Kaguma @ 47: ‘Drag tyrant out of Malacañan!’
“Duterte is morally-corrupt and barbaric. He has no right to stay in power!” The underground group Katipunan ng mga Gurong Makabayan or Kaguma commemorated its 47th founding anniversary Wednesday by calling on its members to resist the Rodrigo Duterte government’s “fascism and terrorism.” In a statement sent to Kodao, Kaguma said it offers a red […]
Appeal to Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
“We appeal to you to let Marawi be rebuilt the way our ancestors did: one house at a time, one masjid at a time. One village at a time.” Mr. President: We, the people of Marawi City and those who are one with us, would like to appeal to your kind office to intervene in […]
Slow TRAIN cash transfers highlight govt’s insensitivity–IBON
“The poor will get relief about three months into suffering TRAIN-induced price increases with millions of others only getting it much later.” Research group IBON said that the slow implementation of the Duterte administration’s social mitigation measures including its cash subsidies highlights how these are just an afterthought to cover up how the Tax Reform […]
Joma shows map of NPA presence in 73 provinces
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison posted a map of the Philippines showing New People’s Army (NPA) presence in “at least 73 of 81 provinces of the country.” “The color red in this map shows the presence of the New People´s Army in at least 73 out of […]
Unsolicited projects for favored business interests to rise under Pres. Duterte?
By Arnold Padilla / IBON Features When President Duterte said last month that “all projects of the Philippines would be something like a Swiss Challenge”, media attention has focused on the Swiss Challenge and its implications. But what the presidential statement implied was that in order to supposedly fast track his ambitious Build Build Build program, the […]
No strike today: Piston condemns Palace suspension of classes
Jeepney drivers and operators condemned Malacañan Palace’s suspension of classes Tuesday based merely on “slightest threat of a [jeepney] strike.” In a statement, Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) chairperson George San Mateo said there is no truth to Malacañan’s announcement the group planned to have more jeepney strikes after Monday. “As […]
A global disgrace
By Luis V. Teodoro President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his displeasure over the continuing attention being paid by various groups and organizations such as Amnesty International and other human rights groups and the United Nations, to the extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the country, particularly those identified with the regime’s murderous “war” on drugs. Thirty-nine countries […]
Thousands of complaints since CARHRIHL signing, NDFP says
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) said nearly seven thousand complaints of human rights and international humanitarian law violations have been received by its Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). At a forum marking the 20th anniversarry of the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on […]
Marcos all over again, women journalists on Women’s Day say
History is repeating itself, Filipino women journalists said at a forum on the role of women in Philippine media at the University of the Philippines last Thursday, International Working Women’s Day. Eminent women journalists likened the Rodrigo Duterte government to Ferdinand Marcos’s martial law for its many attacks against press freedom at the Women Talk […]
I will not resign — Sereno
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said she will not resign as she asked the House committee on justice to already render judgement on her impeachment case and submit it to the Senate to allow her to present her side. “I have been persistently saying to those who have […]