By: Ryan Arcadio INQUIRER.net, July 12, 2020 Arjo Atayde took a jab at Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa after the latter told over 11,000 ABS-CBN employees who are in danger of losing work to just find new jobs. Dela Rosa made the remark last Thursday, July 9, a day before the network’s bid for a…
By Anna Holligan BBC News, The Hague, 13 July 2020 Bronze statues of colonial icons have been spray-painted. Black Lives Matter protests have broken out. And now the Dutch parliament has backed a petition by three teenage women requesting the addition of racism to the school curriculum. Winds of change are swirling around the cobblestones…
We, the undersigned journalists, editors and workers from different media organizations, express our solidarity with thousands of our colleagues in ABS-CBN who risk losing their jobs after the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Franchises denied the network a fresh 25-year franchise. We condemn the unjust and cruel decision of the House committee that threatens…
Okay, sige, sabihin na nating medyo tagilid talaga kung ikukumpara ang Pilipinas sa New Zealand — malayo kasi ang agwat ng bansa natin sa New Zealand pagdating sa population; nasa 5 million lang ang population ng New Zealand, tayo 100+ million. Malayo rin ang agwat natin sa Global Peace Index; 2nd ang New Zealand, tayo…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:30 AM July 05, 2020 Transport assistant secretary Goddes Hope Libiran, March 16, on the government’s then-impending move to impose a total ban on public transportation during quarantine in Metro Manila: “Napakarami kasing pasaway, matigas ang ulo, pilosopo at makasarili.” Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, April 16: “Ang dami pong pasaway…
Climate activists, including Greta Thunberg, internationally renowned environmental activist, supports the call to #JunkTerrorLaw. The Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020 in the Philippines which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last July 4, 2020 has been subjected to a lot of criticisms and concerns from different sectors, and youth climate activists around the world are now…
Precisely as how we saw it coming, the US-Saudi conflict with Yemen has now escalated into a full-blown ground battle advancing ever deeper into Saudi’s inland territory.
During the first hearing of the amparo case filed by our clients Karapatan, Gabriela and Rural Missionaries of the Philippines yesterday, the 14th Division of thd Court of Appeals unfortunately disallowed them from fully presenting evidence and supporting their legitimate claims.