Manila, philippines Mar 13, 2021 Robbin M. Dagle ‘What we witness today is the reign of violence, intolerance, hatred, and division. We are sure this is the handiwork of the devil himself. We cannot shirk our duty to combat evil in our midst,’ says an AMRSP statement The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the…
Mar 12, 2021, Thomson Reuters Foundation The movement, dubbed the “Sarong Revolution” by feminists, plays on a belief that deems it bad luck for men to walk beneath women’s clothing, and highlights women’s fears of losing the gains on gender equality As women take a frontline role in anti-coup protests in Myanmar, some have found…
AFTER A CYBERATTACK ON PH.GOV AS A FORM OF PROTEST By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net / March 11, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — “Impunity will be the legacy of President (Rodrigo) Duterte.” Thus, was the declaration of human rights advocates who hacked the government’s online portal Wednesday as a form of protest against the purported…
Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star) March 10, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Unemployment in the country rose to 8.7 percent in January, accounting for four million jobless Filipinos due to the pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. This is steady from the October rate of 8.7 percent but higher than the 5.3 percent…
Published March 9, 2021By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News After referring to “a murderous regime” in a statement that condemned the killings of activists in Southern Tagalog, Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday appeared to step up her criticisms of the administration this time in the context of the death of Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo…
By Paul John Caña, Esquire Philippines Employers in the Philippines are projected to give pay rises this year at an average of 5.6 percent, reflecting the overall optimism despite no clear end to the scourge of the pandemic. In addition, as much as 82.4 percent of companies in the country will implement salary increases. …
By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Krixia Subingsubing, Maricar Cinco -Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:00 AM March 08, 2021 Nine activists were killed, most of them in their own homes, and at least four others were arrested in police and military raids early on Sunday. Six were killed in Rizal province, two in Batangas, and one…
By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / March 08, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A foreign affairs official on Monday admitted that it was difficult to stop the abuse towards overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly in the Middle East, as a senator flagged thousands of maltreatment cases among the OFWs in 2020. “The problem…