The number of Filipinos involved in the so-called “gig economy” are rising these past years. (A “gig” is a temporary and non-regular work.) In 2018, there were 2 million workers in this sector. There have been estimates that the number increased during the pandemic. Majority (84%) of them are dependent on online platforms. In 2021, […]

Eight illegal arrests were conducted by state armed forces in different areas of the country in just six days around the period of the holy week. All of them were accused of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and were planted evidences to be charged of fabricated criminal cases. Not less than 15 […]

Holy Week Cavalry of the Poor. Urban poor groups held their annual Cavalry of the Poor to mark Holy Week. Last April 8, members of Kadamay held a protest-procession in Tatalon, Quezon City. In Cebu last April 15, Panaghugpong-Kadamay Cebu and Movement Against Carbon Market Privatization organized stations of the cross which tackled people’s issues […]

It is a stellar victory not only for women but for the entire revolutionary movement that the Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (Makibaka) has persevered in 50 years of revolutionary struggle to change the system which has oppressed and impoverished women. Through five decades, it firmly upheld the view that the ruling class political authority […]