For motives of accumulating profits, commercial television will not hesitate to appropriate cultural symbols and states of indigenous people. ABS-CBN’s flippant drama series, Bagani is an eminent proof. TV programs have to make a profit; to make a profit requires high viewership ratings to attract commercial advertisers. The problem, however, is the programs they feed…
Women from all walks of life marched together against discrimination, harassment, violence, poverty, and, most of all, what they call the macho-fascist dictatorship of President Rodrigo Duterte. The post IN PHOTOS: International Women’s Day 2018 in Manila appeared first on Manila Today.
MAALAB NA PAGBATI, PILIPINAS! NARITO ANG MGA NAG-AALAB NA BALITA MULA SA ALTERMIDYA NETWORK – Libu-libong kababaihan, nagprotesta sa International Women’s Day – Mga sibilyan sa Mindanao, pinipilit umanong sumuko bilang mga NPA – Pamilya ng mga EJK victims, tumindig laban sa war on drugs – Sanofi Pasteur, dapat managot ayon sa health workers –…
Exactly a week before the deadline of President Rodrigo Duterte for himself to issue an Executive Order (EO) to address contractualization that has long hounded the labor sector, members of militant women’s group Gabriela Metro Manila stormed the head office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Manila to urge Duterte to issue…
On March 8, 2017, urban poor group Kalipunang Damayang Mahihirap (now known as the household name Kadamay) launched their Occupy Pabahay campaign in various government low-cost housing sites in Pandi, Bulacan. Their members from various towns in Bulacan and parts of Metro Manila trooped to various housing areas, armed only with their clothes and other…
“The sleeper’s visions… are as turbulent as his day.” –Seneca In contrast to the almost painfully detached city architecture of the rest of Angeles City, neon lights and bright colors, anarchic use of symbols and signs, and even anachronistic statues make Walking Street in Fields Avenue impressively vivid everyday. A casual visitor may find this…
“Marami kaming kontraktuwal at pare-pareho ang load o quota na kailangang gawin sa isang araw katulad ng mga regular. Pero napakahirap maging regular.” Kuwento ito ng kababaihang manggagawa sa electronics at garments. Nakapanayam sila ng mga tagapagsaliksik sa isang pag-aaral ng National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) kamakailan. Ang pakay ng pag-aaral: Alamin ang epekto ng mga…
Mindanaoan victims and eyewitnesses to human rights abuse committed by the police and military forces gave testimony in front of a horrified audience. This happened in a press conference organized by human rights alliance Karapatan and the International Coalition of Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) on February 26 at the NCCP Office in Quezon…