While watching the orchestrated shooting at the Senate back in June, I only thought of one thing: the freedom of the press is compromised. Those in power are ever-desperate to control and feed the mass media with a coverage unworthy of people's attention in an attempt to cover- up their...
The AlterMidya, a national network of independent and alternative media outfits, welcomes Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s signing today of an executive order (EO) implementing the Freedom of Information (FOI). The EO is an important step in promoting transparency and...
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte seems to move towards his promise of reviving the steel industry by appointing steel industry pioneer Ramon Jacinto--more commonly known as a musician--as his economic adviser. As Jacinto shared in a Facebook status: “We agreed that reviving and...
May malaking pagkakataon si Pangulong Duterte na ayusin ang criminal justice system ng bansa. Pakinggan ang mga mungkahi ng National Union of Peoples' Lawyers.
Peace advocate Neen Sapalo and today's youth on why it's important for the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines to talk peace. #JustPeace
AlterMidya, a national network of alternative media practitioners, calls for the dropping of charges against the “Haran 15”, which includes one of our members from Kilab Multimedia, Jaja Necosia. The Haran 15 is a collective term for fifteen human rights advocates,...
Report by Danielle Isaac and Wowie Tubije Three days after Hacienda Ilimnan sugar farmers decided to cultivate food crops to address their hunger, police and military under orders from the Negros Occidental Provincial Government forcibly evicted them from their...
Halos araw-araw na sa balita ang pagsuko, pag-aresto, at pagpatay sa mga hinihinalang sangkot sa ilegal na droga. Nagaganap ang lahat ng ito sa gitna ng “war on drugs” ni Pang. Rodrigo Duterte. Silipin natin ang tinatakbo ng kampanya laban sa ilegal na droga, na ayon...
Disgruntled workers in Region 4 went on strike yesterday, paralyzing production in two separate factories in Batangas and Laguna. Workers from the Soro-Soro Ibaba Development Cooperative (SIDC) and Renaissance Foods Corporation (RFC) lament the very low pay and the...
‘Take a different stand from Yasay’ YOUTH GROUPS marched to the United States (US) Embassy today to mark the 70th Filipino-American Friendship Day and protest the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and other military agreements with the US....
A paramilitary group associated with the 8th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army went on a shooting rampage during a wedding celebration in in Sitio Tibugawan, Brgy. Kawayan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, killing a pregnant woman and wounding five children. According...
Hopes that formal peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will push through remain high among both sides, as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has stated that it...
REGRETTABLY, the conversation between President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and the news media has turned sharp and shrill. All but lost in the noise is the two parties’ common duty in law and tradition to serve and to inform the Filipino people on issues, events and...