Bayan Muna proposes free funeral services for ‘extremely poor’ families
Bayan Muna called for the fast-tracking of a bill aimed at giving substantial discounts for funeral services for the poor. As high inflation rates affect even the dead, House Bill 3028 should be immediately passed to give indigent families a 50 percent discount in funeral services, Bayan Muna explained. Authored by Bayan Muna Representative Carlos […]
Activists call for justice for ‘Sagay 9’
Progressive groups staged a ‘Black Friday Protest’ last October 26 at the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) calling for justice for the nine victims of the Sagay City massacre earlier this month. A candle lightning ceremony was also held to pay tribute to the martyrs of the said massacre. National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) […]
‘Reasons are abundant for peace talks if only Duterte listens’–Sison
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said reasons are abundant for the peace negotiations if only Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) President Rodrigo Duterte listens to reason. In his quick reply to Duterte’s challenge to be given reasons to resume peace negotations, Sison said his […]
National minority groups hold national assembly
National minority groups from all over the country gathered at the University of the Philippines in Diliman Quezon City last October 26 for the Second National Political Assembly of Sandugo (Movement of Moro and Indigenous People for Self-Determination). They held a mass action in Mendiola in Manila in the afternoon. Sandugo called for the ouster […]
Journalists express outrage at PIA’s promotion of Bong Go
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) expressed outrage over efforts by the Philippine Information Agency’s Negros Occidental (PIA-NO) office to act as public relations arm of senatorial candidate Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go. In a statement, the NUJP accused PIA-NO provincial information center Lorenzo Lambatin Jr. of insulting local journalists by sending them […]
Fact-finding mission says paramilitary killed Sagay farmers
A national fact-finding mission on the massacre of nine farmers in Negros Occidental said suspected government agents are behind the bloodbath last October 20 even as the Philippine National Police insists so-called recruiters of the victims are the suspected perpetrators. The mission said the likely killers are active members of the Special Civilian Auxiliary Army […]
NDFP: Sagay massacre child survivor needs protection from police
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines Special Office for the Protection of Children (SOPC) called for the protection of the 14-year old Sagay City massacre survivor the police earlier tried to take into custody. Coni Ledesma, NDFP Negotiating Panel member and SOPC head said in a statement that the victim needs psycho-social support and […]
Suspend rate hike, scrap concession agreement with water firms, govt told
The Water for the People Network (WPN) said that government should not accede to the ruling of an international arbitral court granting the Maynilad Water Systems, Inc. petition to collect its corporate income tax (CIT) from consumers. The water rights group agreed that any impending water rate increase amid the ongoing dispute on pass-on CIT […]
WHICH SHALL COME AHEAD?
By Jose Maria Sison Which shall come ahead? The blazing of forests, The thawing of icebergs, The rise of oceans, The drowning of cities, The parching of the land, The whimpering death? Which shall come ahead? Sudden fright at the big burst, Mushrooms in the sky, Blinding light in a trice, Before the endless night […]
Lawyer slams resolution keeping Silva and companions in jail
A lawyer for National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Adelberto Silva and his four companions slammed the Laguna Prosecutor’s Office’s decision to keep them in jail and charging them with illegal possession of explosives. Public Interest Law Center managing counsel Rachel Pastores said Laguna chief prosecutor Maria Victoria Dado’s decision to amend the […]