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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 […]

Sa ila­lim ng ma­la­ko­lon­yal at ma­lap­yu­dal na li­pu­nan, hin­di la­mang du­ma­ra­nas ng pag­sa­sa­man­ta­la ang ka­ba­bai­hang Pi­li­pi­no bi­lang mga mag­ga­ga­wa o mag­sa­sa­ka, du­ma­ra­nas pa si­la ng hi­git na pang-aa­pi du­lot ng diskri­mi­na­syon sa ka­sa­ri­an at so­bi­nis­mo ng ka­la­la­ki­han. Kum­pa­ra sa la­la­ki, mas ma­ba­ba ang sa­hod at mas ma­pang-a­pi ang ka­la­ga­yan ng mga ba­ba­eng mang­ga­ga­wa. Ka­sa­bay ni­to, […]

GINUNITA NG PANDAIGDIGANG uring pro­le­tar­ya­do ang ika-100 taong ani­ber­sar­yo ng pag­ka­ka­ta­tag ng Third Inter­na­tio­nal o Com­mu­nist Inter­na­tio­nal (Co­min­tern) ng Unang Kong­re­so ni­to sa Moscow noong Mar­so 2-6, 1919. Ang Co­min­tern ay re­sul­ta ng ma­ta­gum­pay na Da­ki­lang Pro­le­tar­yong Re­bo­lu­syong Oktub­re na nag­ta­tag ng dik­ta­du­ra ng pro­le­tar­yo sa Rus­sia at nag­bu­kas ng pi­tong de­ka­dang ma­ta­ta­gum­pay na so­sya­lis­tang […]