"Our primary call remains a salary increase since our GDP grew by four percent, so we are expecting that wages should also be increased."
"He was instead confronted by a certain Simon who later grabbed him by the collar, hit him with a piece of chopped wood, and threatened that he will be hanged or electrocuted if he does not cooperate with them."
Transportation costs are rising, but household incomes do not necessarily rise at the same pace.
Sino ang may-ari ng mga planta, sinu-sino ang may kontrol ng transmisyon at distribusyon, at para saan ba talaga ang Electric Power Industry Reform Act?
Losing CMFR feels a lot like losing a home.
"Why do they not care about the youth's livelihoods? Our education?"
"The reality is that we go unnoticed because we are located in such a distant area."
“I was alarmed and disappointed [by the redtagging remarks] especially coming from a military officer who is supposed to serve and protect the people.”
This event marked the beginning of the week of action at the UN General Assembly with the banner “No to War and Plunder, Fight for Peoples’ Rights, National Sovereignty, and Genuine Development.”
On September 23, 1972, the day Martial Law was announced, Ferdinand Marcos was certain — or, at the very least, he was determined to sound like it.
The September 21 protests will also be held in various parts of the country.
“Panginoon, ilang beses ko po ba dapat patawarin ang aking kapatid na nagkakasala sa akin? Hanggang pitong beses po ba?”
Parkour reached many parts of the Philippines, having small communities in Rizal, Navotas, Mindoro, IloIlo, and even parts of Visayas and Mindanao.
“While the Romualdezes are reveling in their stolen wealth, the people of Eastern Visayas struggle with extreme food insecurity.”
The groups rejected the Luzon Economic Corridor, calling it a "massive sellout" of Philippine patrimony.
I urge young journalists to never stop writing — our pens have once toppled down a dictatorship.
“The government must be held accountable for continuing to fund and sustain avenues that manufacture malicious narratives."
Vroi (wearing gray shirt), a young keeper of stray dogs and cats from Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur, spends a carefree afternoon playing in the water with his friends. Within life's simple pleasures, his story is an epitome of both the joy of childhood and an uncommon compassion for animals.
For most workers who live on a tight budget, the suspension of wage hike is more than a legal development. It is a delay in money they had been counting on.
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