Special Report:
“Where will the poor mothers go?”
Special Report:
“Where will the poor mothers go?”
“For Health Secretary Janette Garin, if the hand hurts, the head must be decapitated. Is that the right solution?”
MANILA – Hospital equipment have began to be pulled out from the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, June 1. Health workers and residents from surrounding communities barricaded the gate to prevent two trucks carrying out equipment from the hospital. The Alliance of Health Workers said police men and additional security guards are now…
“Our victory symbolizes women who are fighting for their rights, for children and for the nation.”
“Clients and health workers are uniting to call on the DOH to desist from putting into danger the situation of our mothers, because this move will surely increase maternal death rates in the Philippines.”
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), through its partylist, ACT Teachers garnered two seats in the 17th Congress.
“Across sectors, we stand firm and united in our demand to stop the K to 12 program. Today, we wish to show President Duterte that there is a growing number of youth and students, teachers, parents, and other parts of our society who are looking forward to his actions against the anti-people K to 12 policy.”
“The election is over, but teachers who served as BEIs and support staff remain unpaid their corresponding honorarium.”
“The election period has highlighted the youth sector’s clamor for free public education up to the tertiary level, a move that can only be achieved by stopping tuition and other fee increases and at the same time, allocating greater state funding for public education institutions, including all state universities and colleges.”
“We need to ready ourselves for an intensified fight for our democratic rights.”
“This is the only hospital that caters to poor mothers, not only those who live here in Manila but also nearby provinces, and still the government will close it down.”