Fil-Am activists hound Marcos Jr.; accuse President of putting PH in crossfire of war
BAYAN-USA said additional US military presence in Cagayan, Isabela, and Palawan provinces “will only put the Filipino people in more danger of being in the crossfires of war.”
DAR recognizes Tinang farmers as legitimate agrarian reform beneficiaries anew
“We thank Sec. Estrella for upholding the status of MAKISAMA-Tinang’s members as legitimate farmer-beneficiaries who have suffered the injustice of landlessness long enough,” Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura acting chairperson Ariel Casilao said in a statement.
Church and labor groups demand wage increase as Labor Day approaches
Alminaza said the government may approve the P750 daily wage increase bill submitted by the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives for workers to meet the current living wage of P1,161.00.
Missing NDFP peace consultant killed by AFP
Announced to be missing since April 19 by the NDFP in Negros, the AFP last Saturday said Posadas was killed “after a series of encounters in the boundaries of Isabela and Balbagan” in Negros Occidental Province last April 20.
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Hangal ang sumasamba sa tatag ng namamayani/Sa walang-hanggang pagkakahati ng banal at sala/sa taas ng pader na naghihiwalay/sa tinatanggap at itinataboy.
NUPL to gov’t: Do your job, keep it fair and square
The NUPL said red-tagging endangers their lives and prevents them from independently performing their duties as lawyers. “Especially since we in NUPL are compelled to handle cases that most of our colleagues in the profession cannot, would not, or do not – for reasons we respect – handle,” the group said.
More groups call for justice for the Tiamzons
“They were revolutionaries, not terrorists. They did not deserve to be tortured and then mercilessly assassinated. If the worst criminals deserve humane treatment, all the more to well-meaning people like them pushing for peace, freedom, and development,” farmers and indigenous peoples’ organizations said.
OWWA chief’s rant against OFWs earns ire
“Hindi ho ba tayo nahihiya sa pinag-gagawa natin? Magbo-boyfriend, magpapa-buntis. Kahit alam niyong bawal. Pagkatapos, kung ano-ano ang sasabihin. Kayo ho ang mas matapang e!” OWWA executive director Arnell Ignacio said.
Lawyers condemn brutal deaths of Tiamzons; fraternity condoles with family
The Public Interest Law Center said the loss of clients in a savage extrajudicial killing in the midst of unresolved injustices is far worse painful than the loss of a case in court.
‘Happiness is in the revolution’
Reportedly captured, tortured and killed on August 21, 2022 with wife Wilma Austria and eight others:
“Happiness is in the revolution. I could not think of any other life. There is no other way. The revolution is not a burden, an obligation I perform with a heavy heart. It comes out naturally.”—BENITO TIAMZON, Communist Party of the Philippines Executive Committee Chairperson