February 4 of Every Year as “Philippine-American War day” into law. “We…
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions SAN PABLO, Isabela—Randy Malayao’s family expressed sadness over allegations made by the Philippine National Police (PNP) that the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant mismanaged funds that may have led to his assassination. “The family is hurt. They are victimizing our brother even after he was…
Download Briefing Paper here An excerpt from the IBON 2018 Yearend Birdtalk paper “Faltering Economy, Shell of A Democracy”: The socioeconomic conditions of the masses are not substantially or sustainably improving. A few gained from recent economic growth but not the people who need this the most. Domestic elites and foreign capital continue to profit…