‘Lou Tangco, revolutionary doctor and people’s martyr’

“People had to learn that health is not a privilege but a right and a responsibility. They must be equipped to take on this responsibility. However, I knew I could not do this alone. I found other doctors and health workers doing similar work, together we helped each other develop the community-based health programs,” she narrated.

‘Maawa na kayo dito sa San Roque dos’

“Maawa na kayo dito sa San Roque dos, simula nung nagbigayan dito wala pang nakakarating sa amin kahit isa. Kahapon may dumating na isang truck at dalawang ambulansya na may laman na pinamimigay na bigas ngunit dun lang sa looban tapos dito walang nakarating. Ang sabi babahay-bahayin kaya pinauwi kami. Naghintay kami hanggang gabi ngunit walang hiya, nakatulog nalang kami. Walang nakarating na repack (relief) na galing sa kanila.”

Sitio San Roque: Bigas hindi dahas

Nagsagawa ang mga miyembro ng Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) ng Sitio San Roque, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City ng isang maikling programa. Ito ay matapos na pagdadamputin at ikulong ang 21 na residente ng nasabing lugar.

Ang mga health worker sa panahon ng COVID-19

Inilahad ng mga manggagawang medikal ng National Kidney and Transplant Institute ang kanilang sitwasyon sa pakikipaglaban sa global pandemic na COVID-19. Ipinahayag nila ang kahalagahan ng pagkakaroon ng free mass testing sa bansa na anila ay dapat isinasagawa sa mga hospital worker at hindi sa mga VIP. Inilahad nila na may mga pasyente na napapauwi […]

Police arrest hungry protesters in Quezon City

Twenty-one protesting and hungry Quezon City residents were arrested Tuesday morning, April 1, the incident earning swift condemnation from the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay).

BAYAN demands freedom of all political prisoners

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) joined UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s call for the freedom of all political prisoners in the time of the corona virus disease (Covid-19) pandemic to save them from possibly contracting the virus in the often crowded and inhumane conditions of jails worldwide, especially in the Philippines. The action […]