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Friday, January 10, 2025

Letter to the Editor

‘Hear the cry of your people’

“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright...

Unsubstantiated

I AM THE President & General Manager of Aclara Meters Philippines, Inc., the Philippine subsidiary of Aclara Meters LLC, a leading global provider of advanced metering solutions,...

Give the hungry people food

Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone? (Matthew 7:9, NRSV) THE PROMOTION of Church People’s Response condemns the local...

Recommended measures amid quarantine

THE ENTIRE Panay and Guimaras islands are implementing their respective community quarantine measures. But it has a minimum impact to lessen people’s fear and panic. While we...

Appeal for an ‘Iran Solution’ for Philippine prisons

THE Philippine prison system has the highest congestion rate in the world at 605 percent. Overcrowded cells and the direst lack of the barest essentials for...

Defend press freedom

ALTERMIDYA, the nationwide network of independent and progressive media outfits, stands in full support with the call of thousands of media workers, actors, directors, and employees...

Give justice to fallen Filipinos in PH-American War

AS THE Philippines commemorates the 121st year since the first and largest battle of the Philippine-American War which started in Feb. 4, 1899, the Alliance of...

Duterte betrays promise to teachers

INSTEAD of fulfilling his promise, President Duterte essentially downgraded the teaching profession as teachers are now officially the lowest-paid professionals under the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) V....

‘Fight for 58’ mural

WE CONDEMN how the Philippine National Police confiscated our mural earlier this morning (Dec. 19, 2019) in front of Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig, during the start...

‘Sweldo itaas, hindi pandarahas!’

AS THE WORLD commemorates International Human Rights Day, various global formations led by the Education International (EI) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) take up...