August, 2012

“I challenge Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to uphold the Supreme Court’s 14-0 decision to distribute Hacienda Luisita to legitimate farmer beneficiaries. Deliver justice to the suffering farm workers, do not be an accessory to their exploitation. We will keep an eye on the new Chief Justice and her actions on the Hacienda Luisita case,” GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus said.  read more »

“CCT has been utterly useless in improving the health, much less resolving the poverty conditions of its beneficiaries. Women in the communities prefer stable jobs with living wages and livelihood opportunities instead of dole-outs,” said GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus.  read more »

“We will be watchful and we will be vigilant. While Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno is making her mark in history by being the first woman Chief Justice, a woman-led Supreme Court does not necessarily translate to a pro-woman, pro-poor judiciary.”  read more »

“President Aquino’s administration has been proven inutile in securing swift justice for the families of Ampatuan massacre victims as it continues to cultivate and foster the culture of impunity,” declared GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus as the families and media groups commemorated the 1000th day of the Ampatuan massacre.  read more »

“Gabriela Women’s Party stands in support of the members of the Ateneo de Manila University faculty now being unjustly persecuted for their expression of support for the Reproductive Health bill.”

Thus Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan, one of the authors of the Reproductive Health Bill as the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines sought to investigate 160 faculty members of the Ateneo de Manila who earlier signed a petition for the urgent passage of the RH bill. “It is but their right to give their stand on a very important issue.”  read more »

“The trend of setting election offenders free on grounds of weak evidence does not only reveal President Aquino and his government's direction in making Mrs. Gloria Arroyo and her cohorts accountable. It is also telling of what 2013 will bring."

Thus said Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan as the Pasay Regional Trial Court allowed former COMELEC Commissioner Benjamin Abalos to post bail on grounds of weak evidence. “This is very alarming.”  read more »

Gabriela Women's Party Representative Luz Ilagan today cautioned President Aquino, the DILG and Metro Manila mayors following a directive to implement the clearing of 125,000 families residing beside Metro Manila waterways and some 62,000 more families alongside Laguna Lake.

The Gabriela solon said recent statements from Malacanang to "clear" and "blast" informal settlers in the guise of flood-control operations forebode violence and massive human rights violations.  read more »

“What a double-faced President Noynoy Aquino is. After he smiled, waved and delivered relief goods to flood victims in evacuation centers, he turned around and ordered the “blasting” of their homes, effectively blaming them as the cause of their own woes amidst the floods,” observed GWP solon Emmi De Jesus on the President’s order to DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson to "blast" the homes of some 125,000 families currently living along Metro Manila waterways and at least 70,000 more in flood-prone areas around Laguna De Bay.  read more »

“A Philhealth card will not guarantee a poor family’s access to healthcare. There is something terribly wrong with a healthcare policy that has, as its centerpiece, the distribution and sponsorship of health insurance to poor families amid increasing costs of healthcare with the privatization of hospitals and healthcare facilities.”  read more »

GABRIELA APPEALS FOR DONATIONS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HABAGAT FLOOD

Please send your donations to:

GABRIELA NATIONAL 35 Scout Delgado St, Bgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City tel: 3712302, 3744423

GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY HEADQUARTERS 179-A Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City Tel: 3997019

Cash donations may be sent through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, Receiver's Name: GERTRUDES LIBANG