Philippine democracy in danger — IDEFEND #YestoInternationalSolidarity #ResistDictatorship April 20, 2018. QUEZON CITY—Members of human rights movement IDEFEND decried the worsening human rights situation and the continuing threats to Philippine democracy. Philippine Democracy is in Danger declared IDEFEND. This declaration comes in the wake of more recent events like the deportation of Giacomo Fillbeck, of…
On Duterte’s passing the responsibility to Congress to end contractualization: Like throwing a person in a shark-infested sea Labour rights organization, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) slammed Pres Duterte’s turn around on end to contractualization, saying that Malacanang’s move smashes the tiniest hope for decent work that workers in this country were…
NEWS RELEASE April 17, 2018 Teachers welcome DEPED-GSIS MOA on loans, propose long-term solution on over-borrowing While welcoming the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which the DepEd and GSIS have entered into in Malacanang yesterday, the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) says the government should think of a long-term solution to the financial problems haunting our public…
Universal healthcare pushed on World Health Day On the occasion of World Health Day in April 7, members of the Working Group on Social ASEAN pushed for the immediate realization of universal healthcare as they decried the highly insufficient state provision for healthcare and the capitalists’ excessive profiting from health services and medicines. The group…
THINK FIRST BEFORE YOU DRINK: Labour rights group slams Coca-Cola’s brazen disregard of labour laws, arrogant refusal to regularize its 675 contractual workers “When aggrieved workers have found recourse in law to get regular employment denied them by company squeezing them for decades, and corporations violate the law, it is a legitimate right of…
Iligal na pag-aresto kay Ruby Lacadman, kinundena ng CTUHR Kinukundena ng Center for Trade Union and Human Rights ang iligal na pag-aresto kay Ruby Lacadman, organisador at miyembro ng grupong Kadamay, noong Marso 29 sa kaniyang tahanan sa Barangay Cacutud, Mabalacat City, Pampanga. Sapilitang hinuli ng mga pulis at militar si Lacadman sa bisa ng…
Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) 28 March 2018 Every year on Holy Wednesday, the families of the disappeared and human rights defenders gather to reflect on the passion of Jesus Christ even as they relate the suffering from injustice of their beloved desaparecidos to Jesus’ agony on…
Activism is not terrorism! The Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes, Inc. (PNFSP) vehemently condemns on the highest possible terms, the present US backed Duterte regime, together with the Department of Justice (DOJ), for its February 23, 2018 pronouncement, tagging 656 personalities as terrorists. Among the named individuals belong to national minority, human rights defenders,…
Priests and religious people say “mea culpa” The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP), in celebration of the Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons, will hold a CONFESSIO PECCATI, which literally means “confession of sins”, and PENITENTIAL WALK dubbed as “Daan ng Krus, Daan ng Paghilom”, on March 21, Wednesday, 3pm,…
INDIGENOUS WOMEN to Gov’t: Stop Violence, Focus on Food and Poverty Iba, Zambales / 3.8.18 – “Dahil sa lupa kami nabubuhay, dahil sa lupa kami pinapatay.” “Land is why we live, land is why we are killed.” This is the statement of the Indigenous women to describe the current situation that most of their communities…
Teachers ask DEPED to stop medical examination with pay The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) thru its national chairperson Benjo Basas asked DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones to issue a department order to halt the on-going medical check-up and laboratory tests in DepEd field offices citing the violation of the part of the DepEd for not providing…
Soldiers crackdown on trade unionists, Labour rights organization CTUHR decries extrajudicial killings, arrest and forcing them to surrender as NPA supporters As the Philippines commemorates the 32 years of EDSA People Power that deposed the Marcos dictatorship, labour rights organization Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) decries what it considers the return of…
Duterte’s extension on EO vs Endo, tactics to keep the unions’ hoping while tempering increased dissatisfaction Labour rights group, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), scored President Duterte’s refusal to sign the draft Executive Order (EO) on ending contractualization submitted to him by the labor sector last February 7 as double-edged tactics to…
Professional development should not burden teachers, group says The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) reiterated its demand to spare teachers from the burdensome system of renewal of professional license in accordance with the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016 (RA 10912) or the CPD Law. Under the said law, teachers and other professionals are required to…
Teachers welcome palace pronouncement of pay increase Teachers welcome Malacanang pronouncement that the president is planning to double their entry-level salary. “We welcome this statement from Malacanang and we hope that the president will use his influence and power to make this statement a reality.” Said Benjo Basas, National Chairperson of the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition…
20 year-old EJK victim in suspected case of mistaken identity Masked gunmen shot Karl Anthony Nunez at his home in Barangay Sun Valley Paranaque shortly before sunrise on December 26, 2017. Nunez was going home from a late night snack with a friend when he was approached by two gunmen who alighted from their motorcycle…
300 Youth Leaders Converged for a New Revolution Amidst Calls for a Revolutionary Government On the 154th anniversary of the birth of the great revolutionary leader, Andres Bonifacio, 300 youth leaders gathered to pledge to continue his unfinished revolution. Dubbed as the Heroes Hub: Youth Empowerment Summit, the activity aims to empower the youth towards…
“Bust stigma and discrimination not LGBTQ+ people!” After recent reports by several media outfits that 11 people were caught having an orgy while apparently on the influence of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation by PDEA in a hotel in Taguig City, the artist – activist organization, DAKILA joined netizens in condemning the act of…
TDC hails Andres Bonifacio, asks DEPED to strengthen Philippine History High School TODAY, as the country commemorates the birth of Andres Bonifacio, the Philippines’ foremost revolutionary hero, the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) again made an appeal to the Department of Education (DepEd) to include the teaching of Philippine History in high school curriculum starting school…
On 154th Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio: Assert Sovereignty, Resist Tyranny Says KILUSAN and Workers for People’s Liberation Reliving the fervor of Bonifacio’s struggle towards sovereignty, members of Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya (KILUSAN) along with Workers for People’s Liberation (WPL-MAKABAYAN), Pagkakaisa ng Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan (KAISA KA) and transport group Samahan ng mga…
