United People’s SONA| One march, one program calling to end Cha-Cha, tyranny, killings
“What we have really is a state of hunger.”
United People’s SONA| One march, one program calling to end Cha-Cha, tyranny, killings
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Teachers give Duterte a failing grade
Teachers give Duterte a failing grade
“What kind of values does he promote if he is a macho-fascist who promotes machismo, anger, and the degradation of women?”
Broader ‘People’s SONA’ to confront President Duterte
Broader ‘People’s SONA’ to confront President Duterte
The United People’s SONA will call Duterte to account for failing to fulfill his campaign promises: to end labor contractualization, uplift the dire conditions of the poor, and pursue peace negotiations to their logical conclusion by addressing the root causes of the armed conflict.
#BabaeAko to join SONA protests
#BabaeAko to join SONA protests
“On the president’s third year in office, nothing has become clearer than that Mr. Duterte has really nothing to show for beyond his machismo and misogyny.”
Tolling the bells
Tolling the bells
President Rodrigo Duterte is absolutely right. The Balangiga bells, seized by United States Army soldiers from the Catholic church of Balangiga town, Samar in 1902, “are part of our national heritage,” and should be returned to the Philippines. Mr. Duterte made the...
Unmasking Duterte
Unmasking Duterte
These days, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is turning out to be his own worst enemy. He cannot keep himself from rambling on and on, revealing his bloodlust, megalomania, contempt for objectivity and truth, small-mindedness and bigotry, gullibility for the...
Imminent danger
Imminent danger
Never mind the 2017 Duterte State of the Nation Address, which was replete with profanities, self-serving claims of current and future progress on various fronts, among them the regime’s brutal and failing war on drugs, and justifications for the use of...
Releasing the pain | Kin of victims of gov’t war on drugs overcome sorrow through dance
Releasing the pain | Kin of victims of gov’t war on drugs overcome sorrow through dance
A group of families of victims of drug-related killings use art to move on and seek justice.
Duterte’s curse-laden SONA
Duterte’s curse-laden SONA
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective A president’s state of the nation address (SONA) is supposed to be a report of the accomplishments of the administration and an articulation of its priorities and policy direction. There were presidents who even used people...
Funny, problematic — exasperating
Funny, problematic — exasperating
President Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) was at various times challenging, funny, and puzzling. Particularly problematic, however, were his statements on human rights, the drug problem, and even the media. As has become evident since Day...
The change the poor need: education, housing, right to due process
The change the poor need: education, housing, right to due process
Many urban poor pin their hopes on President Duterte’s plan to improve the country.
Aquino’s Final SONA | ‘The worst president’ – women’s group
Aquino’s Final SONA | ‘The worst president’ – women’s group
“Due to prevalent joblessness, contractualization, low salaries and for opening our economy to foreign plunder, we present this award to Aquino: ‘Pinakapahirap Award.’” – GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus
#HatolNgBayan to hold series of hearings on Aquino’s performance
#HatolNgBayan to hold series of hearings on Aquino’s performance
"We are informing President Aquino that there will be a series of trials and proceedings that will be held in communities, workplaces, schools and streets that will prosecute his government against its anti-people and anti-national policies.” – Raymond Palatino, Bayan-NCR
The leaves for the forest
The leaves for the forest
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld “Change” has been the mantra of all administrations since at least the Marcos period (1965-1986). Ferdinand Marcos vowed to “make this nation great again” when he was elected in 1965, and to “reform society and save...
9 nabbed, scores wounded in anti-SONA protest
9 nabbed, scores wounded in anti-SONA protest
“This simply reeks of fascism to gag legitimate dissent that must be respected by any government that honestly wants to be called even remotely democratic, much less humane or even civilized.” – Edre Olalia, National Union of Peoples' Lawyers
Aquino’s five failures to the Filipino youth
Aquino’s five failures to the Filipino youth
PRESS STATEMENT: July 23, 2012 The Filipino youth are greeting the State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III with greater discontent and protests, for his failure to address the deepening socio-economic crisis faced by the youth and the people. 1....
Lies, terror and violence in Aquino’s third SONA
Lies, terror and violence in Aquino’s third SONA
With his two years of presidency and three State of the Nation Address (SONA), Pres. Noynoy Aquino has peddled lies on the situation of human rights in the Philippines. He has been, in fact, inflicting terror and violence against the Filipino people. The second...
Nationwide SONA protests today: “The people won’t be fooled” – BAYAN
Nationwide SONA protests today: “The people won’t be fooled” – BAYAN
News Release July 23, 2012 Despite threats of rain, thousands of protesters are expected to turn out today for the State of the Nation Address of Philippine president Benigno Aquino III. They will come mainly from the ranks of workers, farmers, urban poor, youth...
180 Filipino workers in Saudi to hold hunger strike
180 Filipino workers in Saudi to hold hunger strike
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The OFWs, joined by other maltreated migrant workers of other nationalities, launched strikes and ‘stop-work protests.’ They appealed to the Philippine embassy for help, but they were left to fend for themselves.”
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