Scholars hold National Day of Action
Nagtipon ang mga estudyante mula sa iba’t ibang kolehiyo ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, Diliman noong Agosto 16, 2018 para sa National Day of Action na tinawag nilang Laban Iskolar para sa Karapatan sa Edukasyon. Mariin na kinundena ng mga Iskolar ng bayan ang mga atake ni Duterte sa kanilang sektor sa porma ng iba’t ibang […]
Teachers, education workers hold summit
Mahigit-kumulang 150 na guro, non-teaching personnel at instruktor mula sa iba’t ibang SUC’s, pampubliko at pribadong paaralan ang nagtipon-tipon sa Bulwagang Tandang Sora, College of Social Work and community Development, UP Diliman para sa National Education Worker’s Summit 2018 na pinangunahan ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers, All UP Academic Employees Union, Quezon City Public School Teachers Association (QCPSTA), SOS (Save Our Schools) UST Chapter at KMED (Kilos na para sa Makabayang Edukasyon) noong Agosto 15, […]
MAYAMOR*
By Tomas Talledo You write poetry but who reads? They who sends SMS “I luv U ga…mwah”? They who sit at coffee shops blubbering inanities? They who sex at the age of fourteen? They’re Plato’s ilks who’ll banish poetry in our people’s republic. You vividly paint the revolution but who stops to […]
Activists condemn persecution in rally
Days after trumped-up charges against four leading activists were dismissed by the Regional Trial Court of Palayan City, activists marched to Mendiola, Manila to condemn the Rodrigo Duterte government for its political persecution of dissenters. Saying the government has revived Gloria Arroyo-era mechanisms to quell dissent on top of its own bloody record on human […]
NDF-Panay on Antique 7: ‘Proudest to acknowledge and claim them’
“We boast of them as among the best sons and daughters of our motherland.”–Concha Araneta THE National Democratic Front in Panay (NDF-Panay) acknowledged that the seven killed in San Jose, Antique Wednesday, August 15, were their own who were “veterans and responsible cadres of the [Communist Party of the Philippines] and the revolution.” In […]
Continuous war against the poor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR August 14, 2018 As the Congress approves House Bill 7735 or the Rice Tariffication Bill on third and final hearing, the Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP) expresses its strong indignation as it will definitely not address the root cause of continuous food insecurity, rice shortage and worsening poverty in […]
Tugon sa pamanang hamon
Alay kay Maya Daniel ng Antique 7 “we stand undaunted/to dark clouds/we fight and we get up/to see our bright day!”—Verse, Maya Daniel Namamatay ang daigdig Tuwing may pulang makatang pumapanaw Tumitigil sa pag-inog, ang mundo’y Hindi humihinga sansaglit. Hindi dumadaloy ang mga ilog Ang hangi’y hindi umiihip Ang ulap ay ayaw […]
Duterte’s latest announcement of talks termination ‘nonnews’–Joma
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison dismissed government’s latest declaration terminating the peace talks, saying President Rodrigo Duterte has already done so last year. “It is a nonnews,” Sison said when asked to react to Duterte’s speech Tuesday saying peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of […]
IACoLA arrests, charges more activists with trumped-up cases–Karapatan
Human rights group Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights revealed two more farmers were arrested in Southern Tagalog last week, accusing the Rodrigo Duterte government of continuing repression against activists. Karapatan said farmer Arnold Albarillo was arrested by the Philippine National Police in San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro last Saturday, August 11, while former […]
Makabayan 4 blame military and police for ‘trumped-up charge’
After the dismissal of the double murder charge against them by a Nueva Ecija court, four former Makabayan Coalition representatives condemned government’s security cluster for what they call a mere case of political persecution against dissenters. National Anti-Poverty Commission lead convenor Liza Maza and fellow former Makabayan representatives Rafael Mariano, Teddy Casiño and Satur Ocampo […]