MANILA -- Youth group Anakbayan today called on newly-proclaimed President Benigno Aquino III to prioritize the growing number of drop-outs in the first months of his term. In a press conference today, Anakbayan national vice-chairperson Anton Dulce called on...
A year after Ruby Rose’s body was found QUEZON CITY-- On June 10, 2009, the Barrameda family’s two-year search for Ruby Rose ended in the murky waters off Navotas. Ruby Rose’s body was found stuffed in a steel barrel, cemented into a steel box submerged in the...
New York, NY -- In line with the theme of the Philippine Independence Day Celebration 2010: "Bagong Pagsasama, Bagong Bayanihan, Bagong Pagbabago", over 150 Filipino-American and im/migrant members of the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) marched...
NEWS RELEASE June 9, 2010 DAVAO CITY – An alliance of church leaders called on the military’s 10th Infantry Division to cease its military operations to pave the way for the safety release of four soldiers who were held captive by the New People’s Army (NPA) since...
Press Release Progressive environmental group Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment voiced out worry over a number of mining projects that are being negotiated and given the go signal to operate on the remaining days of President Arroyo in office. The...
News Release June 9, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today said the P10-million budget allocation for the government's celebration of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's nine-year legacy as president will only amount to a big waste of public...
Geneva– The Morong 43 case is emblematic of the human rights violations occurring in the Philippines. The plethora of violations at every step of the way, the various legal shortcuts, the brazen abuse or total disregard of the law and the deliberate attempts to...
PRESS STATEMENT June 9, 2010 On the occasion of the proclamation of President Benigno Aquino III and Vice-President Jejomar Binay, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan joins the collective aspiration of the Filipino people that the new government will be a departure from...
PRESS RELEASE Information Bureau Communist Party of the Philippines The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said claims of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that the New People's Army (NPA) recruits children are "completely unfounded and are only...
PRESS RELEASE 07 JUNE 2010 GENEVA - In a clear signal of continuing solidarity with the churches and human rights defenders in the Philippines, the World Council of Churches through its Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA-WCC) invited the...
The recently-approved P22 increase in the minimum wage only in Metro Manila will push workers to fight for a legislated P125 across-the-board nationwide wage hike, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today. “Once again, we workers have seen the folly of filing...
Press Release 8 June 2010 Teachers group Educators for Development (EfD) calls on the incoming administration to give more priority to education as the 2010-2011 school year starts this month with the education sector in decline and persistently neglected....
Press Release June 7, 2010 Information Bureau Communist Party of the Philippines The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said claims of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that the New People's Army (NPA) recruits children are "completely unfounded...
Press Release June 7, 2010 One of the witnesses of alleged irregularities during the May 10 elections in Basilan province claimed that an attempt on his life was made purportedly due to his role as a poll watcher for one of the mayoralty bets in Tabuanlasa town,...
Press Release June 7, 2010 For as long as the ruling system of big landlords and compradors is in place in the country, the revolutionary movement will continue to grow, and no amount of drumbeating by the regime’s minions like Norberto Gonzales and Annabelle Abaya...
News Release June 7, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today clarified news reports that it will not give incoming president Benigno Aquino III the traditional “honeymoon” period that is expected of a new president. “We’d rather not use the term...
Press Release June 5, 2010 Justice for victims of abuse and protection for all domestic helper The court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against an immensely wealthy and influential family such as the Tanenglian’s was a milestone in the fight for the rights of...
Press Release June 4, 2010 On their fourth month of detention, kin and supporters of the Morong 43 gather at Camp Bagong Diwa to reiterate their demand for justice for the 43 illegally detained health workers and call on incoming president Aquino to release them....
Press Release June 4, 2010 Progressive green groups challenged incoming President Noynoy Aquino to implement fundamental environmental reforms and actions in his first 100 days in office to reveal if he is indeed sincere in the protection and conservation of our...
June 2, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino today bewailed the Ombudsman’s latest resolution clearing Pres. Gloria Arroyo, among others, in the still unresolved NBN-ZTE controversy. “There can never be closure on the controversy for...
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