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A former official of the Supreme Court asserted that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) cannot be declared terrorists under the new Anti-Terror Act (ATA). Former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio shared this view in reaction to Duterte’s declaration that “the CPP is terrorist because I declare it to […]

The Movement Against Tyranny and Concer­ned Law­yers for Civil Li­ber­ti­es protested in front of the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City last July 11 to oppose the Anti-Terror Act. The said groups are among those that filed the 10th petition at the Supreme Court demanding to junk the law. On July 16, the Catholic […]

The 67,000-strong American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended last June for schools to be opened and for students to be present in schools the soonest possible time. They came up with eight principles in considering school re-entry policies in its paper entitled “COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry,” last updated on June 25. It […]

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to aggravate hunger in countries where food crisis is most severe and is creating new epicenters of hunger across the globe. In a report published last July 9, Oxfam International identified 10 countries where hunger is most severe, as well as four countries which are experiencing rapidly rising levels of hunger […]

Nurses of the San Laza­ro Hos­pi­tal in Manila City mounted a silent protest last July 16 to demand better treatment. The nurses disclosed that around 60 health workers in the hospital were infected with Covid-19. Among them are 48 patients who compose 60% of the facilities Covid-19 patients. They lamented that the infections were primarily […]

Hindi bababa sa 14 ang patay at 10 ang sugatang sun­da­lo at pu­lis ng re­hi­meng US-Du­ter­te sa mga tak­ti­kal na open­si­ba ng Ba­gong Huk­bong Ba­yan (BHB) mu­la Hul­yo 8-16. Sa Neg­ros Occi­den­tal, 12 sun­dalo ang pa­tay at apat ang su­ga­tan nang tambangan ng BHB-Southwest Neg­ros (Arman­do Su­ma­yang Jr. Com­mand) ang 15th IB noong Hul­yo 8. […]

Sa botong 70-11, tuluyan nang pinatay ng Kongreso noong Hulyo 10 ang prangkisa ng ABS-CBN, ang pinakamalaking network sa radyo at telebisyon sa bansa. Nagkaroon ng 13 pagdinig kung saan samutsaring usapin ang ibinato ng mga kongresistang alipures ni Rodrigo Duterte sa mga upisyal ng kumpanya. Kasama dito ang indibidwal nilang mga hinanakit at mga […]

Gabi-gabi mula Hulyo 10, nagtitipon ang mga manggagawa at artista ng ABS-CBN sa tarangkahan ng istasyon nito sa Quezon City para magsagawa ng noise barrage laban sa pagtanggi ng Kongreso na bigyan ang kumpanya ng bagong prangkisa. Noong Hulyo 18, nagkaraban ang kanilang mga tagasuporta mula Makati tungo sa istasyon sa Quezon City. Sumabay sa […]

Sa kan­yang na­la­la­pit na Sta­te of the Na­ti­on Address (SONA) sa Hul­yo 27, asa­han na mu­ling itutulak ni Rod­ri­go Du­ter­te ang mga hakbanging neo­li­be­ral sa eko­nom­ya upang hi­git pang pi­ga­in ang mga Pi­li­pi­nong sub­sob na sa hi­rap sa git­na ng kri­sis sa eko­nom­ya. Ga­ya ng pag­rat­sa­da sa pag­pa­pa­tu­pad ng Anti-Ter­ro­rism Law, ang mga is­ke­mang ito […]

Ipi­nag­ma­ma­ya­bang ng San Mi­gu­el Cor­po­ra­ti­on (SMC) ang ka­li­wa’t ka­nang kontri­bu­syon ni­to sa la­ban diu­ma­no sa pan­dem­yang Covid-19. Pe­ro sa li­kod ng ma­pag­ka­wang­ga­wang muk­ha ni­to, da­la ni­to’y pang-aa­pi sa ma­ma­ma­yan sa wa­lang ka­bu­su­gang pag­ka­ka­mal ng mas dam­bu­ha­la pang ki­ta. Ha­bang aba­la ang ta­ga­pa­ngu­lo ni­tong si Ra­mon Ang sa pag­bi­bi­gay ng do­na­syo­n, aba­la rin ang kan­yang mga […]