Simultaneous protest actions were carried out by women under Gabriela on March 1 at the beginning of Women’s Month. Their call: Livelihood, Human Rights, Sovereignty, not chacha for foreigners and the few! That day, Gabriela Youth members, together with other youth groups, marched to Mendiola in Manila to express their opposition to the Marcos regime’s […]
Protests hound Marcos presence at ASEAN in Australia. Filipino migrants and progressive groups in Melbourne, Australia hounded the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit and the participation of Ferdinand Marcos Jr from March 4 to March 6. Led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Australia, the protests disrupted the ASEAN Summit and Marcos’ activities. Justice for the Bilar 5 […]
Inside the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), the first export processing zone in the Philippines, women workers dared to struggle at FCF Manufacturing Corporation, a company that exclusively makes products for global brands Coach and Kate Spade. They voted to go on strike after the company said it would only grant a wage increase of […]
The fascist war criminals in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), paramilitaries and the Philippine National Police (PNP), as well as its chief Ferdinand Marcos Jr, must be indicted and prosecuted for multiple violations of international humanitarian law and principles of civilized warfare during recent weeks. Justice for the Bilar 5. Five Red fighters […]
In a congressional hearing last February 29, the Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the Philippines (Conwep) threatened widespread layoffs in the garment industry if even the slightest increase in workers wages is approved. In its letter to the Marcos regime, it warned that up to 120,000 or 70%-80% of its 160,000 workers will lose their […]
Big and foreign capitalists deliberately attack workers’ rights to unionize and bargain in order to keep Filipino labor cheap and docile. This goes against what reactionary state officials keep parroting, what their own law say, and the international agreements which they have hypocritically signed. Forming a union and demanding that it be recognized as exclusive […]
From the outset, foreign offshore mining operations along the coasts of Cagayan in 2021 have caused tremendous damage to the livelihood of farmers and fishermen in the Cagayan Valley region. Considered as the first and largest in the country, offshore mining in Cagayan cover 56,013 hectares of coastline and ocean in 10 towns in the […]
Nanalasa ngayon sa malaking bahagi ng bansa ang tagtuyot na epekto ng penomenong pangklima na El Niño. Nagsimula ito noon pang kalagitnaan ng nagdaang taon, at inaasahang tatagal hanggang Mayo o Hunyo ngayong taon. Inaasahang aabot sa 65 prubinsya ang daranas ng tagtuyot at magdudulot ng malawak na pinsala sa kabuhayan ng masa sa kanayunan. […]
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