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Oil price review committee, deodorant of oil cartel-Aquino govt collusion?

By MARYA SALAMAT
Progressive groups are criticizing the Independent Oil Price Review Committee for limiting itself to ‘surface data’ and refusing to delve deeper into the supply contracts and inventories of oil companies; for starting from the assumption that the Oil Deregulation Law is for the people’s benefit; and for relying on data ‘voluntarily supplied’ by oil companies.

Sidebar:Probe on findings of Independent Oil Price Review Committee urged

Marya Salamat | Sep 7, 2012

Breastfeeding advocacy groups oppose amendments to Milk Code

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
After losing a Supreme Court battle to block the implementation of the Milk Code in 2007, multinational formula milk companies are now lobbying Congress to reverse the gains in promoting breastfeeding and restrict formula milk advertising.

Sidebar: Dispelling false notions about breastfeeding

Milk-letting activity highlight campaign against amendments to Milk Code

Ina Alleco Silverio | Sep 7, 2012

NDFP remains hopeful peace talks to resume

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Sometimes, you ask ‘Why should you still have talks with a regime that shows no political will? That violates human rights? On the other hand, the economic crisis is worsening and it shows the necessity of holding negotiations on socio-economic reforms to address the roots of the armed conflict.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP

Sidebar: Police, military collude to defy court order, keep Red leader in military detention

Ronalyn V. Olea | Sep 5, 2012

Suspected Cafgu members attack Lumad protest camp in Bukidnon

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Lumad families left their community and set up a protest camp in Bukidnon after their village leader Jimmy Liguyon was killed by Alde "Butchoy" Salusad of the New Indigenous Peoples’ Army Reform (NIPAR) and his father, Nonong Salusad, a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographic Unit (CAFGU). But paramilitary forces continue to attack them with impunity.

Ina Alleco Silverio | Sep 5, 2012

40 years after, martial law activists still clamor for justice

ByRONALYN V. OLEA
“Forty is not just a number to remember but a reminder of the length of time we have been fighting impunity and for the attainment of justice. “ – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan

Ronalyn V. Olea | Sep 5, 2012

Transport leader killed in Pampanga

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Ponciano " Poncing" Infante, president of the local transport group Pasada-Angeles City and the Pandan-Angeles Drivers Operators Association, was killed by two men riding a motorcycle last September 3. George San Mateo of Piston said Infante is the fourth transport leader killed this year.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Sep 5, 2012

Anti-mining tribe leader in Zamboanga ambushed, 11-year old son killed

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
At present, the ancestral domain of the Subanen's in Bayog has eight mining permit applications, three approved Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSA), one approved Exploration Permit and numerous illegal small-scale mining operations.

Ina Alleco Silverio | Sep 4, 2012

MMDA workers fight for incentive, hit planned ‘realignment’ of savings

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The MMDA has millions of deposits in various banks, composed of ‘savings’ it kept a secret, and which, by law, should have funded the employees’ benefits and incentives.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Sep 4, 2012

Antonio Zumel @ 80, He never wrote 30

By MARYA SALAMAT
On the occasion of his 80th birthday, family, friends, comrades, and journalists remembered the life and works of a great journalist and revolutionary martyr, Antonio Zumel. Death may have stopped Antumel from continuing with his work in the service of the Filipino people, but his life continues to inspire.

What Manong means to us

Marya Salamat | Sep 3, 2012

Planned MRT, LRT fare hikes in 2013, passing of burden of government debts to commuters

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Renato Reyes of Bayan said the government is heavily subsidizing the MRT and LRT because of the onerous contracts and loan guarantees it entered into with foreign banks and investors as part of a public-private partnership project.

Anne Marxze Umil | Aug 31, 2012

Kin of missing call on Aquino to stop enforced disappearances

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Nothing has changed. In two years of the Aquino administration, there are already 11 victims of enforced disappearances.”

