News Release June 2, 2010 Members of the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan, New Patriotic Alliance) today picketed the Israeli embassy in Makati City, Philippines to protest the killings of pro-Palestine activists who were part of a flotilla headed...
June 1, 2010 PRESS RELEASE After months of agony, OFWs reunited again to call for the removal from post of a welfare officer whom they accuse of “deliberately prolonging their plight” in Saudi Arabia. They also challenged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
Press Release 2 June 2010 After being neglected on their legitimate demands against their erring employer, 236 distress OFW Nurses and polyclinic workers in Jeddah, western capital of Saudi Arabia, will be trooping in today inside the Philippine Consulate General...
PRESS STATEMENT 2 June 2010 The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) condemns in the strongest terms Israel's criminal attack against the people bringing humanitarian aid in solidarity with the people in Gaza. This attack sanctioned by the Israeli...
UTRECHT, The Netherlands (30 May 2010) – The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), a worldwide grouping of public interest and human rights lawyers, challenged the incoming Philippine administration of presumptive president-elect Sen. Benigno Aquino...
News Release May 31, 2010 Presumptive President-elect Noynoy Aquino should not let Day 1 pass without releasing political prisoners from jail, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today as it raised the urgency of releasing health workers and others illegally...
The just-concluded EU-ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Madrid ended with apparent agreement on economic integration mechanisms and the EU calling the ASEAN countries not to implement protectionist measures. But according to research group IBON, the Philippine...
PRESS RELEASE May 28, 2010 After an attempted dispersal of farmers' barricade against illegal cutting of coconut trees in Hacienda Yulo, Calamba, Laguna last May 21, farmers are again victims of attempted demolition in Sta. Barbara town, Pangasinan perpetrated by...
28 May 2010 PRESS RELEASE The family of an overseas Filipino worker in death row and Migrante International, insisted on the DFA to respect their right to be actively involved in saving the life of Joselito Zapanta, an OFW in Saudi Arabia who was sentenced to death...
Press Release May 28, 2010 Whistleblowers are a rare breed of individuals. Many other people would simply choose to turn a blind eye to an anomaly, so as not to jeopardize their careers, their ambitions, their personal security and the safety of their loved ones....
News Release On the one year anniversary of Melissa Roxas' surfacing in Quezon City after enduring six days of physical and psychological torture at the hands of her captors, who many believe to have been the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Roxas and her...
Press release Multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today criticized the planned 333 percent increase in toll rates by the private operator of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). Calling the proposed hike “outrageous”, the group said that SLEX...
NEWS RELEASE 26 May 2010 Malacañang remains merciless up to the end with its defense of the onerous 300 percent toll fee increase at the South Luzon Expressway which will be implemented next month, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today. KMU said Deputy...
PRESS RELEASE May 26, 2010 Nearing a year after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with `Reforms' or CARPer into law RA 9700 on August 7, 2009 and the violent demolition of the farmers' camp-out at the House...
PRESS STATEMENT 26 May 2010 The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel calls on the incoming administration of apparent President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to hold Ms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the military and civilian officials...
Press Release May 24, 2010 Right to Know. Right Now! Campaign The Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to advance the resumption of its session to 24 May 2010, Monday, instead of its original schedule of 31 May. When the House of Representatives...
Press Release May 22, 2010 The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and the Kabataan Partylist today launched “Balik-eskwela” hotline to gather complaints from parents and students regarding school violations on tuition and other fees consultation....
Press Release May 22, 2010 The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and the Kabataan Partylist vowed to “stop the current wave of tuition and other fee increases nationwide.” The youth groups also warned CHED of militant mass demonstrations should...
Communist Party of the Philippines Press Release May 22, 2010 The recently concluded reactionary elections, seemingly "modernized" with automation, was as rotten to the core as ever. The return to power of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan and its Kamag-anak Inc., through...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) denounces the brazen abuse of authority and unprofessionalism of the chief of police of Pola, Oriental Mindoro, who harassed and threatened our member, dzMM Radyo Patrol reporter Noel Alamar, who is also...
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