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...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) blasted government claims that more than half of all media killings in the Philippines have been resolved. Reacting to government claims to visiting United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression...
A human rights organization and a media group called claims by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that red-tagging is not official government policy is, simply, lying. “Simply doublespeak,” Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said in reaction to DOJ’s...
Ni ANDREA JOBELLE ADANPinoy Weekly Kasabay ng mga talakayan tungkol sa Charter change (Cha-cha) ang pag-uusap at pagsiyasat sa dagdag na P14.2 bilyon na pondo ng Commissions on Elections (Comelec), ang ahensiya na nangangasiwa sa mga halalan at plebisito. Makikita sa...
Research group IBON said that the Marcos Jr administration’s reasons for amending economic provisions in the Constitution or economic Charter change (Cha-cha) are erroneous. Cha-cha will only bring more of the same foreign investment liberalization that has stranded...
Ni STELLA MAE MARCOS at JUSTINE JANNAH TAGUIBAOPinoy Weekly Walang tigil ang protesta at panawagan ng mga drayber at opereytor para sa sa makatarungang Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) sa kabila ng nakaambang pagturing sa mga tradisyonal na...
Media groups and rights defenders condemned government’s top media security official, calling his allegation that a jailed journalist is active in terrorist groups a classic example of red-tagging. Altermidya and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines...
Human rights group emphasized the importance UN Special Rapporteur’s visit, adding that this is the chance to show the international community that all is not well in the Philippines, and how current government policies, laws and programs have led to killings and...
“Instead of devoting our land and resources to the genuine development of the domestic agriculture, economy, and industries, ChaCha will allow more foreign-owned extractive industries, logging, ecotourism, real estate projects, expansion of agro-corporation...
By ALELI MADRIGALBulatlat.com PANDI, Bulacan — Inside a housing unit at a government facility here, three mothers gather around a basin full of unmade pieces of clothespins waiting to be assembled. Assembling clothespins for a nearby factory is a way for urban poor...
Ni NEIL AMBIONPinoy Weekly Nagmatigas ang administrasyong Marcos Jr. na ituloy ang Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) sa kabila ng magiging pinsala nito sa kabuhayan ng mga drayber at opereytor, sa mga komyuter, at sa ekonomiya ng bansa. Simula Peb....
Ni SHIENNA GRACE SANTELICESPinoy Weekly Hinihiling ng mga mandaragat na tanggalin ang probisyon sa execution bond sa panukalang Magna Carta for Seafarers. Anila, hinahadlangan nito ang kanilang karapatan na makatanggap ng nararapat na monetary award at mga benepisyo....
Ni JUSTINE JANNAH TAGUIBAOPinoy Weekly Lumobo na sa P14.51 trilyon ang utang ng Pilipinas bago matapos ang 2023, pinakamataas na rekord sa kasaysayan ng bansa. Ayon sa huling ulat ng Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) noong Nobyembre, umabot ng 69.09% ang domestic...