By ANNE MARXZE UMILBulatlat.com "NTF-ELCAC’s reason for being has always been to target open, legal organizations it accuses of being ‘communist fronts.’” MANILA – Lies, lies and more lies. This is the reaction of human rights group Karapatan on the Philippine government’s claim in the recently...
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net TABUK CITY, Kalinga—Indigenous peoples’ organizations in the Cordillera warned of more rights violations in the region following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to prioritize funding for large dams for irrigation and other...
Leaders of various faith-based and civil organizations in the Philippines urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to make “a clear and unqualified” commitment to peacefully address the root causes of the world’s longest ongoing communist revolution. The newly formed...
The persistent lack of decent work, low wages, and worsening poverty contradict the Marcos administration’s claims that the labor market is on a positive momentum and that more quality jobs are being created. Official year-on-year labor force data for May 2024 appears...
Growth slowing for three straight quarters confirms economic decline under the Marcos Jr administration. The economic rebound and momentarily fast growth from reopening, which was measured from the worst economic contraction in the country’s history, is over. The...
Growth slowing for three straight quarters confirms economic decline under the Marcos Jr administration. Gross domestic product (GDP) has consistently slowed from 7.7% in the third quarter to 7.1% in the fourth quarter of 2022, 6.4% in the first quarter of 2023 and...
NEWS ANALYSIS – The latest June 2023 labor force figures confirm that the economy is still struggling to create decent work, pay and earnings, said research group IBON. This is particularly clear if the results are interpreted against recent surveys which showed...
Ni MICHAEL BELTRAN, EXEQUIEL AGULTO, at AXELL SWEN LUMIGUENPinoy Weekly Sapat ba ang P40 na umento sa minimum na sahod na inaprubahan nitong katapusan ng Hunyo? Nadagdagan ng 7% ang bagong P610 na minimum wage na dating P570 sa Metro Manila. Kulang pang pambili ng...
The July inflation rate of 4.7% shows slower price increases but the cost of basic goods such as rice, vegetables, fish and oil continues to rise and burden millions of poor consumers, research group IBON said. This will continue with the oil price, train fare and...
Harassment against Hong Kong migrant workers imperils their employment opportunities and prompts them to incur more debt. Governments are aware of the problem, but advocacy groups say regulations and enforcement are not enough. BY CHERRY SALAZARPhilippine Center for...
By VENMAR CECILLEBulatlat.com MANILA – “The pandemic is still not over.” Cristy Dongeuines, president of Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Employees Union-Alliance of Health Workers (JRMMCEU-AHW), stressed this point as they joined last Monday’s protest action in...
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVAKodao Productions 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. CPP chief...
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was silent on press freedom issues during his second State of the Nation Address. The situation on the ground is no better. By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA — Media organizations in the Philippines decried the deteriorating state of press...