‘Itaas sa P20 ang kilo ng palay’
“Isang dekada nang binibili ng NFA ng P17 kada kilo ang palay. Panahon na para taasan ang support price ng NFA at gawing P20 kada kilo.”–Zenaida Soriano, chairperson, Amihan
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NUJP condemns jailing of Myanmar journalists
September 4, 2018 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns the sentencing of our Myanmar colleagues Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo of the Reuters news agency to seven years in jail under that country’s Official Secrets Act. Myanmar has effectively outlawed freedom of the press and belied all its claims of democratization….
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‘Tu Pug Imatuy?’
ni Rene Boy Abiva Kung sukdulan na ang pagka-alipin mainam pa’y tupdin ng kaluluwa, bisig at kamao ang pinakamatayog na tungkuin ng bawat tao sa mundo. ‘Sing linaw ng tubig sa bukal ang utos ng Maykapal sa Lumang Tipan na ang tanging kabayaran sa lahat ng lumalapastangan sa tao, hayop at kalikasan, sa…
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‘Rice industry is at the risk of annihilation’
“Only private traders and importers, as well as rice cartels, benefit from importation while the livelihood of our farmers and the entire local rice industry is at the risk of annihilation.” – Cathy Estabillo, Spokesperson, Bantay Bigas
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‘Hindi maiwasang mangutang’
“Ngayon pa nga lang, hirap na e. Paano pa ‘pag tumaas ‘yung presyo ng bigas? Lalo na high school na ‘yung mga anak ko, may mga panahon talagang hindi maiiwasang mangutang.” – Florenda Biaga, tindera ng kanin
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UP educators, alumni and students condems Imee Marcos and Kabataang Barangay Reunion at UP
Naglunsad ng press conference ang No Revisions, No Erasures: Educators Against the Rehabilitation of the Marcoses upang kundenahin ang ginanap ika-43 anibersaryo ng Kabataang Barangay sa UP Bahay ng Alumni noong Agosto 25, 2018 kung saan panauhing pandangal si Rep. Imee Marcos. Sinagot din ng alyansa ang mga pahayag ni UP President Danilo Concepcion sa…
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On Duterte’s capibility for malicious mischief and social disaster
By Prof. Jose Ma. Sison Duterte may be seriously sick physically and mentally. But he can still walk and give orders to his minions. While still alive, he is capable of doing a lot of malicious mischief and inflicting social disaster on the Filipino people. For instance, he has created a caretaker committee headed by…
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GOYO: A review
By John L. Silva The cineaste in me had some trepidation viewing Goyo, the nickname for General Gregorio del Pilar, coming on the heels of the box office hit Luna, that irascible General Antonio Luna who, like del Pilar, fought under President Emilio Aguinaldo (played by Mon Confiado) in the Filipino-American War. Would a successful film…