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Taliwas sa inaakala ng marami, naghihirap muna ang mga beneficia­ries ng Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program bago makuha ang kanilang buwanang tulong pinansyal mula sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Ito ang isiniwalat ni Gabriela partylist Rep. Emmi de Jesus sa kanyang privilege speech kaya lalong naging kaawa-awa umano ang mga beneficiaries na nabibilang sa poorest of the poor.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - Militant lawmakers again took advantage of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Aquino yesterday to express their sentiments through fashion. However, most of the female lawmakers were elegantly dressed in ternos done by famous Filipino designers.

The SONA for many years has become a fashion event for legislators, their spouses and families.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines — It was a day for fashion-watching at the Senate as some lady senators were dressed in elegant gowns during the opening of the second regular session of the 15th Congress, at the Philippine Senate, Monday.  read more »

TAUN-TAON ay nagmimistulang “biggest fashion event” ng taon ang state of the nation address (SONA) ng Pangulo.

Sa ikalawang SONA ni Pangulong Benigno “PNoy” Aquino III ay, tulad ng inaasahan, nagsuot ang bawat dadalo ng kanilang pinakamagarang kasuotan, habang ang iba naman ay nagbibihis para iparating ang kanilang saloobin o protesta sa administrasyong Aquino.  read more »

(Bernard Taguinod)

Isang buwan pa lamang simula nang ipatupad ang universal kinder program na bahagi ng K+12 ng Department ot Education (DepEd), ramdam na ramdam na ng mga magulang ang kahirapan dahil sa programang ito. Ito ang report ni Gabrie­la partylist Rep. Emmi de Jesus matapos maglibot sa mga paaralan sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng bansa upang alamin ang kalagayan ng mga estudyante.  read more »

MANILA -- A party-list lawmaker on Friday dared President Benigno Aquino III to use his presidential powers and order the Supreme Court (SC) to review its decision over the Hacienda Luisita case.

SC justices earlier voted to revoke the stock distribution plan and ordered the Department of Agrarian Reform to conduct a new referendum on the issue.  read more »

Over 100 women from seven continents joined the International Womens Alliance (IWA) which focused on landlessness and widespread land grabbing.The women gathered on July 5 and 6 in Quezon City to discuss the 2011 World Bank report on Agriculture and Rural Development which noted that 75% of the world's poor live in rural areas and are mostly involved in agriculture.  read more »

PROGRESSIVE party-list lawmakers dubbed the Supreme Court's decision on Hacienda Luisita, a vast landholding owned by the Cojuangcos - the family of President Benigno Aquino III, as "a judicial massacre". The decision calls for a referendum to ask farmers to choose between land or shares of stock once the 6,443-hectare sugar estate in Tarlac is up for distribution to land reform beneficiaries.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - A lawmaker today scored President Benigno Aquino III for seeking the support of the US in the Spratly Islands dispute without exhausting all diplomatic means with China.

“The Philippine Constitution is not at all ambiguous in asserting national sovereignty and an independent foreign policy. It is therefore highly inappropriate for the Aquino Administration to immediately seek the support of US on the Spratly claim dispute,” Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus said in a statement.  read more »