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IN PHOTOS: Labor rally marks National Heroes’ Day in Manila
Naming Filipino workers as ‘modern-day heroes’, thousands of workers coming from various labor groups under the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) – Nagkaisa labor coalition as well as church groups held a...
View ArticleWomen workers welcome passage of 100-day paid maternity leave at Lower House
Workers from various women’s groups welcomed the passage of House Bill 4113 or the “100-Day Maternity Leave Bill” at the House of Representatives today. Organizations who commended the bill’s passage...
View ArticleMonologo Ng Isang Desaparecido
Ang sasapitin ko lamang sa gabing ito, kung sakaling ititikom ko ang aking bibig sa katotohanan ng pag-ibig sa bayang saksak-sakmal ng dahas at paglupig ay ang sariling pagkapigtal ng hininga. Ano...
View ArticlePLDT supervisors file notice of strike
PLDT supervisory union Gabay ng Unyon sa Telekomunikasyon ng mga Superbisor (GUTS) filed a “notice of strike” today at the Department of Labor and Employment over issues of unfair labor practices and...
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Groups unite in call to ban plastics, reclamation projects
Dragon Boat paddlers, bikers and green groups initiated a coastal clean-up drive in Manila Bay this morning, a week before the International Coastal Clean-Up Day 2018. Volunteers from the Dragon Boat...
View ArticleFirst ever BPO strike looms amid unfair labor practices
One thousand-five hundred members of the Unified Employees of Alorica (UEA) are set to hold a strike in the coming days after they filed a notice before the National Conciliation and Mediation Board...
View ArticleUST welcomes Lumad bakwit school; church people urged to open doors for the...
“Hindi namin hinahangad ang malaking paaralan kagaya nitong Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas. Hindi namin hinahangad ang mga masasarap na pagkain. Ang gusto lang namin ay respetuhin ‘yung mga guro namin,...
View ArticleThe rich not the poor should stop playing the victim
Everybody suffers during an economic downturn. Less profit for the rich, reduced luxuries for the middle class, and precarious living for the poor and minimum wage workers. But when the troubling...
View ArticleChurch people will join September 21 Protest
Church leaders and church people are good in humanitarian and charity works. For sure, as Typhoon Ompong has destroyed some parts of the country, the churches in those affected areas have been offered...
View ArticleHuman rights victims want Duterte guilty in international court
“Disyembre 2016 noong sinabi ni Pangulong Duterte na huling Pasko na ‘yun para sa mga adik. Hindi ko inasahang kasama pala ang anak ko sa tinutukoy niya,” recalled Emily Soriano in a press conference...
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IN PHOTOS: Revolutionary group MAKIBAKA enjoins women to participate in armed...
Three days before the 46th commemoration of Marcos’ declaration of martial law nationwide, members of underground revolutionary organization Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (MAKIBAKA) staged a...
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Never Forget, Never Again
Panahon ng martial law nang isinulat ni Jess Santiago ang ‘Martsa ng Bayan’, isang kantang humihimok sa iba’t ibang sektor na labanan ang diktadurang Marcos: Manggagawa at magsasaka Kabataan at...
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The witty and the woke at the United People’s Action
As oppression and the stifling of civil liberties bring out stronger dissent from the people, so will emerge the witticisms of the youth. On September 21—46 years since Marcos ushered in the dark days...
View ArticleTerminated plastic workers return to work after staging week-long protest camp
Exactly a week after terminated workers of Jolly Plastics Molding Corporation mounted their protest camp outside their factory in Valenzuela City, their management has been forced to reinstate them...
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IN PHOTOS: Makabayan bloc reinforces politics of change against brewing...
In line with the 2019 national elections, the Makabayan Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) bloc sought to strengthen its campaign to deliver politics of change in its recently concluded fourth national...
View ArticleDuterte under fire for firing labor undersecretary
Militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) – Metro Manila today said Pres. Duterte’s recent move of firing Labor Undersecretary for Labor Relations Joel Maglunsod “broke the last straw of Filipino...
View ArticleMilitary rule as solution to economic crisis is crucifying the Filipino people
The Duterte regime is about to fall down not because of the ‘Red October’ tale sloppily hatched by the Armed Forces, but because of the worsening economic and political crisis in the Philippines and...
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