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IN PHOTOS: Groups protest ninth consecutive week of oil price hikes
By October 9, 2018

Groups who protested oil price hikes today said the Duterte government can do one of two things: remove the excise tax on oil products or remove the 12% VAT on oil. 43346137_1897721930313856_1349765460714848256_o 43346137_1897721930313856_1349765460714848256_o 43429737_1897721996980516_6505069990922682368_o 43429737_1897721996980516_6505069990922682368_o 43443978_1897722113647171_4439337725392322560_o 43443978_1897722113647171_4439337725392322560_o 43573223_1897722136980502_6451150353013407744_o 43573223_1897722136980502_6451150353013407744_o 43623170_1897722083647174_6679065670203736064_o 43623170_1897722083647174_6679065670203736064_o Groups protested the ricing prices of oil products along España Boulevard in Manila Today….

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Artists mount exhibit on workers’ struggle against endo
By October 8, 2018

Arists groups UGATLahi Artist Collective, Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) and Sining Bugkos, together with labor groups Defend Job Philippines, Kilusang Mayo Uno, and Kilos Na Manggagawa launched an art exhibition today that features works by visual artists, artist groups, and contractual workers at the University of the Philippines. ‘End Endo’ highlights artworks depicting the…

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Katarungan, ngayon at sa hinaharap
ByPinoy Weekly October 7, 2018

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — Kahit ilang beses pa, kahit saan man siya mapunta, di pa rin mapigilan ni Jimmylisa Badayos maluha tuwing kinukuwento niya ang sinapit ng kanyang inang si Elisa. Human rights worker ng Karapatan sa Negros at asawa ng isang lider-manggagawa na naging desaparecido noong martial law ni Marcos si Elisa. Pero noong Nobyembre…

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Para sa jeepney, para sa pangmasang transport
ByPinoy Weekly October 7, 2018

Maaga pa noong Araw ng mga Bayani, Agosto 27, pero nagdagsaan na sila sa National Press Club sa Intramuros, Manila. Bago matapos ang umaga, umabot sa 70 porsiyento ng kabuuang bilang ng mga jeepney driver at operator sa Kamaynilaan ang dumalo, at nagpakita ng suporta sa Transport Unity Summit Against Jeepney Phase-out na inorganisa ng…

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Ibahin Ang Paksa?
ByPinoy Weekly October 7, 2018

For poetry makes nothing happen. – In Memory of W. B. Yeats, W. H. Auden * * * Sa unang hati ng taong ito dalawang komentaryo tungkol sa pagtula ang nabasa ko sa Facebook. Una, isang pahayag mula sa isang (post?)modernistang makata na nagsabing sinayang natin (na nang maglaon ay self-reflexive pala—isang himutok) ang…

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Nasa Labas si Titser
By October 6, 2018

Ipinagdiriwang sa Pilipinas at maging sa buong mundo ang paggunita sa kabayanihan ng mga guro. Sila na marahil ang pinakadakilang propesyon na hindi nabibigyang tuon ang kanilang mga batayang benepisyo at priyoridad ng pamahalaan. Marami na ring balita ang lumabas hinggil sa pagpapakamatay ng ilang guro dahil sa bigat at patong-patong na gawaing nagreresulta sa…

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New large dams onerous for Filipinos — IBON
By October 5, 2018

Research group IBON joined other concerned groups and advocates to launch a network opposed to the the Kaliwa, Kanan, and Laiban dam projects of the Duterte administration. The group said that large dams do not deliver their promised benefits and are harmful to communities. Filipinos will be saddled with higher taxes, to pay for their…

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Critical thinking under government attack, transformative education at risk
By October 5, 2018

Recent government statements including by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) aim to stifle critical thinking of educators and students. By trying to censor ideas it finds objectionable, the State is violating the public’s right to free expression and academic freedom. This will stop education from being truly transformative….

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