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By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Giant oil companies, banks and investment houses have invented other blatant ways of pushing up oil prices, aside from monopoly pricing and speculative trading in oil futures.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan served former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo well as chief implementer of Oplan Bantay Laya, and the Cojuangcos as ‘protector’ of their landholdings. Is it any wonder why, despite being subject to manhunt, he is still at large?
By MARYA SALAMAT
By denying public health workers their legally-mandated benefits, the Aquino government has practically reduced their monthly take-home pay.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Despite winning a Supreme Court decision ordering the distribution, at last, of Hacienda Luisita lands to farm workers, their life has not become easier as soldiers continue to harass them.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
She went abroad to job contracts that turned out to be undocumented by Philippine government agencies, but does this mean that her death would be left uninvestigated?
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Filipino women are calling for an end to US intervention, the rape of women and of our nation.” - Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women's Party
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Three women share the burdens of working women in the country, and the world
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Sins against Filipino women are being committed on a daily basis.”
By MARYA SALAMAT
Even if Aquino manages to get a bigger share in the mining firms’ declared profits, it would be nothing compared to the mining firms' profits and worth of 'plundered' wealth.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
In war-torn Syria, the Philippine embassy is sending distressed OFWs to jail when they escaped the maltreatment of employers and danger of war.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Gani, considered as a giant in the Philippine media industry, is a simple man, a loving father, a passionate teacher and a staunch defender of press freedom.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We expected the Philippines, as chair of the Committee on Domestic Workers that deliberated on the text of the convention with recommendations, to be the first or one of the first to ratify the convention but so far, it seems that it is not in the list of President Aquino’s priorities.” – Filipino Migrant Workers’ Union
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
In the morning of March 8, Gabriela will hold a protest action at the Pandacan Oil Deport and in the afternoon at around 2 p.m., the women's group will hold a program at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo to be capped by a torch parade from Plaza Miranda to Mendiola in the evening.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Benjamin Mancera died while embracing his seven-year old son Richard; another son Michael, 10, died still holding a ballpen in the bedroom.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Even with a new government that promised to pursue reforms in governance, the killings, disappearances and violations continue. Being a human rights defender still means putting one’s life on the line.” -- human rights groups
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The government wants to project itself as compassionate and humane because it provides these relocation sites, but it will not admit that there are so many things that are wrong in these sites and people do not benefit from being forced to live there." – Gabriela Women's Party
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It is heartbreaking when so many young people are denied the right to education simply because it has become out of reach due to the high fees.” – National Union of Students in the Philippines
Sidebar: ‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Coming from a peasant family and orphaned at a young age, Nanay Pining never thought that she would become part of Gabriela, singing in front of thousands of people, and doing her share in the struggle of women and the Filipino people.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The People’s Mining bill embodies the people’s aspirations on how mining could benefit the people.
Sidebar: John Arcilla, actor, environmentalist attends Peoples’ Mining Conference
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“These recent attacks on campus journalists show that the Aquino administration is insincere in ending the culture of impunity.” – College Editors Guild of the Philippines
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“I’m about to cry. It’s been five years and we are not even closer to finding Jonas.” – Mrs. Edita Burgos
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