While the drug-related killings have overshadowed enforced disappearances, there are reports of the rise of the number of EJK victims who were first abducted and disappeared before their bodies were found.
“Poverty, fascism, sexism. All of these fuel our fight for women’s rights.”
“We asked the government to dismantle haciendas and distribute the land to farmers for free but what we got were bullets.”
Military operations in Lumad communities have heightened since the start of preparation for the opening of classes, according to SOS Network.
It was “pure showbiz,” meant to entertain the crowd of Filipino expatriates who had been gathered to meet him in Seoul after his arrival there last Sunday, on an official visit to South Korea. That’s how President Duterte initially explained why he had called to...
Upon the declaration of martial law in 1972 and in the 14 years that followed, the Marcos terror regime arrested, abducted, and detained over a hundred thousand political activists; artists, writers and critical journalists; teachers, professors, lawyers and other...
“Two years of the Duterte regime is two years of non-agrarian reform agenda, as it has yet to pass a new law to replace the expired and failed CARP.”
Of the total 1,400 workers in NutriAsia only around 100 are regular workers.
“This sinister move clearly aims to 'zombify' the CARP law which expired on June 30, 2014.”
“Two years of the Duterte regime is two years of non-agrarian reform agenda, as it has yet to pass a new law to replace the expired and failed CARP.”
From 2006 to May 2018, at least 60 workers have died working in the shipyard due to the unsafe working environment. On May 12 this year, eight workers fell from a scaffolding, leaving two dead and two others in comatose. Workers also have tasks that require them to work under the glare of the sun the whole day, and some work with asbestos, a chemical that has already been banned. Despite all these violations of occupational safety and health standards, no has been held liable.
"Kung ang korte ay muling papanig sa mali, the Supreme Court is set to commit an error and that is be a violator of the Constitution."
His attacks on the press are “repulsive,” and “he should be the figure of suspicion, not the press,” when it comes to “fake news.” A president who “constantly deflects and distorts and distracts — who must find someone else to blame — is charting a very dangerous...
President Duterte’s speech last Wednesday at the change-of-command ceremony of the Presidential Security Command at Malacanang Park carried a sense of lightness, even of goodwill throughout. He let out his usual curse only once, in passing reference to illegal drug...
He (company representative) said it is prohibited to form a union, what nonsense! Even the clapping of hands is against the law? He is making up these laws. There is nothing in the law that prohibits the clapping of hands.
Zaldy Cañete, 1st Pulang Bagani Company of the New People’s Army (1st PBC-NPA) commander, who is recovering from a traumatic head injury, has been arrested.
“Truth be told, the wages of our workers have long been stunted and its purchasing power gravely diminished.”
Two armed men in civilian clothes stopped them on the road and fired at them. Beverly sustained seven gunshot wounds, while her daughter was hit on the arm.
The newly elected president of the Senate has been accused of plagiarism, of disrespecting women, of cluelessness about the most pressing issues of public concern, and of ignorance of the Constitution. During the debate on the Reproductive Health Bill, Vicente...
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