Elements of the 88th IB illegally arrested and detained two minors in Sitio Sanggiapo, Barangay Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on February 18 at around 11 a.m. The victims were identified as Loujean Antian Lumbatan, 17, a student of Sinuda High School, and Ara Mystica Antian Pangcat, 10, a student of Cabalansihan Elementary School. They were detained […]
In a semicolonial and semifeudal society, women are exploited not only as workers or farmers but are further oppressed due to gender discrimination and male chauvinism. Compared to men, women’s wages are relatively lower and working conditions are more exploitative. Likewise, they are constrained by the predominant patriachal culture which sets their societal “role” as […]
NURSES AND HEALTH workers of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital (USTH) in Manila are planning to mount a strike against against inhumane working conditions in the hospital. Due to lack of employees in the hospital, nurses are required to render longer hours of work. This affects the quality of their service. They attested that […]
THE EXPANDED MATERNITY Law was finally enacted after it was formally approved by Rodrigo Duterte last February 22. The Gabriela Women’s Partylist (GWP) along with other progressive groups and personalities lobbied and campaigned for the said law for almost a decade. The law grants 105 paid days of maternity leave to expectant mothers. They are […]
THE INTERNATIONAL PROLETARIAN movement commemorated the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Third International or the Communist International (Comintern) by its First Congress in Moscow on March 2-6, 1919. The Comintern was the outcome of the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution which established the dictatorship of the proletariat in Russia and paved […]
NEITHER AN AGREEMENT nor a joint statement was announced after the second meeting of Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea), and US President Donald Trump during the last week of February in Vietnam. The objective of the said meeting was to rediscuss the denuclearization of the […]
WELGA ANG BANTA ng mga nars at manggagawang pangkalusugan sa University of Santo Tomas Hospital (USTH) sa Manila City laban sa di-makataong kalagayan sa paggawa sa loob ng ospital. Daing ng mga nars, dahil kulang sa empleyado ang ospital ay napipilitan silang gumugol ng mas mahabang oras sa paggawa. Dahil dito ay apektado ang kalidad […]
WALANG NAABOT NA kasunduan o pinag-isang pahayag ang muling pakikipagkita ng pinuno ng Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK o North Korea) na si Kim Jong Un sa presidente ng US na si Donald Trump noong huling linggo ng Pebrero sa Vietnam. Layunin ng naturang pagpupulong na muling pag-usapan ang denukleyarisasyon ng DPRK, isang kaisahang […]
NAISABATAS NA ANG expanded maternity leave (pinahabang bakasyon ng mga bagong ina mula sa kanilang trabaho) matapos itong aprubahan ni Rodrigo Duterte noong Pebrero 22. Halos isang dekada na itong iginigiit at ikinakampanya ng Gabriela Women’s Partylist (GWP) kasama ang iba pang mga progresibong grupo at personahe. Sa ilalim ng batas, maaari nang lumiban sa […]
Dalawang menor-de-edad na estudyante ang iligal na dinakip at idinetine ng mga sundalo ng 88th IB sa Sityo Sanggiapo, Barangay Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon noong Pebrero 18. Sina Loujean Antian Lumbatan, 17, estudyante sa Sinuda High School, at Ara Mystica Antian Pangcat, 10, estudyante ng Cabalansihan Elementary School ay inaresto ng mga sundalo bandang alas-11 ng […]