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. IBON stressed that raising...
In his second State of the Nation Address, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was silent on human rights issues during his administration. Meanwhile, indigenous peoples of Gawaan, Balbalan, Kalinga stressed that their community was bombed twice in March 2023. By SINAG...
By NUEL M. BACARRAKodao Productions Filipino workers, students, community members and solidarity partners in the Washington DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region in the United States of America (USA) held a protest action last Sunday, July 23, in front of the Philippine...
By SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch First published on Rappler.com on July 25, 2023 BAGUIO CITY — The more than 12-hour travel from Barangay Limos in Pinukpuk, Kalinga, to Baguio City did not deter 72-year-old Petrona Awingan from joining the People’s State...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) dismissed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s amnesty proclamation announcement in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) before Congress yesterday, July 24.
By LISA ITOSecretary-GeneralConcerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) In October of 2018, artists and media workers voiced out the call to Stop the Attacks in protest against the rising EJKs, raids, and arrests under the Duterte administration. The attacks did not...
This afternoon, Marcos Jr. delivered his second State of the Nation Address, which, according to Teddy Casiño of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, avoided all the contentious issues facing the current administration.
Everyday is a struggle for Merceditas De Jesus and her husband since their son Gene Roz Jamil De Jesus or Bazoo, went missing on April 28.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) said it continues to pursue agrarian reform to free poor farmers from exploitation and oppression even if the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration refuses to resume peace negotiations.
There are at least seven million hectares of agricultural land not yet covered by the government’s agrarian reform program.
Human rights defenders asked the Quezon city Regional Trial Court (QC RTC) to dismiss a petition seeking a review of a lower court’s decision acquitting them of charges of perjury.
Iniutos ng Court of Appeals (CA) sa bisa ang writ of habeas corpus na ilitaw ang mga indigenous people’s rights advocate na sina Dexter Capuyan at Bazoo De Jesus.
State auditors raised concerns about alleged irregularities in the city government’s use of funds in the implementation of a P50-million project funded by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).