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…
Members of the Northern Samar Small Farmers Association (NSSFA), Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and children’s welfare group Salinlahi set foot in the Department of Education head office compound in Pasig City to protest the continuing silence and inaction of DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones over the reported military encampment in schools all over the Eastern…
“Kahit ilang sako pa ‘yang pera niyo, hindi ko ‘yan tatanggapin.” Itong matatag na paninindigan ng paglaban sa kanilang lupain ang nagdulot ng pagkakitil sa buhay ni Datu Victor Danyan kasama ang pito pang T’boli at Dulangan Manobo na sina Victor Danyan, Jr., Artemio Dangyan, Pato Celarbo, Samuel Angkoy, Boot Lagase, Mateng Bangalore at si…
Thousands marched to the House of Representatives in Quezon City today to call for the defense of Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice (CJ) Maria Lourdes Sereno and of judicial independence in the light of the ongoing move of the Duterte government to remove Sereno in office. 20180306-28516496_10155409556431169_7841367614563687345_oslingshot 20180306-28516496_10155409556431169_7841367614563687345_oslingshot 20180306-28947222_10155409555096169_638114722109767843_oslingshot 20180306-28947222_10155409555096169_638114722109767843_oslingshot 20180306-28700695_10155409555476169_81039271625681661_oslingshot 20180306-28700695_10155409555476169_81039271625681661_oslingshot 20180306-28698973_10155409555496169_3947385939299272575_oslingshot 20180306-28698973_10155409555496169_3947385939299272575_oslingshot 20180306-28618774_10155409555131169_1398167893245279841_oslingshot…
Eastern Visayas-based human rights group, Katungod-Northern Samar led some 30 farmers from the Northern Samar Small Farmers Association (NSSFA) in a dialogue with officials of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Quezon City today. Eastern Visayas farmers face CHR officials in a dialogue. Photo by Kathy Yamzon In the dialogue, the group raised red…
Environmental activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and indigenous people’s alliance Sandugo gathered at the House of Representatives earlier to protest the 23-year-old Mining Act and the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha) of the Duterte administration. The groups argued that the act has policy deficiencies, part of the reason why former environment secretary Gina Lopez…
On February 24, thousands of people joined the anti-fascist, anti-dictatorship march from Cubao to the EDSA People Power Monument. A few meters from the main program stage, a six-foot slingshot made of wood, bungee cords, and a plastic vegetable strainer was unveiled. From the makeshift contraption, several balls bearing the face of President Rodrigo Duterte…