[STATEMENT] News may be a business, but it is also a profession and a public good
While seeking viability and survival is understandable, big media owners all too often prioritize profits, with employees bearing the brunt of, and being the last to know about, measures to reduce losses.
On the charges filed against Floranda, Doringo
Our candidates exercised their democratic right to defend jeepney drivers whose livelihoods are threatened by the PUV Modernization Program. This case seeks to silence advocates of a just transportation system. These cases are part of a broader pattern of harassment undermining democratic participation. MAKABAYAN President Lisa Maza
Makabayan solons: Who will Bato investigate on drug EJKs? Himself?
Members of the Makabayan Coalition at the House of Representatives (HOR) criticized plans by Sen. Ronald de la Rosa to conduct investigations on the Rodrigo Duterte regime’s bloody drug war, calling it a desperate attempt to save his neck. In separate statements, House Deputy Minority Floor Leader and ACT Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Rep. Arlene […]
Rep. France Castro: CIF may have also been used to kill Duterte critics
The Duterte dynasty may have misused confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) over the years as reward money in the extrajudicial killing of drug personalities as well as their critics, House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro suggested. Citing retired PCol. Royina Garma’s revelations at the House of Representatives that confidential funds […]
Bakit dapat palakasin ang mga organisasyon ng magsasaka
Mayroong mga samahan ng magsasaka sa Pilipinas na lumalahok sa mga programang tulad ng United Nations Decade of Family Farming na ipinapatupad din ng gubyerno ng Pilipinas. Inumpisahan ito ng 2019 at matatapos sa 2028. Layunin ito na ipatampok ang papel ng maliliit na magsasaka sa pagpawi ng kagutuman sa buong mundo. Tinanong natin ang […]
Mensahe sa pagsasara ng unang Luis V. Teodoro Legacy Lectures
Hindi dapat magtapos ang ating pagdiriwang na hindi rin natin pagpugayan ang mga tulad ni Dean Luis sa ating hanay na nauna na: Si Engr. Ramon Ramirez ng Arkibong Bayan, Wilfredo Villareal ng Pokus-Gitnang Luson, at Kathleen Okubo ng Northern Dispatch.
Makabayan launches anti-political dynasty campaign
“We are against political dynasty. This is against democracy. This results in corruption and only serves the narrow interests of those already in power and their families,” Makabayan said.
Civilian accused of ‘financing terrorism’ with adobo
Anti-terrorism cases against civilians are getting weirder and weirder, with another charged of financing terrorism with the favorite Filipino dish adobo. After a Cordillera activist was accused of terror financing for operating a sari-sari store, Southern Tagalog civilian Alaiza Mari Lemita had been charged before the Department of Justice with violating republic Act 11479 or […]
Another NDFP peace consultant arrested; CPP demands Porferio Tuna’s immediate release
CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said Tuna’s arrest is meant to punish him for serving as consultant to formal peace negotiations between the NDFP and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).
Eleksyon Serye: ‘Team Buo’ vs ‘Team Wasak’ sa 2025
Hindi maaaring maliitin ang mga panawagang diretso sa puso ng mamamayan kahit sa karton o sako lamang ito nakasulat, mga balatenggang nakasabit sa pagitan ng mga puno ng niyog, sa may ilog, tulay, kalsada ng mga komunidad, sa mga paaralan at upisina, at iba pa. Ito ang eleksyong mag-iiwan ng tatak sa puso ng mamamayan kung ano ang tunay kahulugan ng pambansang demokrasya at kung bakit kailangang isulong ito mamamayan.