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Itanong Mo Kay Prof: Hinggil sa Maaring Pagbuhay sa Usapang Pangkapayapaan
Sa episode na ito ng Itanong Mo Kay Prof, pinag-usapan nina Prof. Jose Maria Sison at Prof. Sarah Raymundo ang posibilidad ng pagbuhay sa naantalang usapang pangkapayapaan sa pagitan ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines at Government of the Republic of the Philippines. Ayon kay Sison, mahirap umasa ng siyento porsyento ang mamamayang Pilipino…
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Health Workers commemorate national health day
Public health workers trooped to the Department of Health headquarters in downtown Manila May 7 to commemorate National Health Workers’ Day with a protest rally. Calling for free health service for the people and increased salaries, the workers slammed the Rodrigo Duterte regime for implementing contractualization in the health sector.
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UP Carillon plays Ang Internasyunal on Marx’s 200th birth anniversary
As activists celebrate the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx, the University of the Philippines played The Internationale. The event was part of the global celebration of Marx’s theoretical contributions to the emancipation of the working class that will last an entire year. This is the first time after a long while that the Carillon…
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Marx200 celebrated in the Philippines
Workers, peasants, women, teachers and students celebrated the Karl Marx Bicentenary on May 5, 2018 at the University of the Philippines with poems, skits, songs and artworks. Prof. Jose Ma. Sison made the keynote address delving into the current crisis of the world monopoly capitalist system and the resurgence of proletarian revolutionary struggles. Dr. Ramon…
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NUJP wins St. Scholastica’s Hildegarde Awards for defense of press freedom
For its staunch defense of press freedom, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has been awarded this year’s Hildegarde Award for Print Journalism by the St. Scholastica’s College Department of Mass Communication. The ceremony was held last May 4. NUJP director Ronalyn Olea accepted the award in behalf of the Union.
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Speak Truth to Power, Keep Power in Check
RODRIGO R. Duterte’s presidency has altered and controlled the public discourse so radically in its favor in ways rude and bold. One tragic result: it has restricted and narrowed the celebrated freedom of the Philippine press and the people’s cherished right to know. In his first 22 months in power, Mr. Duterte has earned the…