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By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
OFWs and domestic helpers are still going through the same nightmare that Flor Contemplacion suffered. Many rot in jail. Several have been sentenced to death. Thousands suffer abuse from their employers and neglected by their government. To these OFWs, the Arroyo regime is "chief executioner of the rights and welfare of OFWs."
The worst thing that could happen with the expected low participation in the party-list elections is that it would create an opportunity for the Arroyo government to pad votes for Malacañang-sponsored party-list groups.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Hundreds of students at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines walked out of their classes today to denounce a proposal to increase the school's tuition by as much as 2,000 percent. The students, nearly a thousand of them, threw armchairs, tables and papers down to the ground floor and set these on fire.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The AFP said the commission should first get clearance from the courts before the AFP could produce the detainees. CHR chairwoman Leila de Lima retorted: "Please do not restrict our authority to determine the truth."
By RONALYN V. OLEA and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Elements of the military have been roaming around urban centers in Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog and Mindanao with the objective of not only of driving these groups from the communities but campaigning against their candidates.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Josie Lichauco, who passed away recently, was that rare person who, despite or perhaps because of, her rich and privileged background, found the courage to speak the truth and tilt at the windmills of arrogant power. She came down from her perch in high society and marched with the abused and the dispossessed.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aspiring senator and Gabriela Women's Partylist Rep. Liza Maza unveils her fashion line that promotes nationalism.
Sidebar: Angel Locsin and Sandra Araullo -- Two Accomplished Women and Their Advocacies
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said today that 15 soldiers -- not 11 as initially reported in the media -- died in the firefight between government troops and New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, on March 6.
Video: Filipino Women Take a Day Off to March
In a press conference, the detainees’ children issued an appeal to the government. “As we are about to celebrate the International Women’s Day on March 8, children of the 43 jailed health workers want their mother, sister and grandparents to celebrate the day together with them, outside Camp Capinpin and away from any harm, threat and abuse.”
By MARYA SALAMAT
The Philippine General Hospital -- the country’s hospital of last resort especially for indigent patients, a key training ground for students of the University of the Philippines, and the premier public hospital in the country -- is currently embroiled in a mess over who should be its rightful director. It's an imbroglio that has its roots to a multi-million peso lease contract.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The Supreme Court’s (SC) recent resolution upholding with finality the constitutionality of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) sends a wrong message to victims of US atrocities, warned a Mindanao coalition.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Online and in the streets, Judy Taguiwalo is an inspiration to a new generation of Filipino activists, particularly women activists. Her world view is shaped by our nation’s history -- a history that not too many Filipinos had the courage to confront nor the opportunity or inclination to take part in. She insists on correcting mistakes and learning from them. And she roasts a mean chicken with Kikkoman and lemon grass.
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