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SECRETARY Judy Taguiwalo encouraged Department of Social Work and Development officials and staff to develop an ethic of service during the agency’s turn over ceremony last July 1.
In her speech, Taguiwalo extolled DSWD employees to serve the people even as she promised to look into the possibilities of regularizing as many staff as possible.
Watch highlights of the turn over ceremony in this video. (Editing by Divine Miranda) Read more
FORMER Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas chairperson Rafael Mariano formally became the Rodrigo Duterte government’s agrarian reform secretary at the turn over ceremony at the department’s central office yesterday.
In his speech, “Ka Paeng” said his administration’s central program would be the free distribution of land to farmers.
He also said his office would be open to all farmers. Read more
PROGRESSIVE groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan marched to Mendiola from two points in Manila to present their 15-point ‘People’s Agenda’ at President Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration.
With the marchers were their fellow activists from several regions in the Philippines.
Watch the highlights of their program before Duterte personally met their representatives to receive a copy of the agenda. # (Video by Divine Miranda)
Progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan presented a 15-point people’s agenda to the incoming Rodrigo Duterte government in a National People’s Summit at the University of the Philippines today.
More than a thousand delegates from all regions of the country attended the summit.
Watch highlights of the event in this video.
RESIDENTS of Apollo Street along Tandang Sora Avenue protested at the Quezon City Hall today to condemn the demolition of their community.
Demolition victim Ernesto Ringor Jr. said Quezon City Police District (QCPD) personnel showed up at their compound under the pretext of the anti-criminality drive Oplan Galugad in the early hours of June 16.
Read the rest of the story here: Victims condemn lllegal demolition of communities
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), celebrating its 34th anniversary, and joined by the “Thousand Doves” campaign of the Pilgrims for Peace gathered at the Peace Bell in Quezon City on June 26, 2016 in support of the upcoming peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Children made paper cranes and flew kites for the peace campaign. ACT is an affiliate of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) Philippines chapter.
(Contributed video by ILPS Philippines)
Workers led by the Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement) trooped to Mendiola, Manila on June 24, 2016 to support the peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the government under President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. They called for the release of all political prisoners.
(Contributed video by ILPS Philippines)
VICTIMS of a recent demolition of an urban poor community along Luzon Avenue in Quezon City called on President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to investigate the unjust destruction of their houses.
The residents said that the Quezon City government and a court sheriff authorized the demolition despite their failure to present a court order. Read more
The underground revolutionary youth organization Kabataang Makabayan held a lightning rally in downtown Manila today, hours after the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) concluded exploratory talks with the incoming Rodrigo Duterte government.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s peace team agreed to resume formal negotiations next month with a historic joint statement last night in Oslo, Norway (1 am, Manila time).
In a successful conclusion to their two-day exploratory talks, both parties also agreed to discuss in their formal negotiations the affirmation of previously-signed agreements, accelerated process for the negotiations, reconstitution of the NDFP list of Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG)-protected personnel, amnesty proclamation of all political prisoners, and mode of interim ceasefire. Read more