Teachers demand better pay, safety measures for 2022 ‘pandemic poll duty’
“As teachers will be at the front lines of possibly one of the most precarious elections in recent years, we are calling on our legislators to not be too tightfisted and allot significant amount for poll workers’ compensation and for the establishment of safety and protective measures,” ACT secretary general Raymond Basilio said.
A Call to the Philippine Army: Respect for Press Freedom in Word and Deed
Since the military by its function is not a repository of democratic values, we call on our soldiers to cease forthwith this insidious campaign to silence media and its members; to limit citizen access to views and perspectives that may differ from those held by the government in power.
Joma on removal of books from libraries: ‘Stupid book-burning fascists’
“They are totally barbaric and ignorant of the fact that revolutionary ideas cannot be stopped from circulating through the internet in the Philippines and internationally,” Jose Maria Sison said.
NDFP: Esperon, Parlade in Europe to set up death squads
The NDFP said these cells are aimed at undertaking surveillance and red-tagging activities against progressive compatriot organizations, foreign solidarity friends and entities, anti-Duterte individuals and personalities, especially open leaders of the NDFP and its peace panel.
REPORT: Philippine Army source of cyber-attacks vs. media outfits
CERT-PH of the DICT said its analysis and investigation revealed that IP address 202.90.137[.].42 that conducted unauthorized vulnerability scans on Bulatlat and Altermidya’s websites, was assigned to the Philippine Army.
Wakasan si Duterte, sigaw sa Pambansang Araw ng Protesta
omemorasyon ng batas militar na ayon sa mga progresibong grupo ay walang pinagkaiba si Duterte sa dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos lalo na sa usapin ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao at korapsyon sa gobyerno.
GABI NG LAGIM
“Kakaiba ang martial law ng 1972/ May namamatay/ Pero hindi nabibilang ng DOH./ Hindi puno ang mga ospital/ Ng mga agaw buhay at/ Mabilis na yayao./ Kakaiba ang ‘martial law’ ng 2020/ Ang dami ng nagugutom/ Marami ang nakatira sa mga jeepney/ Dahil napalayas na/ At hindi na makabayad ng upa.”
‘We commit ourselves to the highest standards of journalism to serve the oppressed’
We, the member student publications of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines, strongly call and urge every campus journalist to join us in commemorating the evils witnessed by the nation during the Marcos dictatorship. In honor of our brave predecessors Liliosa Hilao, Leticia Ladlad, Ditto Sarmiento and Antonio Tagamolila, we will never forget the horrors that the Marcos regime tried to hide but never succeeded. We commit ourselves to the highest standards of journalism to serve the oppressed and exploited masses. We won’t and will never forget!
Global rights group: Duterte committed more violations than Marcos
“We call on Duterte and his cohorts to end the repression now in the Philippines and to take accountability for all the human rights violations they committed against the Filipino people. We challenge him to face the ICC,” the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines said.
Lessons from the underground press of the martial law era
Throughout those first few critical years, the forces that resisted martial law, in Metro Manila and in other regions from Cagayan Valley to Davao, kept a high morale and clear direction of work greatly assisted by the underground publications.