Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Arlene Brosas branded the government’s tax reform package contained in House Bill 4774 as “deceptive,” saying it is anti-poor and unlikely to uplift people from poverty.
The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines criticized City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, for threating “Radyo ni Juan” broadcaster Dodong Solis.
A staunch Lumad school supporter was how a farmers’ group described Federico Plaza, a Lumad farmer-activist, who was killed by unidentified gunmen in Compostela Valley province earlier this week.
A militant lawmaker on Friday urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to order the immediate pullout of military in Compostela Valley province to end the unabated killings targeting lowly Lumad farmers.
A farmer-scientist group on Friday expressed its full support for the confirmation of the two cabinet secretaries bypassed by the Commission on Appointments.