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OBR 2018 | Women rise against ‘fascist, misogynist Duterte’
OBR 2018 | Women rise against ‘fascist, misogynist Duterte’
“We are rising and resisting against our own President who doesn't seem to know how to respect women’s vaginas.”
Black Hearts Day | Health workers slam CPD law, delayed release of bonus
Black Hearts Day | Health workers slam CPD law, delayed release of bonus
Black hearts, they said, signify the government’s lack of concern for the plight of health workers, most of whom suffer from long hours of work with not enough take home pay. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- On Valentine’s Day health workers took to...
‘Duterte, most dangerous macho-fascist in the gov’t’- Gabriela Women’s Party
‘Duterte, most dangerous macho-fascist in the gov’t’- Gabriela Women’s Party
“We women have proven our worth and power in different levels, by joining forces with the numerous struggling masses.”
Big transport rally for genuine jeepney modernization set on Feb 19
Big transport rally for genuine jeepney modernization set on Feb 19
“Whatever twaddle they claim, the current jeepney operators will not be able to survive the fleet management and consolidation ordered in the Omnibus Franchising Guidelines.”
Rights group slam Anti-terror drill as license to suppress mass movement
Rights group slam Anti-terror drill as license to suppress mass movement
“The lockdown and the said operations are part of the Duterte administration's anti-communist hysteria, and has no objective other than to 'pacify the human rights movement in Davao, which has a proud history of advancing civil and political rights.”
How SC decided on the second extension of martial law in Mindanao
How SC decided on the second extension of martial law in Mindanao
Seen as a precedent to nationwide military rule in the Philippines, human rights groups and advocates and freedom-loving individuals readily opposed the second extension and denounced the Supreme Court's decision.
Groups protest continuing invasion of China in West Philippine Sea
Groups protest continuing invasion of China in West Philippine Sea
MANILA -- Multisectoral groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) trooped in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makita on Feb. 10 to denounce the continuing invasion of the West Philippine Sea. China was reportedly building an airtstrip in the Philippine...
Caravan to assert right to housing, resist eviction in Pandi held
Caravan to assert right to housing, resist eviction in Pandi held
The group also calls for the scrapping of the Senate Bill 1578, an Act Creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD). By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) led thousands...
Against the few for the many
Against the few for the many
The admonition that University of the Philippines students shouldn't be protesting in the streets but should instead be in their classrooms, and that by doing the first they're wasting the people's money, UP being a state university supported by their taxes, has...
Why let con-ass decide, when Charter Change enshrines pork – Bayan Muna
Why let con-ass decide, when Charter Change enshrines pork – Bayan Muna
Aside from the usual extension of the terms of incumbents, allowing 100 percent foreign ownership of Philippine resources and businesses, and removing provisions that guarantee human rights and civil liberties, the latest proposed amendments include enshrining the pork barrel system into the basic law of the land.
Progressives slam ‘policy of national sellout’ as Palace ignores Chinese takeover of PH reef
Progressives slam ‘policy of national sellout’ as Palace ignores Chinese takeover of PH reef
“Allowing China to build military facilities in our own backyard is not a move of good faith but an affirmation of the Duterte regime’s foreign policy of national sellout and subjugation to international powers.”
Oplan Double Barrel Reloaded: Overt, deadlier, more corrupt
Oplan Double Barrel Reloaded: Overt, deadlier, more corrupt
“The relaunch of the police and Duterte administration’s Oplan Tokhang, after being suspended twice in 2017, is a tacit admission that there is something fundamentally wrong with these policies.”
Rights group slams NFA memo forcing employees to submit personal info to military
Rights group slams NFA memo forcing employees to submit personal info to military
The NFA released a memorandum requiring its officials and employees to divulge their personal background, work history, location of residence, organizational affiliations, sketch of location of residences, places of residences since birth, foreign countries visited, among others.
A dance protest: ‘Chacha laban sa cha-cha’
A dance protest: ‘Chacha laban sa cha-cha’
Faced with the impending approval of the proposed Federal Constitution, they warned against Duterte’s charter change as a tool for forwarding a full-fledged dictatorship.
Declining adherence to the rule of law
Declining adherence to the rule of law
Among 113 countries surveyed in 2017 on adherence to the rule of law, the Philippines emerged with the biggest drop in ranking – from 70th to 88th (or 25th from the bottom). Billed as the Rule of Law Index, the survey involved getting inputs from 110,000 households...
‘Illegal arrest of NDFP peace consultant follows an unbelievably bad script’
‘Illegal arrest of NDFP peace consultant follows an unbelievably bad script’
“He is a publicly known person involved in advancing the peace process.”
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