Ronalyn V. Olea | Aug 30, 2012

Piston leads weekly protests against oil price hikes

By MARYA SALAMAT
In recognition of its consistent record in fighting for the people’s welfare against incessant oil price hikes, the Oil Deregulation Law, and the VAT on oil products, the Comelec approved the application for accreditation of transport group Piston as a partylist group.

Marya Salamat | Aug 29, 2012

Philsteel workers terminated for refusing CBA moratorium

By MARYA SALAMAT
“Any step taken by the capitalist to take away the past victories of Philsteel workers’ continuing struggle is a blow on the entire labor movement of Southern Tagalog.”

Marya Salamat | Aug 29, 2012

OFW’s prolonged detention sparks calls for amendments to Taiwan Immigration law

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"Even as we seek redress for the wrongs that she [Helen Gayta Carumba] has suffered in the hands of the Taiwanese government, we also understand the urgency of facilitating her early release and repatriation to the Philippines. Any amount that you are able to provide will be a moral contribution to Helen’s human rights, as well as those of other, similarly-situated migrant workers." – APMM

Ina Alleco Silverio | Aug 29, 2012

Privatization of government hospitals, further marginalizing the poor in the name of profit

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The costs of health services in earlier corporatized government hospitals such as the Philippine Heart Center, the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP), National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) and Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) belie the government’s claim that privatization will lead to more “accessible and affordable health care” for the poor.

Sidebar:
Laying the foundations for the privatization of government hospitals

Attacking progressive unions in government hospitals to pave the way for privatization

Anne Marxze Umil | Aug 29, 2012

Support pours for slain urban poor kin

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“It hurts that we lost our mother. She spent her life fighting for the welfare of families living here. She died here. And this is the same place where we would gather our strength to rise back.” – daughter of slain urban poor leader Marilou Valle

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Aug 29, 2012

Farmers from Quezon province leave homes as soldiers terrorize villages

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We hope the soldiers would leave soon so we can go back to our place.”

Ronalyn V. Olea | Aug 25, 2012

Docking of warship part of US’s plan for Asia missile defense system

By MARYA SALAMAT
Steven Hildreth, a missile-defense expert with the Congressional Research Service, an advisory arm of US Congress, was quoted as saying that the U.S. is "laying the foundations" for a region-wide missile defense system that would combine U.S. ballistic missile defenses with those of regional powers, particularly Japan, South Korea and Australia.

Marya Salamat | Aug 24, 2012

Beyond charity: analyzing relief work in the context of social conflict

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The question is, what has the government – this government and its predecessors – done to ensure that the damage wrought by natural phenomenon does not reach levels of extreme devastation?"

Ina Alleco Silverio | Aug 24, 2012

Makati City to displace urban poor to build ‘bigger, better baranggay hall’

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We will defend our houses, we will defend our rights. We have as much right to live in Makati as the rich folk here."

Ina Alleco Silverio | Aug 24, 2012

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Oil price review committee, deodorant of oil cartel-Aquino govt collusion?

Breastfeeding advocacy groups oppose amendments to Milk Code

NDFP remains hopeful peace talks to resume

Suspected Cafgu members attack Lumad protest camp in Bukidnon

40 years after, martial law activists still clamor for justice

Transport leader killed in Pampanga

Anti-mining tribe leader in Zamboanga ambushed, 11-year old son killed

MMDA workers fight for incentive, hit planned ‘realignment’ of savings

Antonio Zumel @ 80, He never wrote 30

Planned MRT, LRT fare hikes in 2013, passing of burden of government debts to commuters

Kin of missing call on Aquino to stop enforced disappearances

Piston leads weekly protests against oil price hikes

Philsteel workers terminated for refusing CBA moratorium

OFW’s prolonged detention sparks calls for amendments to Taiwan Immigration law

Privatization of government hospitals, further marginalizing the poor in the name of profit

Support pours for slain urban poor kin

Farmers from Quezon province leave homes as soldiers terrorize villages

Docking of warship part of US’s plan for Asia missile defense system

Beyond charity: analyzing relief work in the context of social conflict

Makati City to displace urban poor to build ‘bigger, better baranggay hall’

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