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Military, police and politicians should stop labelling civic activists as terrorists!
1. Concept
In an article published by the International Peace Observers network (IPON)”,” red tagging” or “red baiting”
“describes the practice of state actors to publicly and detractively classify (...)
As the US dramatically expands its military presence, colonialist history is repeating itself.
When the news broke in early February that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had struck a deal to allow the United States to dramatically expand its military presence on the archipelago, many (...)
The groups put the spotlight on continued oppression and economic woes as the nation commemorates its first People Power Revolution anniversary under another Marcos.
MANILA, Philippines – Various groups vowed to keep the spirit of the people’s revolution alive as the Philippines commemorated (...)
Bonnibel Rambatan talks to Teo S. Marasigan and Zelda Santos about the phenomenon of Overseas Filipino Workers and help desk for distressed OFWs run in secret by a handful of Filipinos from various professions.
In this episode, Bonnibel Rambatan talks to Teo S. Marasigan, Filipino activist and (...)
Nearly a decade after the Haiyan disaster, the LGBTQ+ community still faces hardships to be on the list of housing recipients in the Central Philippines. Even until today, they relentlessly fight for their legal protection.
Tacloban City, Philippines—Even after almost ten years after the (...)
Established in 2002 as a permanent international tribunal to promote the rule of law, ensure the protection of human rights, and punish serious offenses like genocide, aggression, and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) today is struggling to assert its role in a (...)
After studying the petition to quash the case filed by the defense, Judge Retrina Fuentes of Regional Trial Court 10 has ruled against it. This means that the arraignment of defendant Walden Bello will take place at RTC 10 in Davao on January 26.
Commenting on the judge’s decision, Lead (...)
Millions of ordinary Filipinos did not benefit from supposedly rapid 2022 growth because the government tightened the purse strings on urgent cash assistance (ayuda) and only gave a negligible wage increase last year, said research group IBON.
The group reminded how rebound-driven growth last (...)
The ILO High Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) is visiting the Philippines on 23-26 January 2023, and the Philippine labour movement has been mobilising to pressure the government to respect the rights of workers. We present a Prime to explain what the HLTM is and why this is a crucial moment for (...)
The NAGKAISA Labor Coalition expressed opposition to customized proposals to privatize everything like the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and the EDSA busway carousel.
“We believe that privatization is not a panacea or an all-out solution to our public transportation problems, and we don’t (...)
In reaction to news that unemployment has dipped to just 4.2% in November 2022, Rene Magtubo, chair of the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) stated that “Indeed, more Filipinos are back to work but in bad jobs.” Magtubo insisted that “Quality as much as quantity of jobs is a concern using the (...)
Despite the economy sustaining its recovery from the recession induced by the pandemic, workers faced a worsening incomes and jobs crisis in 2022. Thus, while businesses were slowly recuperating, formal and informal workers continued bleeding from wage and income erosion, job losses, and a fall (...)
The Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino (PMP) extends its condolences to the family and comrades of Joma Sison. We offer our sympathies out of solidarity to a fellow revolutionary despite the fundamental differences that the PMP has with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
This is the (...)
The RH Law marks its 10th year – but there is unfinished business when it comes to promoting women’s rights and gender equality
The Reproductive Health Law [[https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/18730-rh-law-the-long-and-rough-road] marks the 10th year of its passage by Congress on December 17. (...)
The search for a UP President is ongoing. Whatever the result, it will have profound political and social implications for the state of Philippine higher education and for Philippine society in general.
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On the UP Presidency: Statement of National Artists, National (...)
While it started labour export as a stop-gap measure, the Philippine government now aggressively exports Filipinos. Labour migration has helped address the short-term needs of migrant families and the economy, and has benefitted migrant-receiving countries, local elites and the government, but (...)
We, in the Task Force Barat , a formation of Tëduray, Lambangian and Mënubo Dulangan Indigenous Political Structures (IPS), Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), view the Typhoon Paeng tragedy, affecting 1,730 Tëduray, Lambangian and Mënubo Dulangan (...)
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robinhood Padilla is pushing for a Senate investigation into the alleged “forced relocation” of the Teduray people to a site hit by a landslide during the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng.”
Citing a report by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Padilla said Teduray (...)
DAVAO CITY—The Teduray tribal community in Maguindanao del Norte province blamed the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) for failing to act on their 2020 petition against their relocation at the foot of Mt. Minandar in Sitio Tinabon, Barangay Kusiong, of Datu Odin Sinsuat town that (...)
The globalization of educational standards has finally caught up with us in a painful and jarring way. Filipino seafarers, particularly at the officer level, may soon be banned from working aboard European ships because their training does not meet the global standards set in the International (...)
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