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Privatization will affect poor patients, government health workers

For public health workers, serving the Filipino people should always be the government’s priority.

Anne Marxze Umil | May 15, 2013

Canvassing of votes, not spared from problems

When the unofficial results being tallied by the PPCRV yielded a numerically improbable total, Smartmatic technicians proceeded to change a script of the source code, which, to IT experts, proves that the election results could easily be tampered with.

Marya Salamat | May 14, 2013

PCOS machine malfunctions raise questions on election results

Instead of releasing partial, unofficial results and providing “trends” based on unreliably tallied votes, the Comelec must order the manual counting of votes.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares

Marya Salamat | May 14, 2013

Widespread PCOS troubles mar voting nationwide

During the 2010 elections, 16-percent of reports to Kontradaya involved PCOS machines; this election, it made up three of every five reports to KontraDaya.

Marya Salamat | May 13, 2013

A quick look at select candidates for Senator in the 2013 elections

There are 33 candidates for Senator vying for 12 seats in the upcoming May 13 elections. Some are names with political pedigree, some without. Some are worth considering, some raise eyebrows. But all of them are, as expected, promising great things and have packaged and repackaged themselves to court votes.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | May 11, 2013

‘Source code review too late to make elections honest, secure’

“It does not take too much brain matter to come to the conclusion that all these media releases are just for show. We don’t have a real source code for 2013 that is available and open. We’ve been had again.” – Dr. Pablo R. Manalastas, IT Fellow of the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)

Marya Salamat | May 10, 2013

Can Filipinos ever get rid of political dynasties?

If pre-election surveys are to be believed, the final pre-election poll conducted by the Social Weather Stations on May 2 and 3 shows that nearly all who “got in” the Magic 12 are those with political pedigree.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | May 10, 2013

Church groups call on gov’t to resume peace talks with Reds

"What we want is a just and lasting peace. And the GPH's declaration is pushing the war and not resolving the problem." ¬– Bishop Mar Inong, United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP)

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 9, 2013

The champion of women in Congress

Women’s activism is in their blood and they pursue it in the streets and within the halls of Congress.

Anne Marxze Umil | May 10, 2013

Election watchdog questions Comelec’s decision to delay review of source code

Without credible and timely source code review and bug fixing, and considering all the reported PCOS failings plus the questionably undisclosed nature of licenses entered into by the Comelec, the AES Watch dares Comelec to do a 100-percent Parallel Manual count as a contingency measure.

Marya Salamat | May 8, 2013

Fernando ‘Ka Pando’ Hicap, from the streets to possibly, Congress as Anakpawis rep

He may have dropped out of high school but his biggest qualification is his almost three decades of involvement in the struggles of fisherfolk.

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 7, 2013

Progressive partylists cite solutions to low wages, unemployment

“No nation can prosper while its population wallow in unemployment and the government’s remedy for the problem is to herd its people and leave them to their fates abroad.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares

Marya Salamat | May 5, 2013

OFW kin join workers on Labor Day, call on gov’t to stop labor migration policy

“How can the Aquino administration have the gall to assert that the Philippines is a ‘tiger economy’ when we continue to drive workers out of the country because of joblessness, low wages, lack of basic social services and unending price hikes?” – Migrante

Janess Ann J. Ellao | May 3, 2013

Workers identify contractualization as their biggest enemy

There are many forms of contractualization in different industries.

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 3, 2013

Progressive workers celebrate their struggles on Labor Day

“We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to His Eminence, Archbishop Tagle, for showing sympathy to the plight of the country’s workers and support to our calls. His sympathy and support give workers more strength in pushing for a substantial wage hike, regular jobs and respect for labor rights.” – KMU
Read also: Casiño, progressive partylists to voters: Elect candidates supporting workers

Marya Salamat | May 2, 2013

Senatorial bet Casiño criticizes Aquino for depressing wages, pushing contractualization

“There really is something wrong in a system where workers are being deprived of the salary they deserve while companies are allowed to milk as much profits from their businesses. In the first place, there will be no progress and growth in any economy if not for workers.”

Marya Salamat | May 1, 2013

NDFP says Aquino gov’t is interested only in its surrender, not a political settlement

While the chief negotiator of the Aquino government Alexander Padilla is blaming the NDFP for setting preconditions – the release of detained NDFP consultants – Luis Jalandoni, chairman of the NDFP panel, said the government is the one insisting on a precondition, an indefinite ceasefire.

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 1, 2013

Labor group dismisses Aquino talks with labor leaders as mere P.R. stunt

The KMU said the Aquino government has no intention of providing relief, much less prosperity for workers.