Lumads and Moro peoples troop to the Department of National Defense at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on October 23 to protest Martial Law, militarization, rampant killings, increased surveillance on activists and suspected individuals, violent dispersals of people’s protests in Mindanao. Martial Law in Mindanao was enforced by the government last year following the Marawi…
On October 23, church people, especially bishops, priests, deacons and lay people of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) or Aglipayan Church, joined the Mindanao Day of Protests spearheaded by peasant organizations. They support the struggle of the peasant organizations for genuine agrarian reform and rural development. October is Peasant Month as declared by the peasant…
Hands Off Our Schools petition with signatures Nagpapahayag kami, mga guro mula sa iba’t ibang antas ng paaralan at pamantasan sa Pilipinas at mga kawani sa ilalim ng sektor ng edukasyon, ng mariing pagkondena sa kasalukuyang paghahasik ng takot ng PNP at AFP laban sa mga guro at mga pamantasang inaakalang sangkot sa Red October…
Kinilala ang Pilipinas sa mayamang agrikultural na lupain, kaya’t hindi kataka-taka na ituring ang bansa bilang pangunahing hanguan ng bigas sa Timog-Silangang Asya. Tayo rin ang ang nagturo sa mga karatig-bansa ng pagsasaka at pagpapaunlad ng butil ng bigas. Larawan mula sa www.irri.org Sa kasalukuyan tila nag-iba ang ihip ng hangin, ang mga dating bansang…
“Workers are not beggars. We don’t deserve alms and wage increase that will only be used for publicity and grandstanding of those in power,” said Jun Ancheta, Kilusang Mayo Uno Metro Manila spokesperson. Labor groups under KMU Metro Manila and Defend Job Philippines troop to the regional wage boards office meeting. KMU Metro Manila and…
Naglunsad ng protesta sa harap ng Quezon City Hall ang higit sa 100 residente ng Sitio Kawayan, Brgy. San Agustin, Novaliches upang ipanawagan ang kagyat na pakikipagdayalogo ng Quezon City Local Government sa mga maaapektuhan ng itinatayong Socialized Housing Project sa kanilang lugar. Tinatayang aabot sa 300 pamilya ang nanganganib na mawalan ng tirahan at…
By Sonny Africa In a speech before leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bali, Indonesia, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte said that the country is on an “upward trajectory of growth”. He was echoing the country’s economic managers who were recently touting a recovery of Philippine economic growth to the 7-8% target next…
