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Campaign Finance Audit 2022 | Marcos return to Malacañang funded by donors linked to father’s ‘cronies’, gov’t contractors
Campaign Finance Audit 2022 | Marcos return to Malacañang funded by donors linked to father’s ‘cronies’, gov’t contractors
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas footed 40% of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign bill through party treasurer Antonio Ernesto “Anton” Floirendo Lagdameo Jr., grandson of his father’s close business associate. The remaining cost was covered by today’s opulent names in real estate, retail, construction, and shipping industries.
From bodong to electricity
From bodong to electricity
It took the community four years to construct the dam and the canal towards the power station. Aside from their labor, the community cut trees for lumber as their contribution to the project. They built a cement platform for the machinery and a small building for the power station. The community’s remoteness prevented them from bringing motorized machines to help them; everything had to be done by hand.
Loved ones remember the disappeared
Loved ones remember the disappeared
“We still call for justice up to now. Compensation will just pass by our hands. I hope that the next generation will continue our fight."
On first National Press Freedom Day, journos reiterate call to defend free press
On first National Press Freedom Day, journos reiterate call to defend free press
On the first National Press Freedom Day, journalists highlight the increasing attacks against the Filipino media community and how laws were being used to silence the independent press.
Daily toil disproves rosy government stats
Daily toil disproves rosy government stats
Contrary to government claims, financial aid is still needed as ordinary folk struggle with the increasing prices of everything.
Groups call for De Vera’s humanitarian release
Groups call for De Vera’s humanitarian release
"Iloilo is not a safe place for Mama and it's very far away from us. She has been through so much suffering. We appeal to government authorities to give her a chance to live a peaceful life...Please release her on humanitarian grounds and allow us to take care of her."
Women’s group calls for zero-budget for NTF-ELCAC
Women’s group calls for zero-budget for NTF-ELCAC
Women's group Gabriela said the government should allocate zero-budget for agencies and instruments that “are at the forefront of silencing women and the rest of the Filipino people.
Abducted labor organizers campaigned for aid for displaced workers and urban poor
Abducted labor organizers campaigned for aid for displaced workers and urban poor
Abducted labor organizers Elizabeth 'Loi' Magbanua and Alipio 'Ador' Juat, campaigned for the release of the ten-thousand peso aid for workers and the urban poor. They have also been under surveillance due to their involvement in establishing a community network to fight threats of demolition in the Parola Compound in Tondo, Manila.
Not so sweet life for Negros sugar workers due to price hikes, alleged shortage
Not so sweet life for Negros sugar workers due to price hikes, alleged shortage
Amid increasing prices and alleged supply shortage of sugar, life remains bitter for the sugar workers of Negros.
Bulatlat asks court to cite NTC for contempt for defying preliminary injunction writ
Bulatlat asks court to cite NTC for contempt for defying preliminary injunction writ
“The petitioner humbly submits that the continued blocking of its website for more than 48 hours after respondent NTC has been officially served with the writ of preliminary injunction is an outright and inexcusable act of defying a lawful order of the Honorable Court.”
Groups call for higher subsidy for PH students after ‘ill-prepared’ aid distribution
Groups call for higher subsidy for PH students after ‘ill-prepared’ aid distribution
Thousands of poor students and parents who flocked the Department of Social Welfare and Development local headquarters walked back home empty-handed and disappointed.
Missing Kalinga-based IP rights activist found
Missing Kalinga-based IP rights activist found
“Active since the Chico Dam struggle, he has persistently campaigned against dams, mines, and other forms of development aggression against the Cordillera peoples. For his committed work, he was wrongly red-tagged and subjected to surveillance and harassment."
Public school teachers struggle as face-to-face classes resume
Public school teachers struggle as face-to-face classes resume
“DepEd wants a 21st-century learning but the support it is giving to teachers is still pegged from the old days.”
Fishers’ group slams insufficient fuel aid amid low fisheries output
Fishers’ group slams insufficient fuel aid amid low fisheries output
A fishers group found the tambiolo system of distributing fuel aid unacceptable. "Fuel subsidy," they said, "is essential to every fisherfolk who bears the brunt of the cumulative oil price increases. It is not, and should not be a game of chances for our ailing fishing sector."
Missionaries say work for the rural poor hampered by relentless attacks
Missionaries say work for the rural poor hampered by relentless attacks
“RMP’s mission work has been seriously hampered because of the relentless state attacks, depriving much-needed services to the poor."
Martial law survivors assail proposed renaming of a state university after late dictator Marcos Sr.
Martial law survivors assail proposed renaming of a state university after late dictator Marcos Sr.
A group of martial law survivors decried the proposed renaming of a state university in the hometown of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., saying that it was an official government imprimatur to deodorize a shameful legacy.”
Charges against 16 individuals unvetted, baseless – lawyers group
Charges against 16 individuals unvetted, baseless – lawyers group
"To indict the 16 individuals merely on the basis of unvetted or still to be clarified statements, without strong documentary or object proof, is to act on rumors. No less than the Department of Justice is expected to heed the principles of justice, truth and fairness in the conduct of its duty to the public which it has sworn to serve."
69-year-old environmental defender maintains rebellion raps have no basis
69-year-old environmental defender maintains rebellion raps have no basis
“Our fight for the environment is a fight for the next generation not only for the citizens of Pakil, but also its surrounding area."
Filipino authors say dictating what should be written is a form of terrorism
Filipino authors say dictating what should be written is a form of terrorism
“We believe that the accusers have not read our books in entirety… We believe it is a form of terrorism to dictate what can be written and how to write it."
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