Youth activists hold ‘National Day of Remembrance’ to honor Martial Law victims
The League of Filipino Students (LFS), one of the country’s most storied youth groups, on its 41st anniversary honored the victims and martyrs of the Martial Law in a forum at the University of the Philippines Tuesday, September 11. Present at the forum were Nanette Castillo of RISE UP, Prof. Sarah Raymundo of No Erasures […]
Groups hit Marcos-Duterte alliance on dictator’s 101st birth anniversary
The Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses to Malacañang (CARMMA) and groups belonging to the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) denounced what they call an alliance between the family of the late dictator and President Rodrigo Duterte in a picket protest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on the 101st birth anniversary […]
Banwar / Bayani
Ni Rene Boy Abiva Banwar Maysa malem nga naglabas permi dung-aw ni Rosas mabalin siguro nga nalagip na dagiti annak na nga immadayo dagiti annak na nga nagsakripisyo dagiti annak na nga nangidaton iti biag dagiti annak na nga iti maysa nga puyot ti paltog ket naburas kasla nasam-it nga ubas ken mansanas. […]
‘Sobra ang dagok’
“Dati, itong pechay-baguio, ang kuha namin ay nasa P90 lang. Ngayon, nasa P150 na. ‘Yung repolyo, dati P80. Ngayon, P180 na. Sobrang laki ang itinaas, kaya sobra rin ang nararamdaman namin na dagok.”–Mang Ricky, tindero ng gulay, Sitio San Roque, Quezon City
Jobs crisis getting worse under Duterte gov’t – IBON
Research group IBON said that the jobs crisis in the country is getting more severe under the Duterte administration. The group said that the government should be more forthright and admit growing economic insecurity from inflation and joblessness rather than keep trying to downplay this. Millions of Filipinos are jobless, including those excluded from official […]
Farmers decry rice crisis
Farmers from the Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (AMGL), AMIHAN (National Federation of Peasant Women) and rice watchdog Bantay Bigas, trooped to the Department of Agriculture (DA) Office in Quezon City last September 5 to protest the prolonged rice crisis in the country. The groups also decried National Food Authority (NFA)’s importation of […]
Rights defenders raise alarm over PNP dossier
By Kimberlie Quitasol BAGUIO CITY–Human rights defenders raised alarm over a ‘confidential memorandum’ of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to its intelligence group to submit a dossier of individuals the police labeled as New People’s Army (NPA) leaders. Mary Ann Gabayan, secretary general of the Ilocos Human Rights Alliance (IHRA) said they are deeply concerned […]
Free Ben and Rita Alliance to launch in forum on political persecution
The Free Ben and Rita Alliance that calls for the release of development workers Benito Quilloy and Rita Espinoza will have a Southern Tagalog launching this September 13 at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) from 2 pm to 5 pm. Benito Quilloy and Rita Espinoza were illegally arrested on October 19, 2017 […]
Government losing control of economy –IBON
The Duterte administration is losing control over the Philippine economy and the poorest Filipinos are suffering for this, research group IBON said upon the release of the August inflation rate. The greatly accelerating inflation is only the latest in a series of bad economic news about the economy’s so-called fundamentals. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) […]
‘Local palay procurement over importation’
“NFA should prioritize local palay procurement over importation to stabilize rice prices and avoid the continuing rice crisis because of limited NFA rice supply.”—Bantay Bigas