ACT welcomes approval of performance bonuses for public school teachers
“This victory is a testament to the power of collective action and sustained advocacy. We will continue to monitor the implementation to ensure that every qualified government employee receives their due bonus without further delay,” Tinio said.
Furious about acquittals of activists
The series of dismissals and acquittals of accused activists mirrors the NTF-ELCAC’s ignorance of the law and a strange contempt for due process.
The killing of Anas al-Sharif and Western journalism’s moral collapse
None of the West’s leading publications have summoned up even an ounce of skepticism at Israel’s relentless campaign to paint all the journalists it kills as members of Hamas, even though, by now, more media workers have been killed in Gaza than in both World Wars combined.
Wrong host for reg’l rights confab
“The Marcos government is posturing itself as a champion of human rights that it routinely violates. This government is not fit to speak on IHL– much less host a regional conference on it. Shooting at will, bombing at whim is not galvanizing commitment to IHL – it’s state terrorism,” IPMSDL noted.
Mga progresibong grupo, giit ang ‘Sara Litisin! Panagutin!’
Patuloy ang kanilang panawagan sa mga mambabatas na unahin ang kapakanan ng taumbayan at papanagutin ang mga nasa kapangyarihang nagkasala at nagnakaw sa bayan.
Court acquits 2 NDFP consultants, 3 others of ‘spurious’ murder charges
The Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 266 acquitted two National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultants and three others of charges of kidnapping with murder and frustrated murder. The Court ordered the release of consultants Renante Gamara and Tirso Alcantara, as well as peasant organizer Dionisio Almonte, and construction workers Diony Borre […]
Regional group reveals PH is worst land rights violator
“These alarming numbers cast doubt on the Philippine government’s claimed commitment to human rights and international humanitarian law,” PANAP deputy executive director Arnold Padilla said.
Isang masamang biro ang ipagmalaki ang murang bigas sa magsasaka ng palay
Tila paniwalang-paniwala sila sa kanilang islogang “Para sa Masaganang Bagong Pilipinas,” isang Pilipinas kung saan nagmamakaawa ang mga mismong nagtatanim ng palay na hayaan silang makabili ng murang bigas. Hindi nakikita ng estadong ito na sa isang bansang agrikultural kung saan ang bigas ang siyang pangunahing pagkain, isang malaking kabalintunaan at hindi nakakatuwang biro ang kanilang mga polisiya’t pakulo.
Dapat bawiin ng Korte Suprema ang desisyon sa impeachment kay VP Sara
“Mainam may pagkakataon pa sila baguhin ito. Kung hindi babaguhin ito ng Korte Suprema, matatapos ang labanan na ito sa lansangan. Hindi ko alam kung ito ang gusto ng Korte Suprema. Pero kung babaligtarin ng Korte Suprema ang kanyang desisyon, magbubukas ulit ang proseso sa Senado at magagampanan ng Senado at Kongreso ang kanilang mga tungkulin sa Konstitusyon.”
Reds report NPA win vs. vaunted Army rangers in Mindoro
CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said the NPA unit maneuvered to “counter-encircle” the attacking elite Philippine Army unit, “assisted by the masses in the area.”