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 also held in the states of...
By JD. AMARANTE, L. BELO, L.A. ELEAZAR Manila Today Nobyembre 2022 nang ihain ng pitong mambabatas kabilang sina Martin Romualdez at Sando Marcos, kapwa malapit na pamilya ng kasalukuyang administrasyong Marcos Jr., sa kamara ang kontrobersyal na Maharlika Investment...
Mahigit dalawang linggo makalipas ng pagkawala ng dalawang indigenous peoples’ rights advocates, nanawagan ang kanilang mga pamilya na ilitaw na ang dalawa. Pinaghihinalang kinuha ang dalawa ng mga puwersa ng estado. Sinasabing tanda ng pananakot at intimidasyon ng...
By SONNY AFRICA IBON Foundation The United States (US) is maneuvering the rest of the G7 into its all-defining great power competition with China. Underlying the official G7 agenda in Hiroshima is the US effort to make containing China a shared priority of all G7...
By KA BEA ARELLANO Pinoy Weekly Marahil gasgas na sa marami ang kuwento ng maralitang lungsod. Iyong naghangad ng mas maayos na buhay sa siyudad, pero mabibigo at lalong malalagay lamang sa peligro. Sa isang banda, ganito rin ang buhay ni Carlito “Karletz” Badion. Ang...
By BOY BAGWIS Pinoy Weekly Ipinagdiwang ng Melito Glor Command ng New People’s Army (MGC-NPA) sa Southern Tagalog ang ika-50 anibersaryo ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines noong Abril 24. Iginawad din ng MGC-NPA Southern Tagalog ang espesyal na pagpupugay...
By MARC LINO ABILA Pinoy Weekly Pinawalang-sala ng Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 256 si dating Sen. Leila de Lima sa isa sa dalawang natitirang kasong isinampa sa kanya na may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga noong Mayo 12. “Sa loob ng anim na taon,...
By LUCELLE F. BONZO Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – More than 150 sidewalk vendors near the newly developed three-story structure of the Agdao Public Market have appealed to the local government for relocation after being barred from selling in the area since...
The world’s most powerful nations are bent on perpetuating hunger and inequality by accelerating plunder & destruction of the planet. Rural peoples struggle to break free from their imperialist grip. By ARNOLD PADILLA PAN Asia Pacific Before the G7 Hiroshima...
Migrante International (MI) called on the Philippine government to provide immediate assistance to overseas workers sent back by Kuwait resulting from the ongoing dispute between the two governments. MI reported that many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been...
By ROSARIO GUZMAN IBON Foundation The 49th summit of the Group of 7 (G7) countries (namely, United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan) is taking place on 19-21 May 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan. The declared agenda is Russia’s aggression...
By SHERWIN DE VERA Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — From Baguio to the National Capital Region, calls to surface Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil De Jesus continue following their alleged abduction by the police on April 28 in Taytay, Rizal. “Amid the tension of the...
Cornerstones of a democratic society is the assurance of a free and fair election system. Thus, it is imperative that governments must ensure the security and integrity of elections, to assure its citizens that leaders are elected by the will of the people and not...