Environmentalists: Frasco’s appointment as resiliency advisor ‘grotesque’
“[It is…] an insult to the millions of Filipinos who suffer the worst of the climate crisis while this administration treats environmental policy as a revolving door for its favorites,” the group KALIKASAN said.
Bilibid water shortage causes scabies outbreak, group reveals
KAPATID said it urged action by the DOJ “on humanitarian concerns affecting several political prisoners, including access to medicines and long-pending transfer requests.”
An urgent wake up call to fast track renewable energy shift
“The Marcos Jr. government cannot afford to just treat this as a passing inconvenience; they must treat it as a strategic imperative to finally, and seriously, break free from this cycle.”
Marcos’ amnesty program ends; Reds dismiss plan ‘an epic fail’
“Marcos’ amnesty program failed to deceive the Party, the masses and their revolutionary forces,” CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said.
Marcos gov’t racks another record low amid wars, global crises
The peso closed at ₱59.735 per US dollar on Friday, surpassing previous lows of ₱59.50 last March 9 and ₱59.425 last January.
Hinto ang Byahe
magrerebolusyon/ang mga dyip/na parang/bagyong bakal/sa lungsod…/at ang katahimikan/ay magiging/ugong/ng protesta.
NDFP consultant Kennedy Bangibang, 9 others arrested
The Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (Katribu) in an urgent alert on Friday said Bangibang was arrested in Tarlac City and is currently detained in Tabuk City, Kalinga.
Less jeepneys ply Manila’s roads due to oil price shocks
The country’s militant transport group Piston said it is temporarily abandoning its stance of no fare hikes and now demands an emergency increase of P5.0 increase in base fares until diesel prices are substantially reduced.
IN NUMBERS: Dynasties and Contractors Capture Party-list Seats in the 20th Congress
By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s count, 32 of the 64 party-list representatives in the 20th Congress come from active political clans although the parties they belong to claim to represent the poor, farmers, and ordinary folk from their provinces.
Higit sa lahat, para ito sa kababaihang kinakatawan ng Gabriela
“Tumitindig tayo kasama ng bawat babaeng patuloy na minamaliit, binabastos, at sinusubukang patahimikin. Bilang kinatawan ng Gabriela Women’s Party, tungkulin nating igiit na ang ganitong uri ng asal ay hindi dapat palampasin.”