PRESS RELEASE March 3, 2010 Manila – The left-wing Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) criticized Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s tactic of fronting his sisters Maria Elena “Ballsy” Aquino-Cruz, Aurora Corazon “Pinky” Aquino-Abellada and Victoria Eliza “Viel” Aquino-Dee on the Hacienda Luisita issue. It was reported that his sisters also…
Day: March 3, 2010
Green Groups Blame Privatization of Natural Resources as Real Cause of Water and Energy Crises
Press Release 3 March 2010 Indigenous peoples, scientists and environmental activists demand the cancellation of water permits of large-scale mining corporations and foreign energy operators in the country in a protest action in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The action was timed during the 15th anniversary of the passing of…
OFW Victim of Labor Malpractices Pleads for Repatriation
Press Release 3 March 2010 “Since Annasban Group has no feedback to my complaints for not fulfilling their obligations and responsibility relating to my Employment Contract as written in Terms & Conditions which I submitted to your good office recently, I decided therefore that I am not interested to get a release from Annasban Company…
Migrants Group Support Camp-Out at OWWA
PRESS RELEASE March 3, 2010 The moment has come. Today, March 3, the mostly women OFWs of the Annasban Group of Companies have vowed never to leave the premises of OWWA until justice is served. Campout it is! Since October last year, 88 Filipino caregivers have went into work-stoppage as the notorious Annasban Company in…
Repatriated OFWs Stage Camp-Out at OWWA
NEWS RELEASE March 3, 2010 In one of the most militant forms of protest by Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in history, women caregivers repatriated from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today erected a camp-out in front of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and vowed to stay until their demands for justice are met, and called on…
GSIS Multi-Million Midnight Deal Bane to Employees – Courage
PRESS RELEASE March 3, 2010 Barely a few months before the current administration’s term ends, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is embarking on another multi-million project this time on another identification card which merely duplicates the function of the pension fund’s e-card and e-card plus. That the P270 million Unified Multi Identification card or…
SC Decision Won’t End VFA Controversy
News Release March 3, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and the Junk VFA Movement today warned that controversies will continue to hound the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement despite the final ruling of the Supreme Court upholding its constitutionality. The SC, in a 2-page resolution, said it was upholding its earlier 2009 decision on…
Appeal on the 100th Day Since the Ampatuan Massacre
PRESS RELEASE March 3, 2010 Today, March 3, 2010, we mark the 100th day since the November 23 Ampatuan Massacre, when 32 of our colleagues, along with 25 other people, were slaughtered in the worst election-related violence in our history and the worst single attack on the press ever. The National Union of Journalists of…
PGMA: #1 Homewrecker — Gabriela
News Release 03 March 2010 Members of GABRIELA, a national alliance of women’s organizations, tagged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the “number one homewrecker” as they trooped to Mendiola Bridge today to strongly condemn the administration’ s gross failure to provide the people even the most basic of social services like housing. According to the group,…