Day: July 6, 2015
Indigenous peoples slam Aquino’s ‘5 years of fascism’
In the past five years, operations of military and paramilitary groups have killed, threatened, displaced indigenous communities and close down their schools.
News in pictures | State workers protest harassment
Their dialogue and complaint-filing at the Department of Justice may hang in the air for the moment, but the voices of the members of Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) were not silenced as they sought justice, in a protest in front of the DOJ office at Padre Faura, Ermita, Manila…
The conscience of a radical or how the Left can join parliament and reject opportunism at the same time
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Some academics lauded a partylist legislator who resigned from Congress because of the latter’s inability to faithfully represent and defend the majority position of his political party. In particular, the legislator said he already disagrees with the stand of his party to remain a coalition partner of the president whom he…
Fil-Am Friendship Day | ‘No friendly relations’
MANILA – Progressive groups led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) protested at the United States embassy along Roxas Boulevard on July 4, Filipino-American Friendship Day. “There’s no friendly relations between US and the Philippines. The only relationship that exists on both countries is a master-slave relationship,” Eleanor de Guzman of BAYAN said. She said…
Fisher folk groups protest Chinese aggression in West Ph Sea
“It is a huge suffering for the fishermen, especially for their families. If you have no money and your pots are empty, what will happen to you?”