When news about the Supreme Court’s decision to remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno reached students yesterday, they didn’t at all take it easy. In an en banc session on May 11, the Supreme court voted 8-6 in favor of approving the quo warranto petition against the chief magistrate. Sereno is the first constitutionally installed…
Sa gitna ng pag-deploy ng Chinese missiles at Balikatan exercises sa ating teritoryo, maiipit ba ang Pilipinas sa tumitinding tensyon sa pagitan ng China at US? Panoorin ang talakayan nina Prof. Luis Teodoro at Edge Uyanguren sa YAN ANG TOTOO! The post YAN ANG TOTOO sa Chinese missiles deployment appeared first on Altermidya.
MAALAB NA PAGBATI, PILIPINAS! Narito ang nag-aalab na mga balita mula sa AlterMidya Network: – Pagtanggal kay Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, kinundena – Pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin, isinisi sa tax reform law – Protesta laban sa Balikatan exercises, pagtatayo ng US bases, inilunsad – Magsasaka sa Negros Occidental, ika-124 na pinatay sa ilalim…
“Another nail was driven in the coffin of democracy today.” Citing the further erosion of checks and balances in the three branches of government, groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemned the granting of a quo warranto petition to remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The Supreme Court justices voted 8-6 in favor of the…
The political intimidation suffered by the 71-year-old missionary worker Sister Patricia Fox at the hands of the Bureau of Immigration reveals two fundamental realities in the Philippines. One, the vicious political reality in the country is displaying authoritarian tendencies by reprehending, intimidating, and sacking all forms of activism and human rights work be it secular…
The overwhelming majority of Filipinos suffer chronic poverty and backwardness… Many are hoping that the… elections will be a fresh start and that new leadership will address their plight. Yet the elections can only usher in the needed reforms if the people are able to choose national and local leaders who are genuinely pro-people, patriotic…
The inflation spike marks the start of increases driven by the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) in the prices of basic goods and services for the next three years, research group IBON said. Further inflationary surges are likely to happen in 2019 and 2020 when the next two rounds of additional taxes on…
Masyado raw malaya ang pamamahayag sa Pilipinas at dapat daw rendahan. Pakinggan sina Tonyo Cruz ng LODI at Raymund Villanueva ng NUJP sa episode ng Alab Analysis kasama si Inday Espina-Varona. The post ALAB Analysis: Malayang pamamahayag nanganganib? appeared first on Altermidya.