Joma says Duterte confessed to being a traitor in latest address
“In all seriousness, Duterte confessed last night to being a traitor to the Philippines and the Filipino people by admitting that he had deliberately allowed china to violate the sovereign and maritime rights of the Philippines in its exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea,” Joma Sison said.
Red-tagging halts kindness: Maginhawa community pantry suspends operations
As of seven o’clock Tuesday morning, intended beneficiaries who started lining up at three o’clock, were walking home to nearby Barangay Krus na Ligas with empty bags.
Dalawang klaseng tugon sa pandemya
Dalawang klaseng tugon sa pandemya
ACT, TDC express alarm as DepEd gathers numbers of members
ACT said DepEd has never defended teachers and school officials who fell victim to red-tagging and persecution by other government agencies. The DepEd is a member of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC)
‘Bising’ becomes a super typhoon; Bicol and Samar under Signal # 2
PAGASA said it is not ruling out a closer approach of Typhoon Bising to Luzon mainland as its travels north-westward at 15 kilometer per hour.
NUJP slams CamNorte order barring journalists from covering SP sessions
“The battle against the spread of the pandemic should not be used as an excuse to impose prior restraint. While we recognize the alarming rate of COVID-19 infection, the burden of ensuring safety protocols should not be with journalists but with the local government,” the NUJP said.
Start inoculating prisoners, rights group presses gov’t
“Kapatid presses the national government to release a clear schedule for the vaccination of all prisoners, including the 704 political prisoners, in the national deployment plan for COVID-19 vaccines because the congested prison system places them at significant higher risk for the disease,” Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim said.
Duterte’s new mining order disastrous to environment—groups
The Mining Act encourages 100% ownership of mineral lands by foreign corporations that operate based on “unfettered corporate greed” and does not orient the mining industry to extract based on people’s needs,” Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment said.
Sr. Francis: Because Christ is in the margins
[The theological bases of my work are based on] the human dignity as enshrined in the creation story and “Liberation Theology” that formed me as a religious. I am strongly convinced about their relevance to the Philippine context, including the Church social teachings from Rerum Novarum up to the latest encyclical of Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium.
‘Gusto lang pakalmahin ni Duterte and isa pa niyang amo, ang US’
“Hindi tayo naniniwala na ang Balikatan Exercises ay gagawin para resolbahin ang isyu sa West Philippine Sea. Gusto lang pakalmahin ni Duterte ang isa pa niyang amo, ang US, dahil halata na ang pagma-manikluhod niya sa Tsina.”