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“This attempt to curtail my liberty and stop me from my advocacies and social involvement is happening in the shadow of Duterte-Arroyo-Marcos alliance.”
When you see a rally, you assume it is a hakot crowd. Maybe you think rallies are similar to the assemblies organized by trapos during campaign sorties. But only politicians pay people to attend events and their own self-serving rallies. Unfortunately, too, there...
“Serious doubt has been raised over the malicious statements of the witnesses, which were the sole basis of information about the murder charges.”
Journalists need only the same protection that government is mandated to provide every citizen, and do not have to be singled out as members of a privileged group, hence the superfluity of any special recognition of their rights through alleged Magna Cartas that are actually meant to impose government control and regulation.
In this video, former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and lawyer Neri Colmenares explain why people should reject the present administration's plan to shift to a federal form of...
The first United People’s SONA gathered broad and diverse groups of people to share “the true SONA” on Monday, July 23, 2018. From the main converging areas all over the University of the Philippines in Diliman to the march to Commonwealth, the participants demonstrated organized discipline and displayed similar calls in their colorful attire and banners.
Highlighted among visual protest arts is the steampunk-inspired effigy “DuterTRAIN: Pagsagasa sa Mamamaya” made by artist collective UGATLahi. It was referenced from the socio-economic crisis that followed the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.
READ ALSO: In peril: Southeast Asia’s environment and its defenders (Part 1 of 2) By Clemente Bautista Jr. and Paul Christian Yang-ed Kalikasan has been conducting researches into the cases of killings of environmental defenders in Southeast Asia. From the data we...
For most Filipino families, especially the poor and those in the lower income brackets, the rising costs of these basic needs mean tremendous pressure on household budgets.
The national debt is equal to 48 percent of the 6.8-percent GDP in the first quarter of this year.
“What we have really is a state of hunger.”
“What kind of values does he promote if he is a macho-fascist who promotes machismo, anger, and the degradation of women?”
The Transitory Provisions state that the term of the incumbent president and vice president would end on June 30, 2022 and Duterte is not allowed to run for president in the May 2022 elections. However, he may still run as the transition president.
Ni NANETTE CASTILLO 16 years old ako nang ikaw ay aking ipagbuntis, Ang sabi ng iba ako’y bata pa at walang alam, baka ako’y mahirapan Subalit nang ikaw ay sumipa sa aking sinapupunan, Agad agad ramdam kong ako’y handa nang maging nanay. Agosto 24 ikaw ay aking...
“The one change he brought is more killings.”
“If not for development workers like you, I could just imagine how miserable the country would be right now.”
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