Human rights groups slam woman’s strip search
By April Burcer Various human rights groups are calling for the investigation of the reported strip search of a female drug suspect in a police station in Makati City that went viral last week. Gabriela and Karapatan released separate statements condemning the act as despicable, cruel and degrading. “What the Makati Police did to the arrested drug suspects was […]
KMU welcomes order regularizing 80 Nutri-Asia workers
The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) order to Nutri-Asia Incorporated (NAI) to regularize 80 of its workers is an initial victory of the ongoing strike at the country’s biggest condiment manufacturer. “This is an initial victory of the workers’ strike at Nutri-Asia. The DOLE has been forced to […]
PISO LANG ANG LAYO NATIN
Ni Jess Manuel Santiago Piso ang layo natin sa isa’t isa kuwarenta’y singko hanggang Monumento Monumento hanggang Cubao, trenta’y singko bente naman mula Cubao hanggang sa inyo Dalawang piso, sabihin pa, kung babalikan. Piso lamang ang layo mo sa akin Pero ito’y kahapon pa, Tumaas na ang pasahe’t gayon pa rin ang gana ko […]
Duterte’s TRAIN to blame for highest inflation in nearly 10 years — IBON
Research group IBON said that the government’s insistence on higher taxes especially on the poor is among the factors driving inflation rates to their highest in nearly a decade. The group said that runaway inflation is due to the peso depreciation and rising global oil prices combined with the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion […]
Duterte’s preconditions completely shutting down talks–CPP
The Information Bureau of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said President Rodrigo Duterte is bent on completely shutting down the peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). Reacting to a statement issued by presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza Thursday […]
Teachers call for 30K salary increase
By April Burcer Despite the rains, teachers from all over Metro Manila marched Wednesday afternoon (June 4) on EDSA to call for an across-the-board salary increase for mentors and employees in the education sector. After their General Representatives’ Assembly earlier organized by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers-National Capital Region (ACT-NCR) Union, the teachers also demanded […]
Pahaging sa bagong hari
Ni Rogelio G. Mangahas Aba, bagong hari’y tila isang multo sa gabi at araw, dulot ay kilabot ng anino’t tinig, ng banta’t tungayaw; Ang idolo pala’y ang naging diktador nitong sawing bayan— malaon nang abo’y minumulto pa rin pati kasaysayan. Hari, bakit nga ba lugod mong nalibing sa may puring pook— labí ng idolong isang […]
Lorenzana, Año and Roque sounding death knell on talks—Agcaoili
Verbal attacks by government officials against Professor Jose Maria Sison is sounding like the death knell on the peace talks under the Rodrigo Duterte regime, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili said. Agcaoili said that the orchestrated tirades against Sison by Defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana, acting Interior and Local Government […]
Friends and comrades pay tribute to Jose Luneta
Friends and comrades of Jose “Ka Pepe” Luneta held a tribute to the departed revolutionary at the College of Science Auditorium last June 30. Luneta, past leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines, died in Germany last month due to a lingering illness.
CPP: ‘Lorenzinitis’ afflicts the peace process
The Information Bureau of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) lashed back at Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, saying the former general is the one defining the Rodrigo Duterte government’s policies on the peace talks. Reacting to an article titled “The Public Should Know” attributed to Lorenzana, the CPP said the secretary defines the Duterte […]