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Isang Putok, Isang Buhay
“Masipag mag-asikaso ng pamilya…mabait talaga ‘yung anak ko na ‘yun,” ganito isinalarawan ni Nanay Rosita Laza ang yumao niyang panganay na anak na si Jesus Laza na kabilang sa mga martir ng Hacienda...
View ArticlePatuloy na pakikibaka sa kabila ng masaker sa Hacienda Luisita
Labingtatlong taon nang nagungulila ang 34-anyos na si Erwin Laza sa kanyang kapatid na si Jesus Laza, isa sa pitong martir ng masaker sa Hacienda Luisita. Sa paggunita ng madugong nangyari sa ilang...
View ArticleKung pagkaitan ng edukasyon
Kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan—isa sa pinakatanyag na pahayag ng pambansang bayaning si Jose Rizal. Pero paano nga ba matutugunan ng mga kabataan sa kasalukuyan ang ganitong hamon kung sila mismo ay...
View ArticleWomen pub thanks three Filipina leaders for inspiration
The Lily, the first US newspaper for and by women, began a “Thankful Chain” where one woman shares the story of another woman leader they look up to. The chain of eight included Filipina women...
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Kaarawan ni Baby Lance sa ‘homeless camp’
Isang araw bago ang unang buwan ng ‘homeless camp’ sa Mendiola ng mga tinanggalan ng tahanan mula sa East Bank Manggahan Floodway, nagdiwang ng kanyang unang kaarawan si Lance kasama ang mga kapitbahay...
View ArticleWhat the peace talks would have accomplished by end of 2017
An agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to pursue the fifth and sixth round of talks, deciding for them...
View ArticleGroups seek alternatives to DOTr, LTFRB PUV modernization program
No to Jeepney Phaseout Coalition and PISTON announced the two-day transport strike that they would hold on December 4 and 5. The groups also sought the junking of the current Public Utility Vehicle...
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One year after Duterte’s promise to release political prisoners: more were...
Of the 401 political prisoners that President Rodrigo Duterte inherited from the previous administration of Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III, 328 still remain in prison. Most of those who got...
View ArticlePedro
Batas Militar, crackdown at pamamaslang — ito ang tatlong malalaking isyung bitbit mula sa Timog Mindanao patungo sa Mendiola ni Pedro, 49 taong gulang na lider ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas...
View ArticleThe mountains are loved by my people
“Pinalangga namo ang kabukiran.” [The mountains are loved by my people.] This is how Datu Jimboy Mandagit, 27, speaks of the Pantaron Mountain Range, a vast cordillera straddling Misamis Oriental,...
View ArticleIpinaglalaban lang namin ang aming lupa
“Binabantaan akong dadamputin at papatayin. Bakit ako papatayin eh magsasaka at lider lang naman ako.” Sambit ni Noli, 55, chairman ng Compostela Farmers Association (CFA) hinggil sa tumitinding...
View ArticleTRAIN not for the poor; it is anti-poor – Makabayan
The advocates and supporters of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), the first package of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Package, highlight the...
View ArticleRich to gain more from tax reform
Without a quorum, the bicameral report on the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or TRAIN bill, the first package in the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) of President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
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Netizens, activists react to Isabelle Duterte ‘imeldific’ photo shoot inside...
(Warning: humour, sarcasm, slaps-in-the-face loaded, not for the die-hard.) While Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that this is not a matter of entitlement since the president himself did not...
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‘Parol ng Panawagan’ reminds us of what we need to reflect and act on this...
Members of the New Manila-Cubao cluster of the Nicodemus Solidarity Youth, a group of seminarians, hang lanterns made of recycled materials such as paper cups, newspapers and compact discs in a...
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Adding insult to injury: martial law extension a grave injustice to Lake Sebu...
On December 13, it took the majority of Congress members about four hours to approve President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year. Ten days prior to that, it...
View ArticleBiggest Christmas gift? Non-gainers in tax reform to pay for higher prices of...
On December 19, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the 2018 national budget and the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), saying the TRAIN is “the administration’s biggest Christmas...
View ArticleAlcohol is ‘sacred cow’ in tax reform – representative
ACT Teachers’ Partylist Antonio Tinio, who voted ‘no’ to the first tax reform package of the Rodrigo Duterte administration, tagged alcoholic beverages as a ‘sacred cow’ that has eluded higher taxes in...
View ArticleTRAIN not for the poor; it is anti-poor – Makabayan
The advocates and supporters of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN), the first package of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Package, highlight the...
View ArticleRich to gain more from tax reform
Without a quorum, the bicameral report on the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or TRAIN bill, the first package in the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) of President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
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