There is a need for a network like Luisita Watch because the tyranny against farm workers in Hacienda Luisita is not being publicized.
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Hazing victim calls for justice, ROTC abolition
“It is high time that we excise this vestige of a bygone militaristic era from our schools with finality. In the coming days, we vow to intensify the call for the abolition of the ROTC [Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program].”
DENR urged to remove no-build zone markers in Eastern Visayas
“The movement against no-build zone, no-dwell zone policy will spread like wildfire. The people in the coastal communities will continue to expose and oppose this highly unacceptable adventure of the government to deny our fisherfolk the rights to livelihood and decent communities.”
Yolanda survivors initially barred from submitting petition to Malacañang
“Why is it that President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III could personally welcome (there) an accused person like Janet Lim Napoles, but not the representatives of Yolanda victims who only tried to bring a petition signed by 17,585 survivors of Yolanda?”
Is education at PUP still for the poor?
“Although the tuition has not increased, with the additional fees being imposed other than the miscellaneous fees we pay every enrollment, studying even at PUP is becoming more expensive.”
Friends around the world toast Joma’s 55 years of service to Philippine revolution
Friends and comrades of Sison also turned the celebration of his lifework into the launching day of the campaign to revitalize and expand the work of the Center for Social Studies.
Show the Supreme Court, Aquino gov’t your anger over rate hike, groups urge public
Lights off on Feb. 17 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., a big rally at the Supreme Court on February 18.
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison at 75: There is no sitting back for revolutionaries
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison’s latest book is indispensable to understanding why and how, under the leadership of the CPP, the Filipino people and their revolutionary forces successfully fought and defeated the US-instigated fascist dictatorship of Marcos.
Soldiers display their weapons, roam Ilocos Sur festival in full battle gear
They allowed the people, even kids, to hold their guns and pose for the cameras. Placed in front of the tent that has camouflaged sacks on top of one another is a machine gun. Two mortar launchers- short and long range, were also in display.
Opposition to Meralco rate hike persists despite 13-cent slash in rates
Protesters dislike the increase-now, explain-later attitude implied by actions of government regulators.
PH rice importation policy in shambles
‘For agriculture to become the base of economic development, the state’s economic program including its foreign trade policy should include protecting and supporting small farmers to develop local agricultural production, increase rural employment, and achieve food self-sufficiency.’