Due to public pressure and clamor, DepEd moves school opening to October 5
“We have proven today that the people’s voices can and will triumph, and we shall continue to push the government to fulfill the requisites for a safe, accessible, and quality education,” ACT said in a statement.
Joma: Only ‘butchers in authority’ may have killed Echanis
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said the brutal murder of peace consultant and veteran agrarian reform activist Randall Echanis may only be the handiwork of “butchers in authority.”
‘Killing Ka Randy is clearly an act of state terrorism’
“No cover-up could undermine this established political killing. Killing Ka Randy, a leader of Anakpawis and Philippine peasant movement, is clearly an act of state terrorism. This targetting of an unarmed civilian is also known as crime against humanity in the International Criminal Court. Ka Randy’s murder adds to the bloody criminal record of the Duterte regime.”
‘We are all victims of the gross neglect of the DOH and Duterte administration’
“We are saddened and angered by what happened to our dear colleague and other health workers who died fighting COVID-19. We are all victims of the gross neglect of the DOH and Duterte administration. This administration does not value health workers because even in (Duterte’s) 5th State of the Nation Address, he still did not lay down comprehensive, systematic and scientific measures on how to defeat the virus.”
Health workers decry loss of fellow front liner
“It is painful to think but it is clear to us that this is a major negligence of the hospital management and the DOH itself due to their anti-health workers protocols,” Donguines said.
‘Walang doktor sa maralitang pamayanan, puro militar’
Sumapi ang Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap o KADAMAY sa protestang SONAgkaisa noong Lunes, Hulyo 27, upang irehistro ang anila’y militaristang tugon ng gubyernong Rodrigo Duterte sa pandemyang COVID-19 sa mahihirap na pamayanan.
KODAO ASKS: Ano sa tingin mo ang nangyari sa apat na taon ni Duterte?
Nagtipon ang 8,000 na mamamayan sa ikalimang State of the Nation o SONA ng Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa kahabaan ng University Avenue sa UP Diliman, Quezon City sa pamamagitan ng isang kilusang protesta na may temang “SONAgkaisa”. Naganap ito noong nakaraang Lunes, Hulyo 27.
‘Mas nakakatakot na mananatili pa ang ‘veerus’ sa Malacañang’
“Tapos na panahon ng pagkakatakot. Mas nakakatakot ang mamatay na kumakalam ang sikmura ng ating mga pamilya. Mas nakakatakot ang posibilidad na mananatili pa ang ‘veerus’ sa Malacañang. Mas nakakatakot na ang ating mga pamilya at anak ay magmamana ng ganitong klase ng pamumuno.”
KODAO ASKS: Ano ang iyong pagtingin sa Anti-Terror Law?
Sinalubong ng nagkakaisang mamamayan ang ika-5 State of the Nation Address o SONA ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pamamagitan ng isang protestang may temang “SONAgkaisa.”
Bitbit ng mga sektor ang kani-kanilang mga panawagan at hinaing sa apat na taon na panunungkulan ng pangulo. Pinakatampok sa mga ito ang panawagang ibasura ang kontrobersyal na Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 o Anti-Terrorism Law.
United People’s SONA, isinagawa sa kabila ng mga banta
Idinaos sa University Avenue, University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City ang United People’s SONA o #SONAgkaisa, na kinabibilangan ng iba’t ibang nga grupo at organisasyon upang itampok ang tunay na kalagayan ng bansang Pilipinas sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.