Militant labor group, Kilusang Mayo Uno – Metro Manila led a protest rally at a gasoline station in Quezon City today as giant oil companies already announced that a new ‘big-time’ oil price hike is set to be implemented this week. Citing news reports, KMU Metro Manila said that prices of gasoline will increase to…
“Kami pong mga Muslim, hindi po ito usapin ng mga lahi, hindi po usapin ng kulay, kung bakit kami nandito. Kapag nasasaktan, sinaktan ang isang kasamahan naming Muslim, kami ring mga Muslim ay nasasaktan,” ani Jerome Aba ng Sandugo. Ika-17 ng Mayo, pasado alas-10 nang umaga, naganap ang isang pagkilos sa pangunguna ng iba’t ibang…
The all-out war of The Armed Forces of Philippines against ISIS-inspired Daulah Islamiyah or the Maute group and the extension of martial law in Mindanao has turned Marawi City to a city of rubble. “Ang martial law sa Mindanao ay karahasan, pagwasak, at kamatayan para sa mga Mindanaoan,” said Save Our Schools Network spokesperson Rius…
Apatnapu’t apat na manggagawa ng SLORD Development Corporation, tagamanupaktura ng mga produktong Uni-Pak, ang nawalan ng hanapbuhay noong Mayo 12. Ibinaba sa kanila ang isang memorandum na pinapirma sa kanila noong Sabado, isang araw matapos maglunsad ng walkout ang mga manggagawa para sa naunang paabot hinggil sa compressed working work week. Nitong Mayo 11 lang,…
Speech of Bayan Metro Manila Chairperson Mong Palatino during the Malaya Mixer event at Precious Blood Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California. Mong is part of the ‘Stop the Killings’ speaking tour organized by the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines – United States chapter. It has been a very memorable, uplifting, and enlightening…
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…
“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…