The recent pronouncement of the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs last June 2, 2020 on the suspension of the planned termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippine government and the government of the United States (an agreement allowing the U.S. military to conduct joint exercises and operations in the Philippines) exhibited…
The humanitarian crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic is the most urgent issue that the Duterte government must answer not the destructive militarist war game. The action of Duterte certifying the urgency of the enacted Anti-Terrorism Bill (House Bill 6875) is endorsing a highly abusive law at the pretext of national security and for people’s welfare….
Back in February, we in the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers expressed our condemnation of the passage of Senate Bill No. 1083 or the Anti-Terrorism Bill in the upper chamber of Congress. We warned that should its counterpart bill in the House of Representatives also pass, we may soon find ourselves faced with an immeasurably…
Labis labis na ang pahirap. Kasuklam suklam na ang paraan ng pagharap ng administrasyong Duterte sa kasalukuyang krisis ng pandemiya sa Pilipinas. Mahigit dalawang buwan na ang nakalilipas pero wala paring maramdamang anino ng tunay na pagkalinga ang pamahalaang ito sa gipit na kalagayan ng maraming mamamayan, kabilang na ang mga manggagawang Pilipino sa ibayong…
The Office of the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) recently released in social media posts (especially in Facebook) the names of organizations linking pro-people organizations to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP); fomenting threats and condemnations from among the online followers of the military and the Duterte government….
Filipino migrant leaders hit Duterte’s mandatory Philhealth and premium rate hike due to resume next week. Raised calls for amendments through Makabayan bloc’s House Bill 6698 Five days to go before the full-scale implementation of President Duterte’s mandatory Philhealth membership and premium rate hike under his Universal Healthcare Law, leaders and representatives from different Filipino…
Rome, 20 May 2020 – Regularisation, DL art. 103 has been published in the Official Gazzette.Among the new features (compared to what was previously announced) we find that: the amount of the contribution for the employer increases from 400 to 500 euros.The presence in Italy can be proved with all documents with a certain date…
Greetings of solidarity to all, friends and fellow migrants! We, in Migrante Europe an alliance of Filipino migrants’ organization in Europe, strongly adhere to the call by the organized farm workers for unconditional regularization. We commend your militant initiative for this general strike and for bringing the voices of the “invisible” migrants, immigrants and displace…