SONA 2016: Progressives hold biggest rally, applaud some of Duterte’s pronouncements
TENS of thousands of activists from all over the Philippines gathered in front of the House of Representatives to hold the biggest State of the Nation Address rally in decades. Allowed to march as close to the venue of President Rodrigo Duterte’s first SONA speech, the rally was also the most peaceful in years. The activists applauded […]
LARAWAN: SONA ng Bayan 2016: 40 libo nagmartsa sa Batasan
SONA ng Bayan 2016: 40 libo nagmartsa patungong Batasan Tinatayang hindi bababa sa 40 libo ang nagmartsa mula sa iba’t ibang sektor at progresibong organisasyon sa pangunguna ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) mula sa Commonwealth Avenue patungong Batasan Road kaninang umaga. Ipinakita ng BAYAN ang kanilang pagsuporta sa mga maka-mamamayang programa ng bagong administrasyong Duterte […]
Adyenda ng bayan para sa administrasyong Duterte, inilatag na
INIHAPAG ng mga sektoral na grupo ang kani-kanilang adyenda isang araw bago ang pag-upo ni Rodrigo Duterte bilang bagong pangulo ng Pilipinas. Dinaluhan ng mahigit isang libong katao mula sa iba’t ibang rehiyon ng bansa ang National People’s Summit sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas kaninang umaga upang hamunin ang administrasyong Duterte na magpatupad ng mga makabayang programa […]
Progressives ready ‘wish-list’ for Duterte
PROGRESSIVE GROUPS from various sectors and regions gathered at the University of the Philippines yesterday for the “Pre-Summit to People’s Change” to discuss various issues they hoped would be addressed by the incoming Rodrigo Duterte administration. The list will be presented at the National People’s Summit on June 29, also at UP. Initially a broad 15-point […]
EDSA 30th – people’s rage
On the 30th anniversary of the EDSA People Power, demonstrators led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and affiliates of the Philippines chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS-Phils) broke through layers of police and army phalanx to assert national freedom and democracy and say no to another Marcos.
STREETWISE: Legacy of EDSA “People Power” by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Streetwise The reputation of the EDSA “People Power” uprising has been getting a beating these past thirty years, especially with an EDSA Dos and even a so-called EDSA Tres following the original phenomenon. Criticisms range from valid to outlandish. That it merely installed another corrupt, elitist regime and brought back, or even worsened, the ills […]
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 […]
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
Bayan calls for Aquino’s prosecution for Mamasapano bloodbath
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and its allied organization called for the prosecution of President Benigno Aquino and former chief of police Alan Purisima for the many deaths in Mamasapano a year ago. Bayan chairperson Carol Araullo said that while many facts are being covered up regarding the incident, it could never be denied that Aquino and […]