NEWS RELEASE March 26, 2010 The militant women’s group GABRIELA welcomed the rules on the qualification of candidates for party-list representatives recently issue by the Commission on Elections and called on the poll body to immediately disqualify Mikey Arroyo from representing Ang Galing Party List. “We hope this recent guideline will weed out…
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March 8: A Manifesto
PAGKAIN, TRABAHO, SERBISYONG PANLIPUNAN, MABUTING PAMAMAHALA AT PAYAPANG PAMUMUHAY. Ito ang kagyat na panawagan ng kababaihang Pilipino para sa ating pamilya – sigaw sa gitna ng mga pangako ngayong eleksyon.
Women’s Group Declares March 8 as Day of Protest Against Continuing Crisis Under Arroyo Regime
News Release 1 March 2010 On March 8, 2010, thousands of women all over the country will take the day off from work, including household chores, to take to the streets and protest the continuing crisis that burdens women and their families. “The worsening economic and political crisis under the Macapagal-Arroyo government is burdening women…
Southern Tagalog Women’s Group All Set for International Women’s Day
PRESS RELEASE March 1, 2010 Gabriela Women’s Party-Southern Tagalog (GWP-ST) joins the rest of the nation in the weeklong campaign to welcome the celebration of the 100th International Women’s Day on March 8. A nationally coordinated kick off caravan was held in various parts of the region on March 1 spreading the theme: “Kababaihan, Magkaisa…
Military Conducting House-to-House Campaign Against MAKABAYAN and Progressive Partylists
PRESS RELEASE February 27, 2010 Cagayan de Oro City, MISAMIS ORIENTAL – Military men in fulll battle gear have been going from one house to another in different municipalities in Sorsogon City since last week in the pretext of conducting a survey among the communities. But according to people interviewed, what the military is conducting…
For Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza, Principle Is Key in Run for Senate
Text and photos by JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
It is important not to compromise their principles, the two “senatoriables” from the progressie sector said. Since one of their platforms is good governance, part of it is holding public officials — either past or present — accountable. This includes achieving justice for the victims of human-rights violations under the Marcos dictatorship.
Women’s Groups Stage Picket at HoR vs Cha-Cha
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Members of the women’s groups GABRIELA and Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) this morning staged a picket at the House of Representatives to protest moves to amend the Constitution. The House Committee on Coonstitutional Amendments is holding a hearing today to tackle moves to amend the Constitution through a constituent assembly.…
Solon Debunks Andaya, Says OFWs Not US Recession Proof
BY BULATLAT In reaction to Department of Budget and Management Rolando Andaya, Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Maza said the global financial crisis and the US recession will have ‘a substantial impact on our economy and on Filipino migrants in the United States.’ Andaya earlier claimed that jobs of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the…
From VAT, VAW to VFA: GWP Takes on Women’s Struggles
As Congress opens, the only women’s party-list group in the House of Representatives continues to uphold women’s rights and welfare through legislation. The Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) shares with Bulatlat its priority bills and resolutions, which include scrapping the Value-Added Tax and the Visiting Forces Agreement, tackling human trafficking, working for maternity leave extension, legislating…
Run-up to the 2007 Elections
Philippine elections have always been tainted with fraud, marred by violence, dominated by political dynasties, and characterized by broken promises of politicians. It has never resulted in the betterment of the lives of majority of the Filipino people. But the way things are shaping up, this may be the worst elections yet. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS…
Women’s Groups Picket U.S. Embassy, Demand U.S. Troops’ Pull-out from RP
Members of the women’s groups Gabriela and Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) picketed the U.S. Embassy in Manila Nov. 5 to condemn the rape of a 22-year-old Filipina in Subic, Zambales (138 kms. north of Manila) by six U.S. Marine servicemen on Nov. 1. They demanded the pull-out of U.S. troops from the Philippines and called…