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While a 31% increase in Metro Manila’s minimum wage may seem bold by today’s standards, it’s far from unprecedented. The study cites the last legislated wage hike in 1989, which was even higher at 40 percent, and notes that the economy absorbed it without causing a crisis. This emphasizes the study’s broader point: a fair wage hike helps restore workers’ rightful share in national growth.
Housing offered by the 4PH Program remains financially inaccessible for poor families even with Pag-IBIG Fund’s amortization plan.
“Age and health, while relevant, cannot outweigh the rights of victims to see the process of justice carried to its end. The facilities of the ICC, the conditions of which are vastly superior to those in Philippine prisons, can guarantee the humane treatment of Duterte while he is detained."
“The people, not just in Metro Manila but in provinces all over the country, must hold protest actions to also urge the Senate to convene on June 21 so that this huge amount of public funds, which could have been used for free medicine, education, food, and other social services to the people, went.”
Supporting people’s organizations in Visayas since 2001, the Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET) ceased operations due to the terrorist financing charges filed in 2023.
"You lived the Gospel not only with your lips, but with your whole being. You taught not just with words but with a life never separate from the struggle. Whether in the quiet of negotiations or the thunder of protest, your principles held firm. You walked the talk, each step leaving footprints for generations to follow."
Pura Luka Vega stressed that the performance was an expression of Catholic faith reflecting how Jesus would interact with the queer community if He were alive in this era.
“Is the Senate not concerned to find out the answers of the Vice President on where she spent the P612 million that they themselves appropriated?”
Climate activists said that Japan and ADB’s continued financing of fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly fossil gas, under the banner of “transition” or “bridge” fuels falls short of what the climate crisis demands.
“Every election in the Philippines, Amnesty International offers a clear pathway for reform through legislation calling newly elected Senators and Congress representatives to put human rights at the center of policy making."
“The Senate's action is not only legally baseless but also a clear abdication of its constitutional duty to try impeachment cases."
“Critical thinking and media and information literacy would do more against ‘fake news’ than allowing the bureaucracy to decide what is fake and what isn’t.”
Of the six arrested during Bloody Sunday, Eugenio was only the third whose charges were dropped.
Sailing toward Gaza was a form of resistance to break the siege and provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.
“We pray that the Philippine Senate will likewise respond to its moral and constitutional duty as true servants of the public upon whom the public trust is reposed, one that is faithful to the truth and to the Filipino people."
“We have experienced it first hand, Alipato at Muog was initially given an X rating by the MTRCB - as the reviewers cited that the film tends to undermine the faith and confidence of the people in their government - the same clause that’s been used several times.”
"These sanctions are not only directed at designated individuals, they also target all those who support the Court, including nationals and corporate entities of States Parties.”
“From paramihan ng patay to paramihan ng aresto? There’s nothing to celebrate about the latter policy that does not solve the root causes of the illegal drugs problem, and even aggravates it by opening the gates to further rights violations against the people, especially the poor."
“I will accept [being president] as a gift not only to my son, but to all [victims of enforced disappearances].”
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