Sr. Pat Fox condemns Duterte admin’s year-end rights abuses
“These senseless murders are a continuation of the string of human rights attacks we have witnessed this year against activists, lawyers, farmers, trade unionists, and even health workers,” Sr. Patricia Fox said.
Gov’t snubs CHR in review of anti-drug war list of victims
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) revealed it is being kept out of the review of the first partial report of the deaths resulting from the conduct of the Rodrigo Duterte government’s anti-illegal drug operations.
Surrounded they say
“Completely insane / And baseless / To claim / That the war’s bulwark… Rather, this bulwark / Resides in the mind of the masses, / In the hearts of comrades. / It is in the hands of the class. / And nothing can kill it.”
Lessons from the attack on the U.S. Capitol
What happened last January 6 at the U.S. Capitol was a violent takeover of Congress by a fascist mob, not a “protest by Trump supporters.” And, although five people died and there were more than 50 arrests, it’s obvious to the wide public that these overwhelmingly white lawbreakers were handled much differently than they would have been had they been Black or other people of color.
‘Evil and crooked’: Councilor, employees unions condemn dismissal of 60 Bacolod employees
“These members of the BACIWA Board of Directors believed that they are the ‘absolute authority’ by issuing arbitrary, capricious, and illegal resolutions and orders which completely gave PrimeWater total supervision and control over its management, operations, collections, and the trampling of employees’ rights. Now, they have evolved as the henchmen of PrimeWater,” Bacolod City Councilor Wilson Gamboa fumed.
OFWs press for scrapping of mandatory PhilHealth membership
Migrante International said mandatory PhilHealth membership has been a burden for OFWs since the passage of the Universal Healthcare Act (UHC) signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 20, 2019.
Inflation highest in 21 months, NEDA warns of continuing increase
The country’s Inflation rate accelerated to 3.5% in December 2020, driven by the increase in the prices of food non-alcoholic beverages, transport, and restaurant and miscellaneous goods and services, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) reported Tuesday.
Joma: Partisan deployment order not from me
Sison said he is not in any position to give any special order to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) or the NPA to deploy partisans.
PNP’s Oplan Sauron and SEMPO killed the Tumandok 9—Bishop
San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said that the Rizal Day massacre of the Tumandok is similar to the massacre of six and the mass arrest of 26 in the towns Guihulngan, Mabinay, and Sta. Catalina in Negros Oriental in December 2018 as well as the killing of 14 farmers in the island in March 2019.
Fan Girl Review: Allegory of the Diehard Devout Stan (DDS)
Disturbingly dark, twisted, unforgiving in its honesty and social commentary, and arguably her best and bravest yet, Fan Girl is entirely unlike any other movie by Jadaone. And we need more stories like this now. More than ever.