RH Proponents: Bishops act to block RH, not working. A law on RH is imminent.
Amid deliberate acts of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to block the passage of the much delayed Reproductive Health (RH) bill, a...
A Statement by the Civil Society Advisory Committee On the Occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day
Corruption is a hindrance to the people’s right to development. It diverts valuable public resources away from many front line services such as education, infrastructure,...
Filipino students go online – efforts should not go to waste (Part 2)
Continued from GILAS: Public schools on the information highway (Part 1) Internet access is a human right The United Nations has itself declared that the...
2013 Elections: Senatorial Preference survey results by Pulse Asia
Pulse Asia released its latest survey results on Filipinos’ Senatorial Preferences for the May 2013 Elections. The survey fieldwork was conducted from November 10 to...
Women to Sotto: Stop Filibustering. Do your job, put the RH Bill to a vote!
WOMEN TO SOTTO: STOP FILIBUSTERING. DO YOUR JOB, PUT THE RH BILL TO A VOTE! Following Sen. Tito Sotto’s interpellation that lambasted advocacy groups during...
GILAS: Public schools on the information highway (Part 1)
Good news for Filipino public high schools! According to the Department of Education, all public high schools in the country will have Internet access by...
Youth to Congress on RH: ANYARE?
Youth to Congress on RH: ANYARE? The facts are in your face: Filipino children lose 11 mothers a day; 1 out of every 3 girls...
@presidentnoy speech on Supreme Court with SC Justice Corona by his side
This is the Full Text of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s speech during the 1st National Criminal JusticeSummit held at Centennial Hall, Manila Hotel. Ang pagtitipon natin ngayong umaga ay isang...
Twitter reactions on alleged plot called “Put the little girl to sleep”
Arroyo spokesperson Elena Bautista-Horn bares alleged plot called ‘Put the Little Girl to Sleep.’ ‘Put the Little Girl to Sleep.’ soon became a world-wide trending...
Philippine Economy grows by 3.2 percent in Q3 2011 from 7.3% last year- NSCB
For the third quarter, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) announced that “the economy slowed for the third consecutive quarter in the quarter though September,...
No to Mining! Yes to Life!
I’ve been writing for years about Poverty in the Philippines, the situation is getting worst each day due to population increase. There are more beggars,...
Video: @senmiriam speech during @piacayetano book launch
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago talks about Senator Pia Cayetano during a book launch of Pia Cayetano “My Daily Race”. Her book is culled from selected...
SC Reversal on Hacienda Luisita, A Triumph of CARPER, Agrarian Justice
This is a press statement from Akbayan. We in Akbayan Party welcome the Supreme Court’s reversal of its previous ruling on the Hacienda Luisita case....
Twitter reaction: EDSA to Cory Avenue? No way…
Bohol Representative Rene Relampagos “filed a bill to rename Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) after Cory Aquino, the former president, democracy icon and mother...
The speed of Arroyo’s arrest should be the “gold standard” in dispensing justice to the victims of the Ampatuan massacre
This is the press statement from Akbayan. Akbayan on the 2nd Anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre As the country commemorates the 2nd anniversary of the...