By Salome Lapiten The land knows no master. Yet it recognizes a farmer’s calloused hands, worn with the same cracks that run through the barren land. It knows their blood that seeps through those fissures and breathes the same rugged breath as the farmers, enduring so that both may continue to...
At present, Central Visayas sets its minimum wage at Php404. Like the rest of the country, it has seen no increase amid the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On June 13, 2020, four armed men, masked and clad in black, reportedly put a tape on community worker Elena Tijamo’s mouth and tied her hands before taking her away.
By Romae Chanice Marquez “Maraming salamat,” were the first words that Lumad teacher Chad Booc shared after he walked free from detention yesterday, May 14. “Napakalaking tagumpay ang nakamit natin at hindi natin ito makakamit kung hindi tayo nagtulungan.” Booc,...
By Romae Chanice Marquez Youth leader Myles Albasin and five other young activists, collectively known as the 'Mabinay 6,' are marking their third year in jail in Negros Oriental. Like many detained activists, the six are charged with illegal possession of firearms...
The case against the #Cebu8, who were arrested for protesting the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Law in June, has been dismissed. The eight activists allegedly violated Republic Act (R.A.) No. 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of...
By Romae Chanice Marquez ON JUNE 13 around 8 p.m., four unidentified armed men barged into the home of community worker Elena Tijamo in Brgy. Kampingganon, Bantayan, Cebu. The abductors, masked and clad in black, reportedly put a tape on Elena’s mouth and tied her...
“As a health worker, I also want my daughters to become nurses,” shares Eleazar Sobinsky. Eleazar is a nurse attendant at the Lung Center of the Philippines for almost two decades. Throughout those years, he was assigned to different stations in the hospital. Eleazar...
Melvin Cabe, a 35-year-old farmer from San Miguel, Las Navas in Northern Samar, was hunting fowl in the woods for dinner. He was with his stepsons aged 16 and 19 years old. It was nearing eight o'clock in the evening, and they have not eaten yet. Melvin's wife and...
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negros, as well as residents residing in the alleged encounter site, refuted military claims that the six individuals arrested in Mabinay, Negros Oriental last Saturday are members of the New People’s Army (NPA)....