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[Statement] Makibaka! Lumaya! Mabuhay lahat ng Mapagpalayang Kababaihan sa buong Mundo! | AMKP

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Hindi matatawaran ang makabuluhan at dakilang ambag ng Kababaihan sa pagsusulong ng Karapatang Pantao, Katarungang Panlipunan at Sustenabling Kinabukasan mula noon magpahanggang ngayon. Marami na ring napagtagumpayang laban ang hanay ng Kababaihan sa Mundo, sa Pilipinas at Mindanao. Ngunit di pa rin maikukubli ang patuloy na pananamantala, pandarahas at pagyurak sa iba’t-ibang porma at larangan laban sa Kababaihan. Dahil namamayagpag

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[From the web] Poverty reflects a failure of the government not the person by Danilo Reyes

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HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: Poverty reflects a failure of the government not the person by Danilo Reyes (Note: this article was first published in the October 12, 2014 issue of the Sunday Examiner) Poverty reflects a failure of the government not the person. Seven years ago, my first cousin, 22-year –old Maricel Mahinay, died from an illness aggravated by severe malnutrition. She

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[People] The greatest hunger is for justice. By Fr. Shay Cullen

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The greatest hunger is for justice By Fr. Shay Cullen Food, glorious food, our lives are dominated by the desire and need to eat and the agricultural industry provides food for the billions of people on the planet. However, some people eat too much food, over 1.5 billion and others have too little food, about 925 million people are malnourished

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[Statement] #ScrapPork Network still hears loud “Oink!” from 2014 Budget

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#ScrapPork Network still hears loud “Oink!” from 2014 Budget The 2014 General Appropriations Act still contains discretionary and lump sum funds of lawmakers and P83.24 billion in unprogrammed funds, according to the watchdog group, #ScrapPork Network (SPN). As it stands, the National Budget is a “shameless and unconscionable violation of the Supreme Court ruling declaring the Pork Barrel System unconstitutional,”

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[Press Release] Leyte groups: Engage people in Yolanda rehab -PM

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Leyte groups: Engage people in Yolanda rehab Informal workers associations in Leyte are asking the government to engage with people’s organizations in the planning and implementation of the Yolanda rehabilitation in the face of allegations of overpriced and substandard bunkhouses. “Aside from the opinions of experts, the participation of the people themselves is vital in the success of the Yolanda

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[Press Release] Labor groups picket Korean embassy -PALEA

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Labor groups picket Korean embassy The labor groups Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA), Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) and Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) picketed the South Korean embassy in January 10, 2013 in McKinley Town Center, Fort Bonifacio in protest at labor repression in Korea and Cambodia. The picket-protest was in coordination with a general strike in South Korea. The

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[Statement] On the Cambodian Government crackdown on workers protest -CTUHR

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On the Cambodian Government crackdown on workers protest The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights vehemently condemns the naked violence the Cambodian Government has employed on protesting garments workers last January 3 in Phnom Penh leaving five workers dead, 20 injured and many others reported to be missing to this day. We also condemn the consequent crackdown on workers

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[Statement] Proteksiyunan ang mga Guro -TDC

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Proteksiyunan ang mga Guro Nanumbalik na naman ang masamang bisyo ng mga bandido sa Zamboanga Peninsula. Nitong bago mag-Pasko, Disyembre 18 ay isang guro ang dinukot ng mga armadong lalaki sa Zambaonga City. Ang kaawa-awang guro ay si Ms Cathy Mae Casipong, 23 taong gulang at guro sa Sibugtoc Elementary School sa nasabing lungsod. Nag-Pasko na’t nag-Bagong Taon si Teacher

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[Press Release] Policymakers to blame why poor people turn to saints for jobs, healthcare -PM

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Policymakers to blame why poor people turn to saints for jobs, healthcare Policymakers are to blame why throngs of poor and sick people opt to seek deliverance from the Black Nazarene at Luneta and Quiapo Church rather than flock to hospitals for regular medical treatment, the labor group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) said in a statement. The group said that

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[Statement] New year, old woes for teachers -TDC

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New year, old woes for teachers As classes open today after more than two weeks of holiday break, the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) enumerated some problems that they predict will continuously haunt public school teachers and the education sector for the coming year. Kidnapped teacher in Zamboanga. The vicious kidnapping cycle in the South strikes again before Christmas. A young

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