Budget cuts to make health care more inaccessible
The Department of Health is set to get a whopping P9.39-billion budget cut under the proposed 2020 budget.
Budget cuts to make health care more inaccessible
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Reaping debt
Reaping debt
Filipino farmers call for subsidy amid the influx of imported rice from other countries.
‘State violence kills, harms more children’
‘State violence kills, harms more children’
“There is a generation of orphaned children now deprived of parental nurturance, case and guidance because of the enforced separation of parents and guardians due to disappearance, detention and series of killings across the nations.”
Scars from martial law years
Scars from martial law years
“Lives were ruined because of martial law. No child deserves to live in that condition.”
Youth activist reported missing
Youth activist reported missing
Alexa Placada was last seen in barangay Magsaysay, General Luna, Quezon while being arrested by still unknown unit of the Philippine Army.
Church leaders, peace advocates ‘ring out’ calls to resume talks
Church leaders, peace advocates ‘ring out’ calls to resume talks
"In the end, it boils down to the question of what can we do.”
Rights defenders decry red tagging as form of rights violation
Rights defenders decry red tagging as form of rights violation
Clamor said the attempts to discredit human rights defenders and progressive organisations aim to prevent them from pursuing justice for the victims of rights violations.
Witness admits ‘irregularities’ in post-arrest procedures of NDFP peace consultant, 2 others
Witness admits ‘irregularities’ in post-arrest procedures of NDFP peace consultant, 2 others
"The elderly and the sick are arrested on trumped-up charges while the convicted rapists are freed."
NutriAsia 17 and the search for justice
NutriAsia 17 and the search for justice
“They say we committed arson because we used some wood to cook our rice. That’s ridiculous. And robbery! The case said we stole a pallet worth P100,000. Let me ask you this: if the police were chasing you down, would you bother stealing a pallet? What would you even do with a pallet?”
Probing the invisible multi-billion ‘black budget’
Probing the invisible multi-billion ‘black budget’
If we total the black budget allotted under the Office of the President from 2016 to 2020, that would already be P10 billion, a sum enough to finance the wages of 77,500 minimum wage workers for a year!
Alternative media submit evidence vs. IT companies over cyber-attacks
Alternative media submit evidence vs. IT companies over cyber-attacks
"We firmly believe that legitimately exercising a right and seeking appropriate redress at the proper forum when that right is violated can never be penalized or begrudged."
Joma hits Duterte’s ‘fake charges’ against him, other critics
Joma hits Duterte’s ‘fake charges’ against him, other critics
“The current news splash about the fake Inopacan murder charge is intended by the Duterte regime to draw away public attention from the scandalous release of 2,000 criminals convicted of drug trading, murder, rape and other heinous crimes,” Sison said.
Youth, teachers, child rights advocates unite against mandatory military training
Youth, teachers, child rights advocates unite against mandatory military training
“General Bato Dela Rosa should stop his illusion that many Filipinos would like to take ROTC.”
Monde Nissin workers stage 2nd strike for regularization
Monde Nissin workers stage 2nd strike for regularization
“This strike will not end until we are regularized.”
US, Philippine BPO workers form solidarity for workers rights
US, Philippine BPO workers form solidarity for workers rights
"We are stronger together than when we are apart."
Workers from Laguna join nationwide protest against ‘unfair labor practices’
Workers from Laguna join nationwide protest against ‘unfair labor practices’
“For as long as the Duterte regime looks down on the working class and puts foreign and capitalist interests first, these crises will not stop.”
Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers
Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers
"We could say that Oceanagold really crippled our livelihood."
Contextualizing militarization and killings in Negros
Contextualizing militarization and killings in Negros
The island of Negros has long been militarized supposedly to obliterate the revolutionary group Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army.
Academe: Our duty is to educate, not to control students
Academe: Our duty is to educate, not to control students
“What we have here in UP are critical minds much sharper or deadly than guns, and it seemed that that was the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] and PNP [Philippine National Police] were afraid of.”
Impending release of convicted rapist sparks outrage
Impending release of convicted rapist sparks outrage
"If Sanchez is freed this year he would have served merely 25 years of the 360 years sentence meted to him.”
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