Health workers demand payment of pandemic bonuses
The Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government is not telling health workers when will they be paid for their performance-based bonuses (PBB) from 2021 to 2023 when the corona virus pandemic was still raging over much of the country.
Duterte’s ICC arrest is the first domino: Can new leaders rise in the power struggle ahead?
For human rights lawyer Kristina Conti, the ICC proceedings offer a rare and vital opportunity to confront the truth about Duterte’s “drug war” and to establish that extrajudicial killings are wrong—under any leader, in any era.
Bayan Muna welcomes media electoral agenda
Ocampo said he “very much agrees” with all the demands in the agenda and expressed delight in several items, including those against red-tagging, the abolition of the NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict), the repeal of the Anti-Terrorism Act and other repressive laws, and the enactment of a human rights defenders bill.
Bayan Muna to Civil Service Commission: Prohibiting employees from political expression on social media too much
“Preventing government employees from expressing their views on political issues in social media, especially on policies and politicians affecting their rights and welfare as government workers, is curtailing their rights to freedom of expression as workers and as citizens,” Gaite emphasized.
Justice for murdered worker leaders
The crackdown has not stopped with the Marcos Jr. administration, as data from the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) showed that aside from the 102 extrajudicial killings (EJKs), 10 individuals were abducted in six cases of enforced disappearances while there have been 102 cases of illegal arrest and detention since.
Workers to BBM: Refusal to act on wage increase ‘immorality’
A December 2024 Social Weather Station survey shows 63% of Filipino families consider themselves poor, the highest since 2008, echoed by another March 2025 Stratbase-SWS survey revealing that 27.2% of families face involuntary hunger, the worst since the COVID-19’s peak, the coalition pointed out.
Pumanig sa katarungan
“Krimen laban sa sangkatauhan ang sistematikong pagpatay lalo nang libu-libong mahihirap sa ngalan ng giyera kontra droga. Hindi ito simpleng pagkukulang—ito ay krimen laban sa sangkatauhan. Panagutin si Duterte! Huwag nating hayaang muling maulit ang madugong kasaysayan. Ang pananahimik ay pakikiisa sa karahasan. Ang pagkilos ay pagpanig sa katarungan.”
Bayan Muna launches ‘White Ribbon Campaign’ for justice to Duterte’s drug war victims
“We are here today not only to remember the victims, but to demand that Rodrigo Duterte be held accountable for the mass murder of the poor. The white ribbon symbolizes our collective grief, but more importantly, our unwavering resolve to seek justice,” Colmenares announced.
ELCAC abolition non-negotiable in democratic polls—Kabataan
“We’re not naive. We know that a lot of red-tagging comes from the NTF-ELCAC,” Kabataan said.
Heartless Bongbong
By rejecting the call of workers nationwide for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent the proposed P200 legislated wage increase, he proved himself to be the chairman of the executive committee of the exploitative and oppressive ruling classes.