Devoid of sympathy and preparation. This was what millions of parents and thousands of teachers accuse Rodrigo Duterte and his education officials with regards to the plan of enforced “distance learning” for the coming schoolyear. “The online, modular, television, radio and laptop methods are inappropriate since families’ conditions vary,” a mother and member of the […]

The confrontation between between Lumads and 88th IB officials became heated during a dialogue held in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon last June 13. The Lumads urged the military unit to leave and demanded an end to its attacks in the community. The unit has occupied the communities of Eya­ray, La­kap, Ka­tab­la­ran, Sa­lo­re­nga, May­na­ga, Tom­ba­ga, San Vicen­te and […]

SUSPECTED ELEMENTS of the 88th IB strafed a house where Elita Manlapid, 59, and her family were staying on the night of June 16. Manlapid was the chairperson of the San Fernando Kasama-Bukidnon chapter in 2013. She has been repeatedly pressured to “surrender” as a member of the New Peo­ple’s Army in 2016 and 2019. […]

Reports of mass lay offs filled the news as companies face the threat of bankruptcy due to the crisis wrought by Duterte’s almost 3-month lockdown. Companies have successively expressed their intent to retrench their workers. Among these are the Bank of Phi­lip­pi­ne Islands which announced it will retire 1,286 employees who are 50 years and […]

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of professionals and workers in the service sector continue to suffer from the Duterte regime’s neglect under the lockdown. They lost incomes when schools, offices and cinemas were closed. Among them are 50,000 teachers in universities and colleges, and 500,000 education workers in private schools. In addition, 800,000 workers in the film […]