Ni Jayson Enebrad | Baretang Bikolnon NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur – Nagtipon ang nasa 300 human rights activists mula sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Bicol Region para sa ikalawang asembliya ng Defend Bicol Stop The Attacks Network noong Hulyo 18 sa Naga City. Tinalakay sa pagtitipon ang human...
By NUEL M. BACARRAKodao Productions Progressive groups held a rally Friday morning, May 3, at the Bulwagan ng Katarungan in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija to support the filing of counter affidavits for the four activists charged with violations of RA 11479 or the...
Red-tagging remains among the most prevalent threats to press freedom that also include violence against journalists and the media in the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reported. In his keynote speech at the opening of the historic 1st Philippine...
Ni LOVELY CAMILLE ARROCENA at KRISTEN NICOLE RANARIOPinoy Weekly aging pang-araw-araw na hudyat na ang pagkalembang ng kampana sa Lupang Tartaria sa tuwing mamamataan sa lugar ang mga lalaking may bitbit na mga baril at kagamitan para bakuran ang lupa ng mga...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com CABANATUAN CITY — There are 98 activists, humanitarian and church workers who are facing charges of violations of Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012. Human rights group Karapatan...
Research group IBON said that a wage hike towards a family living wage is a more than fair 50-50 split of profits between employers and Filipino workers. The group said that a meaningful wage hike is urgent for nominal wages to keep up with the rising cost of living....
No amount of job fairs can hide that job creation for Filipino workers has been lagging, breaking government’s façade of an improving labor market, said research group IBON. The group said that employment generation so far this year is far below government’s...
Government workers groups are demanding from the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration an increase in their salaries, saying their current pay have been left way behind by current living wage estimates. The country’s major public sector union federations met at the...
Kristen Nicole Ranario, Ma. Emmylou SolidumPinoy Weekly Hindi maipagkakaila, mga jeepney ang nagsisilbing sandigan ng karaniwang Pilipino upang makipagsapalaran sa karera ng buhay. Sa mas abot-kayang pamasahe at mga rutang kayang-kayang hagilapin, saktong-sakto ito sa...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – No words can effectively describe what the families left behind by the desaparecidos are going through. For Idda De Jesus, sister of disappeared activist Gene Roz De Jesus, rage is rapidly becoming her default emotion. “It is...
The decision of the Court of Appeals to stop the propagation and planting of genetically modified organisms (GMO) like golden rice and Bt eggplant was welcomed by small farmers, scientists, and all those who advocate for a free food and farming system. On April 19,...
MANILA – Filipino-American activists protested Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to the United States for the first trilateral U.S.-Japan-Philippines leaders’ summit on April 11. The national day of action was led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-US. Protests were...
Ni CHARLES MAGALLANES, HANNAH KRISTINE JUANPinoy Weekly Muling magkakasa ang Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston) at Samahang Manibela Mananakay at Nagkaisang Terminal ng Transportasyon (Manibela) ng malawakang tigil-pasada at serye ng...