“In the land of bigname hacienderos, contractual workers lug everyday more than 1,000 sacks of sugar weighing 50 kilos. They are paid lower than the minimum wage. Some suffer bone fractures. Some developed hernia. But the workers complained the company does not even provide them a clinic or first aid.”
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‘Betrayal!’ Martial law victims, rights advocates say of SC ruling on #MarcosBurial case
“9-5-1 is a lie. We must stand up for the truth. And the truth is that Marcos does not deserve to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.” — Edita Burgos
SC allows hero’s burial for Marcos
“Don’t they know Marcos was a convicted plunderer and human rights violator?”
Fire-storm from the boondocks: Understanding ‘Little Brown Brother’s’ Realpolitik
Interviewing Dr. Kenneth Bauzon on the Duterte Presidency before the 2016 US Elections By E. SAN JUAN, Jr. Emeritus Professor of Ethnic Studies & Comparative Literature; Professorial Lecturer, Polytechnic University of the Philippines “A howling wilderness” was what General Jacob Smith ordered his troops to make of Samar, Philippines. He was taking revenge for the…
Raising workers’ wages should top govt’s priority, IBON survey says
The gap between the mandated minimum wage and the family living wage has widened over the years.
All Souls’ Day for the kin of the disappeared
“Until we see their bones in a grave, or we see them in prison, we will not stop searching.”
Witness says military ordered digging of alleged mass graves twice
“Skeletal remains were supposedly dug up in 2006 in Inopacan, Leyte and before that was another digging made in 2000.”
Gabriela Women’s Party backs Duterte on ending labor migration
The women’s partylist hoped that with President Duterte’s statement, no woman will have the same fate as Irma Jotojot.
National minorities’ tribunal finds US ‘guilty’ of crimes vs. Filipino people
Indigenous and Moro protesters march back to the US embassy to declare their verdict: “Death to imperialism!”
NDFP vows to continue pushing for national minorities’ agenda in peace talks
“Natural resources are being plundered from the ancestral lands of our national minorities.”
Reds mull peace talks sans ceasefire amid heightened military ops
“If the AFP continues to violate the ceasefire, it will not be long and it is highly probable that the NPA would retract its unilateral ceasefire.”