NEWS RELEASE 16 August 2011 Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan dismissed today attempts by Charter Change proponents to paint a rosy post Cha-cha scenario. “Let us not be fooled by Cha-cha’s promise of investments. Our experience shows that foreign...
PRESS RELEASE 15 August 2011 MANILA -- “More trade and investment liberalization won’t solve the country’s poverty. Implementing these through Charter change is like mistaking the poison that has made the country ill for the medicine.” This was labor center...
PRESS RELEASE 15 August 2011 MANILA -- “Faced with workers’ continuing clamor for a significant wage hike, the Department of Trade and Industry is resorting to the age-old tactic of blackmailing workers with threats of massive layoffs.” This was the statement of...
PRESS RELEASE 15 August 2011 MANILA -- Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the Big 3 oil companies for implementing a less than P2.00 rollback in the prices of petroleum products today, saying a significant rollback should be implemented to provide immediate...
PRESS RELEASE 15 August 2011 The New People's Army (NPA) in Compostela Valley province today lambasted the 10th Infantry Division-Philippine Army-Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)-XI for blaming the NPA for the unintended...
MEDIA RELEASE 12 August 2011 MANILA -- “Given the present disposition of the Aquino regime, Charter change will most likely not serve the Moro people but the US’ capitalist and militarist interests.” This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s reaction to the Moro...
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, condemn with all our strength the mass killing of at least 92 people (including at least 85 youth) and wounding of many others in Norway last Friday. We convey most heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families,...
The likely hype and promises in the president's upcoming state of the nation address (SONA) should be seen in the context of economic realities, according to research group IBON. Pres. Aquino's performance has been notably poor in four important economic fronts:...
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today said the 8th Infantry Division is exploiting the bishops of the Catholic Church in Samar like chess pieces in Oplan Bayanihan's game of war. “It is reprehensible for 8th ID chief Gen. Mario Chan to exploit the...
PRESS RELEASE 24 June 2011 MANILA -- Workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the revival of trumped-up charges against its legal counsel and 71 other activists mainly from the Southern Tagalog region in a picket held today in front of the Regional...
MEDIA RELEASE 24 June 2011 MANILA -- “You cannot escape accountability with another lie,” said Marie Hilao-Enriquez in reaction to Gen. Eduardo Oban’s statement that there is “no HR (human rights) violations this year.” AFP chief Gen. Eduardo Oban earlier said in a...
GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY PRESS RELEASE JUNE 24, 2011 MANILA -- "The Philippine rich did not get richer simply because of the boom in the stock market. They have President Aquino's anti-labor policies to thank for their increased wealth," claimed GWP Rep. Emmi De...
PRESS RELEASE 24 June 2011 MANILA -- “This award to trade-union rights violator Dole Philippines, ECOP is a spit in the face of the workers of Dole, the Filipino workers and people.” This was the statement of labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno as it slammed the...
PRESS RELEASE June 13, 2011 MANILA -- University students and other youths are bewailing soaring tuition and other fees at the college level a year under the administration of Noynoy Aquino, despite a last year promise by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)...
PRESS RELEASE June 16, 2011 MANILA -- In marking the “National Day of Workers’ Condemnation Against Meager COLA’s,” labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno appealed to the country’s politicians to “do a Pacquiao” and support the P125 Wage Hike Bill pending in the House of...
MANILA - By issuing inflammatory and provocative statements, the Aquino government and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are stoking the Spratly Islands conflict in order to justify inviting US military presence in the South China sea lanes on the pretext...
PRESS RELEASE June 14, 2011 Davao City --- Farmers and lumads condemned the military encampment in civilian communities in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley Province which has terrorized schoolchildren and disrupted the farming of peasant folks. “The warring...
PRESS RELEASE June 14, 2011 MANILA -- The regional farmers’ alliance Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (AMGL, Peasant Alliance in Central Luzon) urged the Supreme Court to decide firmly on the Hacienda Luisita case and favorably to the farmworkers,...
PRESS RELEASE 13 June 2011 MANILA -- Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno expressed support for Philippine Airlines workers’ struggle to defend their jobs and go on strike if the national flag carrier hires contractual workers to fill up several positions vacated by...
News Release 9 June 2011 The Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), an organization of former political prisoners established during martial law, today said that Vice President Jejomar Binay’s recommendation for full military honors for the...
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