Bayan Muna launches ‘White Ribbon Campaign’ for justice to Duterte’s drug war victims
“We are here today not only to remember the victims, but to demand that Rodrigo Duterte be held accountable for the mass murder of the poor. The white ribbon symbolizes our collective grief, but more importantly, our unwavering resolve to seek justice,” Colmenares announced.
Canadian court orders INC to pay CBC
CBC’s “Fifth Estate” series aired an episode, titled “Church of Secrets,” and published an article of the same title on Nov. 11, 2018 that detailed the controversies hounding INC, including accusations of financial irregularities, kidnapping and the murder of a Canadian man.
ELCAC abolition non-negotiable in democratic polls—Kabataan
“We’re not naive. We know that a lot of red-tagging comes from the NTF-ELCAC,” Kabataan said.
Heartless Bongbong
By rejecting the call of workers nationwide for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent the proposed P200 legislated wage increase, he proved himself to be the chairman of the executive committee of the exploitative and oppressive ruling classes.
US imposes 17% tariff on PH goods
“This is emblematic of the utter failure of liberalization and globalization. While the US forces other countries like the Philippines to open its markets, deregulate industries, privatize utilities, and maintain sub-human wages, it is implementing protectionist measures and doing the opposite of what it is preaching.”—BAYAN MUNA Partylist 2nd nominee Atty. Carlos Ysagani Zarate
Scrooge at the Palace
Now, politicians who have been seeking votes are eerily silent as to why no one among these bleeding hearts has offered any semblance of support to the already reed-thin demand for a P200 across-the-board wage increase, with Marcos Jr. refusing to declare the proposed pay hike as urgent.
Group warns of possible power red alerts in June
The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities said power supply issues in the second quarter of each year have been a recurring problem in the country due to the country’s hot and dry season that traditionally increases demand and power consumption.
Trump tariff hikes are based on lies
Americans should be ashamed that their president, which the Electoral College elected, has inflicted a standard 10% tariff hike on all goods bound for the United States, which he falsely claimed would make the US wealthy and cause US manufacturers to return home. Donald Trump’s brag is a lot of crap for the simple reason that he is lying through his teeth when he claimed that poor US has been “raped, pillaged and abused by other economies.”
Casiño asks gov’t to break free from ‘onerous’ LRT contract
The former Bayan Muna Represenative said the existing deal between LRMC and the government is allowing a 10.25% fare increase petition every two years, in addition to compensation for any fare deficit resulting from the disapproval or deferral of their fare hike petition.
Trust farmers, not importers
If Japan can ask farmers to raise their output, why can’t DA goad domestic rice farmers to raise theirs? The answer lies in the chronic failure of the department to protect them, guarantee higher farmgate prices and assure them that cheaper farm inputs will be available year-round.