“Management is claiming that the company is losing money but showed no proof to back up its claim.”
Union busting seen as motive behind job massacre at TV5
Month: February 2017
How dare they
By DEE AYROSO
Treading the same path
By RENAN ORTIZ
Public feels impact of nationwide strike vs jeepney phaseout, corporatization
“Through standards only a few foreign corporations could comply to, and through selling vehicles only they could manufacture, jeepney operators are subjected to the monopoly of these corporations, and they would be mired in debt.”
Different perspectives on the 1986 Edsa uprising
How do you regard today’s observance of the peaceful people’s uprising that led to the ouster of the Marcos martial law dictatorship in February 1986? Three separate activities mark this year’s observance: each one representing a different perspective of those dramatic events that caught the attention of the world. Tellingly perhaps, the Malacanang-led rites will…
EDSA 1986: The revolution that wasn’t
“Low key” is how this year’s commemoration of the February 1986 civilian-military uprising known as EDSA 1 is being described by the Duterte regime. There will be none of the “Salubungan” (the meeting of the key leaders of the mutiny and defecting police and military officers) that had been part of the celebration since the…
Caser | Advancing the people’s right to health
Progressive health groups still pin hope on the resumption of the GRP-NDFP peace talks to bring in reforms in health service.
Mary Jane to testify on April 27, nearly 2 years since reprieve
“Finally, after protracted and tedious legal wrangling over quite novel circumstances, Mary Jane will be able to freely tell her whole story and cruel ordeal which will be officially considered by the Philippine trial court.
31st Edsa | Progressives remind Duterte: ‘Fascism failed then, will fail now’
The lesson of Edsa People Power should serve as a warning to President Duterte, said progressives.
Pilî na mga Persona sa Himno ng People Power at Awit-protesta
Ni ABET UMIL Magkahiwalay ang mga aktibidad, ng walong buwan pa lamang na administrasyon ni Presidente Rodrigo Roa Duterte at Liberal Party, para sa ika-31 taong komemorasyon ng People Power 1. Bagamat tungkol sa kapangyarihan ng pagkakaisa ng sambayanan na nagpatalsik sa diktador, dating Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos, ang historikong pagbabagong panlipunan ang pangyayaring iyon…
An Unofficial Guide to Understanding the Socio-Economic Proposals of Filipino Communists
The most important peace document submitted by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines contains seven parts and is 82 pages long. Here’s a summary of the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms or CASER: The preamble links the country’s economic backwardness to its colonial history. But it also highlights the potential to…