March 24 is Feast of Saint Pedro Calungsod, Patron Saint of Philippine Youth Catechists
Invitation to International Fact Finding Mission to Mindanao
March 2018 Dear Friends, The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), Mindanao for Civil Liberties, Tanggol Magsasaka, Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP), People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty (PCFS), Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), International League of Peoples Struggles (ILPS) Commission 6 and the Youth for Food Sovereignty…
Circular Letter on the Roman Missal and Aklat ng Pagmimisa
Jubilee of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Nagkaisa belies Bello’s claim on the draft EO vs Contractualization
It started with labor being given the roundabout on the issue of Contractualization by the Secretary of Labor. Now Secretary Silverio Bello III himself has become a purveyor of fake news by making false pronouncements to the public. Today, he was quoted in the Philippine Daily Inquirer as having said:…
Nagkaisa, KMU jointly protest against Duterte’s inaction on Contractualization
You can fool some people sometimes. But you can’t fool all the people all the time. It has become a vicious cycle. President Rodrigo Duterte wooing workers with an oath to end contractualization, only to back out on the promises he made. He sounded resolute on the campaign trail and…
The Profile of a Dictator
Fr. Shay Cullen | 15 March 2018 History is full of tyrants and dictators. Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Ze Dong are among the worst in past history but today dictatorship is increasingly on the rise. True democracy is in retreat as elected officials turn to dictatorship as a way to…
Empowering The People
The GBM Members’ 8-Point Agenda for Action Good governance in the small barangay republic is essential for good governance in the big Philippine Republic. As its basic units, its foundation, the stability and progress of the Big Republic depend on them. Only in them do Filipinos have an official and…
Take Action: Crackdown on Philippine Human Rights Defenders
Dear ATM partners and colleagues, As you probably already know, on 21 Feb 2018, a petition has been filed in court by the Philippine State Prosecutor of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Pursuant to the National Security Act of 2007, the petition seeks to have a number of indigenous peoples’…
CBCP Statement on the Divorce Bill
The fact that we’re one of the last few countries without a divorce law until now speaks volumes about us as a nation. No doubt, those who associate divorce with being progressive would laud our legislators who are currently raring to pass a divorce bill in Congress. With due respect…