Youth solon files bill for free public college
“At a more fundamental level, the passage of this bill will also result in the reversal of decades of attacks on the right of every Filipino to education."
Youth solon files bill for free public college
Anne Marxze D. Umil was Bulatlat’s first intern turned into its investigative reporter. She takes most things seriously, except praises about her. Sometimes, she cracks jokes that make everyone in the newsroom giggly.
Anne Marxze D. Umil was Bulatlat’s first intern turned into its investigative reporter. She takes most things seriously, except praises about her. Sometimes, she cracks jokes that make everyone in the newsroom giggly.
Solons push for 100-day paid maternity leave bill
Solons push for 100-day paid maternity leave bill
“Let us mark the first month of 2017 with a bold, landmark move to uphold and promote women’s vital role in economy by approving House Bill 4113 extending the maternity leave to 100 days."
Miss Universe parody shows real state of women
Miss Universe parody shows real state of women
Miss ENDOnasya, Miss Demolition Republic, Miss No Land, Miss Escuela Lumpoor and Miss Saudi ArabYaya were the contestants in Gabriela's “Miss Neolibers Reality Pageant.”
PH progressives protest Trump on inauguration
PH progressives protest Trump on inauguration
Bayan called Trump’s rise to the presidency “as a product of the US government’s failed neoliberal economic policies.”
Progressive youths to fight for ‘free public education at all levels’
Progressive youths to fight for ‘free public education at all levels’
Will the increased education budget equate to free college for all? Youth groups vow to make it so.
Yearender 2016 | Privatization of education continues under Duterte
Yearender 2016 | Privatization of education continues under Duterte
Progressive youth and teachers groups welcomed the budgetary increase that will make tuition in state universities and colleges free, but criticized the expansion of the voucher system, which, they said, privatizes the public education system.
‘Duterte is doing an Aquino’ | Youth groups protest impending veto of SSS pension hike
‘Duterte is doing an Aquino’ | Youth groups protest impending veto of SSS pension hike
"As it stays longers in power, the Duterte regime is turning out to be only full of empty promises."
Stop human rights violations, groups say
Stop human rights violations, groups say
Some 5,000 progressives marched on Dec. 10, the 68th commemoration of International Human Rights Day, to denounce human rights violations, which they say continued and worsened under the six-month-old Duterte administration.
Progressives tell Duterte: ‘Enough with human rights violations’
Progressives tell Duterte: ‘Enough with human rights violations’
“This is not the change we want.”
Urban poor protest caravan calls for free mass housing, stop to killings
Urban poor protest caravan calls for free mass housing, stop to killings
“What we need are jobs and houses, not coffins.”
Political prisoners, kin, start fasting
Political prisoners, kin, start fasting
Political prisoners and their kin have started skipping meals to protest their continued detention in spite of President Duterte's pronouncement on their release.
‘Grim Christmas’ | Public school teachers demand release of bonus
‘Grim Christmas’ | Public school teachers demand release of bonus
Teachers protest the delay in the release of their performance-based bonuses.
Youth pledge to continue struggle for a better society
Youth pledge to continue struggle for a better society
During the #BlackFriday protest held at the Rizal Park, youth leaders pay tribute to the Martial Law activists who fought the Marcos dictatorship and vow to carry on the fight against and unjust system that favors the ruling elite and oppresses the poor and the...
Millennials lead protest against historical revisionism
Millennials lead protest against historical revisionism
“It is our future that is at stake here that is why it is only right that we speak out against it (Marcos burial).”
‘Anti-people’ | Health workers slam DOH secretary on planned firing of 7,000 nurses
‘Anti-people’ | Health workers slam DOH secretary on planned firing of 7,000 nurses
Instead of providing more personnel to the villages, Health Secretary Ubial’s plan is to retrench health workers.
NLRC orders Miriam College to reinstate their wrongly retrenched professors
NLRC orders Miriam College to reinstate their wrongly retrenched professors
Labor Arbiter Julio Gayaman “found that the school failed to prove the validity of retrenchment, which employers should use upon imminent and substantial loss and only as the last resort.”
Youth group opposes revival of mandatory ROTC
Youth group opposes revival of mandatory ROTC
MANILA -- Progressive youth group Anakbayan held a picket in front of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo today, Nov. 15. They are opposing the proposals to revive the mandatory Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC)....
Renewed attacks on IP schools prompt calls for investigation in Congress
Renewed attacks on IP schools prompt calls for investigation in Congress
In Sultan Kudarat, the town mayor, the police and some local govt agencies are bringing the military's counter-insurgency operations to IP schools, forcingout of school over a thousand Dulangan Manobo students.
A nurse’s plight under health care system ruled by patronage politics
A nurse’s plight under health care system ruled by patronage politics
“If you do not have that certification, you cannot avail of hospital services.”
Gabriela Women’s Party backs Duterte on ending labor migration
Gabriela Women’s Party backs Duterte on ending labor migration
The women’s partylist hoped that with President Duterte’s statement, no woman will have the same fate as Irma Jotojot.
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