Piston launches strike vs. runaway oil prices
Floranda revealed that leading oil company Petron alone reported a profit of P15 billion in 2025 while his fellow drivers no longer earn as diesel prices have more than doubled since the war begun last February 28.
Gazan refugees struggle to feel ‘real Ramadan’ in the Philippines
Palestinian refugees would welcome orders of their tatreez, crochet items, special candles and food to rebuild their lives cruelly disrupted by Israeli agression in Gaza.
Impeachment complaints vs. Sara ‘sufficient in ground’
“It will be a mini-trial. The full blown trial will happen in the Senate. This is to give ample opportunity to the complainants to present their witness and evidence per ground as well as for the respondent to reply,” Luistro said.
Filipino lawyers to remain counsels of victims of Duterte’s war on drugs
The ICC ruled in favor of Butuyan and Andress, saying Kaufman failed to show any reason to disqualify the Filipino lawyers as common legal representatives of victims of Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.
Repeal loophole-riddled Election Code
By Diego Morra The decision of the Comelec en banc to terminate the inquiry into the possible violation of campaign finance rules by Senator Rodante Marcoleta leaves a bad taste in the mouth and exposes the basic flaw in the Omnibus Election Code (OEC), also known as Republic Act No. 7166, since one of its […]
Welga na kontra-giyera; welga para sa buhay at kabuhayan
“Hindi kailangang ipagsabong ang tsuper at komyuter. Pwede rin ang fare hike, sa totoo lang, kahit sa kabataan, basta sabayan ito ng wage hike at mas masaklaw na tulong-pinansyal para sa mahihirap.”
Buwagin ang inutil na Regional Wage Boards
“Kagyat, napapanahon, at makatwiran lang na buwagin na ang mga RWBs at ipatupad ang PHP1200 family living wage sa buong bansa para makaagapay naman ang mga manggagawa at kanilang pamilya sa presyo ng mga bilihin.”
Bayan declares support to Piston’s nationwide jeepney strike vs. OPH
Bayan said the strike is a legitimate and necessary action as drivers and transport operators are the first to be directly affected by rising oil prices brought about by US and Israel’s war against Iran.
Sara’s blanket denial sucks
It is not Sara’s job to tell any congressional panel what it must do; it is the prerogative of the legislature as a collegial body to do what it ought to do under its rules.
Suspend excise, VAT; tax oil cartel’s windfall profits
“We must do both: cut taxes at the pump to protect the people, and tax windfall profits to make the monopolies pay their share. The administration must choose: will it defend the public, or keep acting as collector for oil cartels and war-driven price shocks?”