Mariing kinukundena ng NDF-Bikol ang sapilitang pagpapalayas ng 2nd IBPA at mga lokal na upisyal ng gubyerno sa hindi bababa sa 94 pamilya ng mga magsasakang Masbatenyo mula sa kanilang lupang binubungkal sa mga barangay ng Cabungahan, Calapayan at Villaluna sa bayan ng Cawayan sa Masbate. Kung tutuusin ang 550 ektaryang sinasakahan ng naturang komunidad […]
Obligasyon ng estado sa mamamayan ang maghatid ng pampublikong yutilidad at serbisyo tulad ng kuryente at tubig. Bahagi ng tungkulin nitong tiyakin na mayroong sapat at abot-kayang, kung hindi pa nga ay libreng, panlipunang serbisyo para sa masa. Gayundin ang protektahan ang masa mula sa hindi makatwirang bayarin, dispalinghadong serbisyo at iba pang tipo ng […]
Provision of public utilities and services is part of the state’s obligations to the people. It is part of its mandate to ensure adequate and affordable, if not free, social services for the masses. As well as to protect them from unreasonable fees, paltry service and other forms of abuse. Were these things not just […]
Halos limang dekada na ang lumipas mula nang ipataw ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ang Martial Law sa buong bansa subalit hanggang ngayon, wala pa ring hustisya ang mga biktima ng sapilitang pagkawala sa panahong iyon at sa mga sumunod pang rehimen. Masahol pa, tila pinagdurugo ang sugat ng mga mahal sa buhay ng mga desaparecidos […]
Isang malaking kalokohan ang pahayag ng kasalukuyang executive director ng Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) na si Teodoro Jose Matta na ang pangunahing dahilan ng pagkasaid ng mga kagubatan sa lalawigan ay ang agricultural expansion. Sinabi ito ni Matta sa Palawan Planning Summit noong Agosto 17-19. Itinatanggi at ikinukubli ni Matta at ng PCSD […]
Neoliberalism is at the root of the sugar fiasco currently spotlighted on mainstream media. The US-Marcos II regime is aligning its allies within the sugar bloc while it blows up an unauthorized SRA order to muddle the issue of sugar importation. It performs as a typical bureaucrat capitalist government beholden to the dictates of its […]
August 21st is a sobering reminder that the People Power was never a peaceful revolution as many interested parties would like to paint it to be. Before its culmination in 1986, the Marcoses were already spilling blood left and right. In 1983, dictator Ferdinand Marcos had his rival Ninoy Aquino assassinated at the airport as […]
The recent study from Philippine Statistics Authority, that the number of Filipino families suffering under the yoke of poverty increased significantly, should hardly even be considered news anymore. The non-news said that almost 20 million Filipinos are living in poverty; that is, 18.1 percent of the population which is at 16.5 percent a mere three […]
Dear Compatriots and Friends, I am honored and delighted to be invited to contribute a statement to The Wednesday Forum and participate in the celebration of the life of President Fidel Valdez Ramos (FVR). I am aware of the many virtues and achievements of the late FVR. But I wish to focus on his outstanding […]
Hindi dapat isalaksak at pilit na ipalunok sa mga kabataang Pilipino ang sapilitang pagpapatupad ng Reserve Officer Training Corps o ROTC pagsapit ng senior highschool. Dapat na tutulan at labanan ng mamamayang Pilipino laluna ng laksang kabataan ang panunumbalik ng ROTC batay sa plano ng pasistang tambalang Marcos II at Sara Duterte. Isa ito sa […]