Four reasons why the Kaliwa Dam Project loan is onerous
The loan agreement for the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Low Dam Project (NCWS-Kaliwa Low Dam) is onerous and should be cancelled. President Duterte has reportedly ordered a review of loan agreements to determine if any are onerous and disadvantageous to the Filipino people. Yet the Kaliwa Dam project which has come under fire for its unfavorable Chinese loan agreement has already started.
Milk and the pandemic: Milk Code confusion cripples LGUs response for infants
The indiscriminate distribution and use of breastmilk substitutes, especially during emergencies, can change feeding practices and put babies at greater risk of illness.
Indignation rally, isinagawa matapos ang pagpanaw ni Baby River
Kaugnay ng pagkakasawi ng anak ng bilanggong pulitikal na si Reina Mae Nasino, nagsagawa ang mga progresibong grupo, sa pangunguna ng BAYAN-Metro Manila, ng indignation rally noong Sabado, Oktubre 10, sa Maynila.
ABS-CBN reporter named 2020 McLuhan fellow
Three months after the forced closure of their media company, an ABS-CBN reporter was named the 2020 Marshall McLuhan Fellow at the conclusion of today’s Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar.
De Lima, rights defenders warn UN on Duterte’s ‘snake oil salesman of a government’
By adopting a more diplomatic tone in its resolution on the state of human rights in the Philippines, did the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) expect the Rodrigo Duterte government to suddenly behave? Senator Leila de Lima asked.
UN urges Duterte gov’t to investigate, prosecute rights abusers anew
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) again urged the Rodrigo Duterte government to conduct “independent, full, and transparent” investigations to ensure accountability for rights violations and abuses in the Philippines.
‘Battle of the bastards’: House squabble, budget railroading irk farmers group
“Just to remind these two ‘bastards’, the national budget is not their personal money and Congress is not their playground. They ought to be legislating pro-people measures and reforms,” KMP said.
Paramilitary leaders’ death brings ‘deep sense of justice,’ Reds say
The CPP said Bucales played a key role in the murder of the Alternative Learning Center for Agriculture and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) executive director Emerito Samarca and Lumad leaders Dionel Campos and Datu Bello Sinzo in 2015.
Governor apologizes after accusing teachers of ‘doing nothing’
“It seems [Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba] does not know that many teachers spend their already inadequate salaries to buy paper, laptops, printers and ink because the government has yet to fully provide these,” ACT secretary general Raymond Basilio said.
Proposed 2021 health budget shrinks, neglects public health–IBON
Research group IBON said that the lower budget for the public health in the proposed national government budget for 2021 will keep health care inaccessible and expensive for too many Filipinos. The pandemic highlighted the lack of capacity in the privatized health system. IBON however criticized the merely fleeting increase in health spending and the cuts next year in important health areas.