OFW money transfers now exempt from stamp tax
18/04/2010 09:03
MANILA, Philippines—As the amended Migrant Workers Act come into force, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can now count on some P1.3 billion in extra savings with the abolition of the documentary stamp tax (DST) on all their remittances under the new law.
This was revealed by former Labor...
Covenant Forged to Protect Filipino Migrant Workers
16/04/2010 12:47
By CIELO FLORES
Migrante International, the largest Filipino migrants group, has always been at the forefront of advocating and struggling for migrants’ rights. On Thursday April 15, the overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) group launched another milestone in their struggle for migrants’...
SUMMARY: CHR Proceedings on the 'Morong 43
12/04/2010 23:25
For the second time, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) defied a Commission on Human Rights (CHR) order to present the “Morong 43” at the hearing on their complaint of human rights violations.
AFP and PNP lawyers tried to move for a...
By Anne Marxze Umil On April 12, 2010
Many party-list groups that have successfully made it to Comelec’s accredited list have questionable nominees and strong links to Ms. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, said election watchdog Kontra Daya (Against Cheating) and Kabataan (Youth)...
BISHOPS TO AFP: Respect Rights of Morong 43
07/04/2010 18:21
Breaking their two-month silence on the issue, Catholic bishops gave the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) a stern reminder Wednesday to respect the rights of the 43 health workers detained since February on suspicion of being communist rebels.
In a statement signed by its president...
REPUBLIC ACT 9679: Kalbaryo ng Migrante
03/04/2010 22:28
Ang hanay nating mga manggagawang migranteng Pilipino sa Roma, Italya kasama ang Ugnayan ng mga Manggagawang Migrante Tungo sa Pag-unlad (UMANGAT) ay mariing tumututol sa nasabing panibagong batas na ito dahil sa mga sumusunod na kadahilanan: marso 2010.pdf (1,2 MB)
The People's Choice: Voters Education Kit
02/04/2010 09:46
The overwhelming majority of Filipinos suffer chronic poverty and backwardness. The last nine years of the Arroyo administration have only seen their situation become even worse. Many are hoping that the May 2010 elections will be a fresh start and that new leadership will address their...
15 PARTYLIST ORGS LINKED TO ARROYO
02/04/2010 08:07
MANILA -- Poll watchdog Kontra Daya 2010 has released an initial list of party-list organizations that it says is linked to the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The list, according to Kontra Daya, includes the...
FILIPINOS FOR A CHANGE, CHANGE FOR FILIPINOS
19/03/2010 14:40
pebrero.pdf
Elections have come and gone. But the people’s aspirations remain unrealized: we are still a country of deep poverty and exploitation. We remain in victims of a rotten system lorded over by exploitative local and foreign elites.
But there is hope; it is in us, the people. It is in our...
Rome – 3/8/'10: The UMANGAT, MPL, Solidmove, Comitato degli Immigrati in Italia (Committe for Immigrants in Italy), Commissione Relazioni Internazionali del Partito dei CARC (Commission for International Relations of CARC Party), priests, religious and migrants in Rome are calling for immediate...