ESCALATING REVOLUTION: One Billion Rising in UP Diliman
Students, faculty and staff of the University of the Philippines in Diliman held its One Billion Rising 2016 event last February 12. Themed “Escalating Revolution” this year’s commemoration marks the fourth straight year the university held its own program as its contribution to the global campaign against violence against women. One Billion Rising was started […]
COMMENTARY: Duterteconomics doesn’t share labor’s ideology
by Raymund B. Villanueva DAVAO CITY MAYOR Rodrigo Duterte launched his bid for the presidency last Tuesday in Tondo with a threat against militant labor. Singling Kilusang Mayo Uno out, he said he will kill all those who would organize labor unions in economic enclaves he plans on putting up. There should be no labor […]
MEDIA REPORT 2016: ROW THE VOTE
MEDIA REPORT 2016: ROW THE VOTE A Pre-election Media Coverage Assessment Row the Vote will focus on the state of the coverage of Philippine media on the events preceding the nationwide elections on May 9. With Prof.Luis V. Teodoro from the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Prof. Perlita Frago Marasigan and more. Row the […]
Makabayan bet Colmenares expresses hope in winning
Makabayan bloc’s bet for the Senate Neri Colmenares expressed hope in winning in this year’s national elections at Tuesday’s grand rally at Plaza Miranda. Running as part of the Team Galing at Puso, Colmenares asked the crowd if a poor man like himself could be a senator. The crowd enthusiastically said “Yes.” Here is a […]
STREETWISE: Digging deeper into the SSS pension hike by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Streetwise Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. justified the abrupt adjournment of Congress last Wednesday by saying he didn’t want to embarrass President Benigno S. C. Aquino III with the prospect of a move to override the presidential veto on the SSS pension hike. Not that Rep. Neri J. Colmenares, who was leading the effort to […]
Neri adopted by aunt due to family’s poverty
Bayan Muna congressman and senatorial aspirant Neri Javier Colmenares bared he was adopted by an aunt as a child because of his family’s poverty. Speaking before thousands at yesterday’s Galing at Puso rally at Plaza Miranda in Manila, Colmenares said his father was a security guard and his mother a clerk. He then asked the […]
Neri to push for more benefits for elderly
Bayan Muna representative and senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares vows to push for more benefits for the elderly if elected to the Senate. Colmenares addressed supporters in front of the Social Security System main office in Quezon City this morning as he begins his campaign for the Senate. In his speech, Colmenares said the vetoed two […]
Heneral Luna matters
Commemorating the Philippine-American War on February 4, 2016, protesters against the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) marched to the US embassy in Manila carrying cut-outs of Heneral Luna as portrayed in a much-acclaimed historical film. The groups are affiliated with the Philippines chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS-Phils) and the Bagong Alyansang […]
LARAWAN: Junk Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)
US Embassy, Manila February 4, 2016
TitoSen, Isko, Digong and Neri on land reform
The Philippine Land Reform Movement (PLRM) and Pagkakaisa para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo (Patria) posed a “Peasant Challenge” for the 2016 elections. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte (running for President) and senatorial candidates Tito Sotto, Isko Moreno and Neri Colmenares took the challenge. Held at the Balay Kalinaw, UP Diliman, QC on February […]