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Dee Ayroso | Jul 22, 2024
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Farmers say Marcos Jr. policies worsened the food crisis
Farmers say Marcos Jr. policies worsened the food crisis
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas noted that the food inflation alone has accelerated from 6.1 percent to 6.5 percent, calling the slight overall decrease as “negligible.”
The making of the ‘Mad in Malacañang’ effigy
The making of the ‘Mad in Malacañang’ effigy
Effigies of newly-elected Presidents always come as a challenge. The effigy should reflect the country’s political condition.
SONA 2022: Why Marcos Jr. economic blueprint will make the nation, ordinary folk suffer
SONA 2022: Why Marcos Jr. economic blueprint will make the nation, ordinary folk suffer
Marcos Jr.'s priority is to ensure that the neoliberal policies that his predecessor President Rodrigo Duterte passed are maximized to create the most favorable environment for big businesses, including foreign capital. To become an investment destination, the administration will provide massive tax breaks to corporations through the CREATE Law and provide foreign companies more profit-making opportunities with the amended laws on public services and foreign investments.
Martial law survivors demand genuine apology, continue fight for justice
Martial law survivors demand genuine apology, continue fight for justice
"We vow to continue the claim for reparation and recognition of thousand more victims by pushing for a better reparations law. We vow to continue to claim our hard-won non-monetary benefits, as mandated in RA 10368 or Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013. We will continue to resist the historical distortion peddled by the Marcoses and their apologists, and the return of the $6 billion more that the Marcoses stole from the Filipino people."
‘Marcos Jr.’s speech not for ordinary Filipinos’ – progressive groups
‘Marcos Jr.’s speech not for ordinary Filipinos’ – progressive groups
"Marcos Jr.'s top priorities are not in sync with what poor Filipinos need – lowering of prices of food and basic commodities, wage hike, contractualization, affordable housing, end to human rights violations and extra-judicial killings, and resumption of peace talks."
People’s SONA persevered despite threats, intimidation
People’s SONA persevered despite threats, intimidation
By JOSH AVENGOZA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive groups from various sectors filled up a section of Commonwealth Avenue and held this year’s SONA ng Bayan despite the declaration of the said main road as a ‘no-rally zone’. The Quezon City Government granted...
Farmers dare Marcos Jr. to include private lands in agrarian reform coverage
Farmers dare Marcos Jr. to include private lands in agrarian reform coverage
“The intent to distribute lands free of charge is ineffective at best and duplicitous at worst, in the absence of a new agrarian reform law that will allow the coverage of new private agricultural lands for distribution after CARP's mandate to do so expired in 2014."
Marcos Jr. urged to recognize inflation, present structural economic solutions
Marcos Jr. urged to recognize inflation, present structural economic solutions
"It's not just because of the Duterte administration, it's because of decades of accumulating policies which started during the Marcos dictatorship."
High inflation rate, oil price hikes hurting the poor, groups say
High inflation rate, oil price hikes hurting the poor, groups say
"If BBM does not believe government data that the inflation rate in the country has reached 6.1 percent, we, the poor, will express the true suffering that we are experiencing due to high prices of essential goods." By JOSH AVENGOZA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Urban poor...
Progressives assail decision to deny to SONA rally as ‘violation of law and rights’
Progressives assail decision to deny to SONA rally as ‘violation of law and rights’
“With its scare-tactics, the PNP is only succeeding in showing the world that it is a notorious human rights violator. It affirms why the US Congress voted to deny aid for the PNP because of its terrible human rights record. Let the world see the brutality and intolerance of the PNP under a second Marcos regime."
The SONA and the fury
The SONA and the fury
...[h]e presented no coherent plan of action to address them on the basis of a fact-based analysis of the last six months’ experience and the lessons learned from it. Neither did he say anything about addressing such major concerns of healthcare workers as the inadequacies of healthcare system equipment and facilities, the critical shortfall in the number of nurses, doctors, and other medical frontliners, and most hospitals’ being full to the rafters with COVID-19 patients.
#SONAgkaisa | Groups get ready for People’s United SONA
#SONAgkaisa | Groups get ready for People’s United SONA
“Stop this vindictive, murderous, power-hungry, morally-bankrupt and abusive regime from further inflicting sufferings on Filipinos!”
Tens of thousands brave the rain, threats from gov’t, to protest state of the nation
Tens of thousands brave the rain, threats from gov’t, to protest state of the nation
“Our unity is the only effective obstacle against a dictatorship.”
Theater of the Absurd
Theater of the Absurd
A television comedy director was supposed to direct it, and did hold at least one rehearsal over the weekend. But the directorial prowess of Joyce Bernal wasn’t in much evidence except in President Rodrigo Duterte’s subdued though less than forthright State of the...
United People’s SONA| One march, one program calling to end Cha-Cha, tyranny, killings
United People’s SONA| One march, one program calling to end Cha-Cha, tyranny, killings
“What we have really is a state of hunger.”
Teachers give Duterte a failing grade
Teachers give Duterte a failing grade
“What kind of values does he promote if he is a macho-fascist who promotes machismo, anger, and the degradation of women?”
Broader ‘People’s SONA’ to confront President Duterte
Broader ‘People’s SONA’ to confront President Duterte
The United People’s SONA will call Duterte to account for failing to fulfill his campaign promises: to end labor contractualization, uplift the dire conditions of the poor, and pursue peace negotiations to their logical conclusion by addressing the root causes of the armed conflict.
#BabaeAko to join SONA protests
#BabaeAko to join SONA protests
“On the president’s third year in office, nothing has become clearer than that Mr. Duterte has really nothing to show for beyond his machismo and misogyny.”
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