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“Ordinary employees and workers like us who are now pensioners contribute greatly to the SSS funds yet in our twilight years, we, pensioners, are in dire need of means to purchase our own food, medicines, and other household needs. We deserve better treatment from the SSS."
A leader of small-scale miners opposed to open-pit mine in Pantukan survives a gun assault.
“Emperor Akihito’s state visit, prompting the Visiting Forces Agreement between Japan and the Philippines, betrays Japan’s real intentions to bully Asia militarily.”
“There is enough basis to question how Acef was used but Congress is turning a blind eye…”
“The proposed reform will not raise the quality of UP education contrary to what the proponents say. UP has long suffered from dilapidated facilities, high tuition, and exorbitant fees due to lack of state support. What we need is a truly progressive, patriotic and mass-oriented UP education, not more colonial education.”
“Twenty nine years ago, genuine land reform was the demand of Filipino farmers. Today, nine out of ten farmers do not own the land they till.” – KMP chairperson Rafael Mariano
Before the incident, the Sustento family and other tillers experienced harassment while defending their collective land cultivation area.
The decision to participate in the party-list elections is a desperate attempt to bring their issues to the electorate: the rape of forests, the plunder of resources, the torching of schools and the killing of elders.
“We welcome a brand new year with another victory, proving that good things come to those who fight for justice and their rights.”
“Our only wish is for the case against her recruiters in Baloc trial court to proceed faster, and for her to go home this 2016.”
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“The issue of privatization in health entered national consciousness, and became part of national discourse.”
“His plight, and that of many political prisoners, shows us the continuing injustice prevailing under the Aquino regime.”
“We are urging the DFA to consider issuing a necessary and timely precautionary advisory to all Filipinos living and working in Saudi Arabia and Iran.”
While there are many reasons to celebrate the temporary stay of Mary Jane Veloso’s execution, there are still many reasons to seethe with rage.
Joselito Zapanta, 35, is the eighth Filipino to be executed abroad under President Aquino, the highest under one administration.
“The future of our climate is in peril if we allow polluter countries and companies to run the world on its business-as-usual pathway.”
“What BS Aquino mouthed during the Climate Change Symposium is nothing but lip service that is totally detached from reality.”
When Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) arrived at the alleged mass grave site, about six civilians were already digging and skeletal remains and clothes were on the surface.
“Teachers have the greatest responsibility, but the enormous salary lag compared to top government officials is despicable.”
“I have already suffered 11 years of unjust and cruel detention as a political prisoner.”
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