Mahigit isang buwan na nang muling simulan ang demolisyon ng mga tahungan sa Navotas sa isang bahagi ng Manila Bay. Katwiran ng lokal ng pamahalaan na naglabas ng utos ng demolisyon noong Pebrero, ‘iligal’ at ‘marumi’ ang mga tahungan. Paliwanag ng Navotas LGU, sinusunod lamang nito ang...
Community teachers of a Davao del Norte-based Lumad school were alarmed over the reported abduction of one of their students, Maui Bago on April 12. Witnesses reported that the 21-year-old Lumad was abducted by members of the 60th Infranty Battalion (IB) of the...
A total of 2,357 residents from 13 villages in Calbiga and Pinabacdao, Samar have fled their homes and are now temporarily staying at the Calbiga town gymnasium after intensified military operations in their communities. The evacuees--composed of 949 children,...
THE FORMAL peace negotiations between the Philippine government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) concluded an “exacting yet successful” fourth round of talks in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. One of the gains made from the round was...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Sec. Judy Taguiwalo yesterday assured the department's support for the Lumad affected by militarization and promised relief and rehabilitation for communities, including those affected by recent aerial bombings...
Ipinasa ng Senado ang Senate Bill 1304 o mas kilala bilang Free Education for All Actsa ikatlo at huling pagbasa noong Marso 13—sakto sa ika-apat na anibersaryo ng pagkamatay ni Kristel Tejada, estudyante ng University of the Philippines (UP) Manila na nagpakamatay...
One farmer is killed every two days. This was revealed by Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today in a press conference in Quezon City, denouncing the killing of 46 farmers under the Duterte administration. According to the KMP, the killings escalated since the...
Farmers called on the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to adopt a program on free land distribution in negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Socio-Economic Reforms (CASER), saying...
WHEN THE urban poor group Kadamay (Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap) led the occupation of idle housing units in a government relocation site in Pandi, Bulacan last week, President Rodrigo Duterte called the action “anarchy”. He even threatened them with eviction....
Maraming dahilan ang ibinibigay ng administrasyong Duterte para itigil na ang formal peace talks sa pagitan ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas (GRP) at National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Pero kung NDFP ang tatanungin, nananatiling bukas at pursigido ang...
Hinalughog diumano ng mahigit 10 miyembro ng Philippine National Police sa ilalim ng 415th Provincial Police Mobile Group ang Barangay Guisguis Talon sa Sariaya, Quezon upang hanapin ang organisador na si Ara Marcellana at iba pang mga miyembro ng Pambansang...
A former Bayan Muna party-list coordinator alleged by the military as an officer of the New People’s Army (NPA) was not killed in a shoot-out, but murdered in cold blood. This was the statement of the family of Glenn Ramos, 39, who was shot last February 7 inside the...
Matapos ang apat na taon ng pagiging diskwalipikado sa programa sa repormang agraryo, sa wakas ay pinagkalooban na ng Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) ang 111 magsasaka sa Hacienda Luisita. Tig-6,600 metro kwadradong lupa ang naipamahagi ni Agrarian Reform...