Reject 2025 pork-ridden budget
THE 2025 national budget, approved by Congressâ bicameral conference committee at an outrageous P6.352 trillion, is a blatant abuse of our hard-earned taxes. Instead...
Wanted: âLiving wageâ
BAYAN Muna Panay acknowledges the recent wage increase in Western Visayas as a necessary yet modest step in addressing the financial strain felt by...
âGuilty beyond reasonable doubtâ – A blessing and a curse
THE STORY goes that Julius Caesar divorced his wife whom he suspected of infidelity.
Although she was tried and eventually acquitted, Caesar stood by...
Food warning labels can protect our children from harmful food
THERE is no greater tragedy than seeing children and youth, who at their age should be playing and discovering, beset by serious diseases such...
Labor leader Aurelio âBoyâ Bosque
THE FAMILY of Aurelio âBoyâ Bosque confirmed that he was among the five individuals killed in Barangay Aglonok, Calinog, Iloilo on August 8, following...
Parody at the opening of Paris Olympics
WE, THE members of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), express our sadness over the parody of the Last Supper at the...
Carina-habagat floods need better analysis, response
THE CENTER for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) is utterly dismayed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jrâs statements on the massive July 24 floods...
Stop arresting the innocentÂ
FORMAL adherence to a set of international rules has never guaranteed substantial compliance.
The Philippine government has been a signatory to numerous international human rights...
Include commitment to peace in SONA
ON JULY 22, 2024, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. will deliver his third State of the Nation Address (SONA).
As leaders who believe that a...
JRMP II: A threat to the lives and livelihoods of Ilonggos
THE GOVERNMENTâS boasting about the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project Phase 2 (JRMP II), inaugurated on July 16, 2024 by President Bongbong Marcos Jr. in...