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Groups urge gov’t, companies to prioritize BPO workers’ welfare amid pandemic
As the Luzon lockdown continues, many workers in BPO companies are forced to head to their offices due to a lack of flexible work arrangements and to maintain job security during the coronavirus outbreak
Fact-finding team finds irregularities in Negros mass arrests
Bayan Muna spokesperson Teddy Casiño says the raiding team claimed the 'firearms and grenades' were recovered in plain sight – in tables, cabinets and the kitchen sink
Campaign to stop Kaliwa Dam eyes 10 million signatures
The Stop Kaliwa Dam Coalition aims to gather signatures from all over the Philippines for the petition asking President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the Kaliwa Dam project
Sectoral groups to hold 'miting de avance of the people' on May 10
The event will bring together religious, human rights, youth, and civil society organizations to persuade voters to choose candidates who will maintain the independence of the Senate
'Chilling effect': Groups slam new SEC guidelines for nonprofits
'While the provisions of this memorandum circular are seemingly neutral, we know very well that these types of regulation are in actuality...directed for political and religious outliers,' says Pacifico Agabin, former dean of the UP College of Law
Duterte open to changes in rice tariffication bill
Rice industry stakeholders still hope the National Food Authority's regulatory powers will be retained, but President Rodrigo Duterte is against this
From tarpaulins to funds from mining: What 2019 candidates should avoid
Environment groups call for ‘clean, green’ 2019 elections
More groups slam ‘violent, misogynist’ frat-linked chat
‘These incidents point to a larger, more harmful issue at hand: the culture of impunity, derogation and moral corruption that have become inevitably associated with the fraternities on campus,’ says the UP Economics Society
ALYANSA, KAISA to lead next year’s UP student council
This turnout for the 2017 campus elections in UP Diliman is slightly higher than in 2016 according to the University Student Electoral Board – 11 951 out of 24 036 eligible voters participated
#CampusIssue: How will the Magna Carta shape UP elections?
The question needs to be asked: Should a document codify and recognize the rights of the students? The students’ answer to this question might be the tipping point of the 2017 campus elections in UP Diliman
DAR orders distribution of 358 hectares of Hacienda Luisita
Secretary Rafael Mariano orders DAR Central Luzon to get the assistance of appropriate law enforcement officials to ensure that the Cojuangco owned Tadeco complies
SONA 2016: Mixed reactions to Duterte's environmental plans
What do advocates have to say about President Rodrigo Duterte s statements on different environmental issues during his first State of the Nation Address?
UP Diliman political parties unite against Marcos candidacy
The unity statement comes a month after former UP Diliman student leaders also declared unity against the candidacy of Marcos
When UP Diliman turned red again
For the last 4 years the night either bled blue or yellow I have witnessed the announcement in the last two years
Fisherfolk leaders bare wish list to presidential bets
The leaders say they want the reforms under the Aquino administration to be sustained but they would defer any endorsement until they ve heard all the other candidates
'Make fisheries an election issue' – fisherfolk leaders
As the Philippines prepares to elect new leaders in May fishermen hope their concerns will not be ignored
Hacienda Luisita: The struggle continues
For many Hacienda Luisita residents decades of protest have not given them the justice they seek They continue despite the obstacles in their path in the hopes of getting what belongs to them
42 more groups file nominations for party list
This brings to 60 the number of organizations that have so far expressed their intent to send nominees to the House of Representatives
What businessmen want to hear from Aquino's final SONA
Business leaders weigh in on what they consider the biggest success and failure of the Aquino administration with less than a year to go before a new leadership steps in
Frat war: UP student council head faces impeachment
The impeachment proceeding against UP student council chairperson JP Delas Nieves is scheduled on July 13
ALYANSA wins big in UP Diliman elections
Student party ALYANSA wins the hotly contested race that recorded a high voter turn out
#CampusIssue: An all-time low in UP Diliman elections?
In all of these incidents UP students say the losers are not any of the political parties but the voters who will be electing them
Former OFW leads neighborhood housing project
How an open mind perseverance and faith brought a woman and her group of informal settlers to their dream community
SC petition filed to shut down Payatas landfill
A group of concerned residents is seeking a Writ of Kalikasan against government officials for allowing the Payatas sanitary landfill to operate despite violations of environmental laws
The search for a national strategic plan against hunger in PH
The apparent lack of a clear cut government policy on the right to adequate food is pushing Filipinos deeper into the hunger trap
Brown water, black sand
This is the story of a Yolanda affected town s struggle to recover from the disaster as it fights black sand mining operation
Limited Filipino language celebration 'colonial' – advocates
It should be a year long appreciation they say Nagiging plastik mga tao: nagbibihis ng barong nagsasayaw ng tinikling kumakain ng pagkaing Pinoy pero after noon wala na
DBM releases P1.2B for informal settlers' housing project
The housing project will adopt a Community Mortgage Program approach wherein an organized community will initiate and manage their own project
UP elections conclude with low voter turnout
Only 48 07 of UP Diliman students voted in this year s student council elections
Luisita farmers ask SC: Stop 'bulldozing activities'
The farmer petitioners say they suffered considerably due to bulldozed lands leading to crops destroyed
Luisita farmers vow raps vs Aquino uncle over arrests
Jose Peping Cojuangco Jr denies he directly ordered the police to arrest farmers
Farmers: DAR keeping prime Hacienda Luisita lots
DAR says the 200 300 hectares that farmers want distributed are classified as residential in a court ruling but the agency is checking if these are agricultural
Anakpawis says solon arrested in Hacienda Luisita
The party list group says the police arrested its members after a meeting with the Army
