Rappler's latest stories on Partylist
IN PHOTOS: Kalbaryo ng Mamamayan
More than a hundred activists hold a Holy Week-themed protest to highlight the suffering of the urban poor, farmers, and students
IN PHOTOS: Youth groups hold protests to oppose mandatory ROTC
The death of Willy Amihoy, the 23-year old ROTC cadet and freshman student in Iloilo moved various organizations and groups to call for justice and oppose mandatory ROTC
The week in photos: February 9-15, 2019
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila students hit admin over claims of repression
As students wear black shirts and armbands for a silent protest, they find themselves under fire by the school's administration.
Suspects in Batocabe murder surrender | Evening wRap
Watch the evening wRap with Chito de la Vega
Inflation rate slows down to 5.1% in December | Midday wRap
Watch the midday wRap with Ralf Rivas
PNP identifies 6 persons of interest in Batocabe murder | Evening wRap
Watch the evening wRap with Ralf Rivas
Batocabe family: ‘Politics’ motive behind killing | Midday wRap
Watch Rappler's midday wRap with Paterno Esmaquel
Batocabe killed on day of wedding anniversary with 'wifey'
(UPDATED) The wife of AKO Bicol Representative Rodel Batocabe shares photos of them on vacation, saying, 'I will always have these in my heart'
AKO Bicol Representative Batocabe shot dead in Albay
(UPDATED) His police escort is also killed during a gift-giving event for senior citizens and persons with disabilities in the town of Daraga
Kabayan: Roque sent 'feelers' to be 2019 nominee
(UPDATED) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque says the supposed request is 'absolutely false'
Sara Duterte wants Makabayan bloc expelled from Congress
Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio's anger stems from the claim of ACT Teachers' Davao chapter that her city is the only major city in the country that does not give allowances to teachers
Groups decry Sereno ouster as 'clear violation of the Constitution'
The groups also see the ouster of Chief Justice Sereno as a 'degradation' of the judiciary, 'bending to the biddings' of President Rodrigo Duterte
IN PHOTOS: Gearing up for Labor Day
Groups stage a creative protest calling for an end to ENDO on the eve of Labor Day
Sereno’s land cruiser can be graft violation – lawmaker
Sereno’s spokesperson claims the Chief Justice never specified the brand vehicle, and that she is not the first to have a vehicle preference
Can House subpoena justices to Sereno impeachment hearing?
In 2012, the Supreme Court issued a resolution, saying justices cannot be compelled to testify in impeachment proceedings
Ex-Gabriela representative Luz Ilagan is new DSWD undersecretary
President Rodrigo Duterte appoints to the DSWD former Gabriela Women s Partylist Representative Luz Ilagan who also hails from Davao
LOOK: Pampanga hospital designates specific wing for OFWs
The Jose B Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital in San Fernando Pampanga is the first of several government hospitals to set up an ‘OFW wing’
DOLE urged to lift suspension of OFW deployment to Qatar
The suspension order is premature as the government has not completed a formal assessment of the situation in Qatar says ACTS OFW Representative Aniceto Bertiz III
IN PHOTOS: Advocates light candles rejecting martial law
Groups condemn the declaration of martial law saying it will only worsen the instability in Marawi City
Learn from lessons of Jabidah massacre, Zambo youth tell Duterte
Young Mindanao activists urge President Rodrigo Duterte to stop extrajudicial killings
PH-SoKor, hunger, Trump | Evening wRap
Watch the evening newscast with Ana Arceo
Kabayan votes to remove Harry Roque as House rep
Harry Roque ousted by his party s board for his behavior at a congressional probe into Bilibid drugs asks the Comelec to nullify the party s resolution
It's final: Senate will not dismiss Joel Villanueva
Senator Joel Villanueva remains a senator after none of his colleagues oppose the Senate legal counsel s opinion favorable to him
Nograles 'supporters' killed by Davao Death Squad in 2010?
Four bodies are discovered in separate areas near and within Davao City at the height of the 2010 elections
Nograles: No lump sum in proposed 2017 DPWH budget
Davao City 1st District Representative Karlo Nograles House committee on appropriations chair said the DPWH must have some flexibility in some items in its proposed budget
Should the party-list system go?
Seats in the House of Representatives may be taken away by law but a genuine organization with a real constituency and real advocacies cannot be melted by the mere stroke of a pen
Duterte: New Constitution should abolish party list
President Duterte insists the party list is being abused by wealthy Filipinos who create them just to get seats in Congress
'Army reservist' tag on Tanto 'unfair' to soldiers
Former Magdalo party list Representative Ashley Acedillo says it is a disservice to soldiers and reservists to be associated with someone who clearly should not have been accepted into reservist training
Groups laud FOI order, call for passage of full law
Although the recent signing of the Executive Order on Freedom of Information is a huge development advocates and groups still call for the passage of the full FOI law in the Congress
Reviving death penalty risks OFWs on death row – lawmaker
Buhay Representative Lito Atienza says reviving capital punishment can affect the Philippines appeals for clemency for OFWs facing execution abroad
Aquino's neighbors: 'Welcome home, PNoy'
Former president Benigno Aquino III is in high spirits as he returns to his family home at Times Street on June 30
Youth groups to Duterte: Review K-12, reform labor laws
According to the League of Filipino Students the youth comprise a big chunk of Duterte’s vote during the elections because they are clamoring for change in policies concerning them
Luistro on first day of Grade 11 rollout: 'Best class opening thus far'
At the central office we monitor if there is an insurmountable problem that is systemic There s none so far says Education Secretary Armin Luistro
Expect higher fees in 304 private colleges in 2016
Metro Manila has the most number of private colleges that will increase tuition and other school fees for academic year 2016 to 2017
Ako Bicol leads party-list race; 2 new groups in top 10
Debuting in Congress are 1Pacman and Kabayan with businessman Mikee Romero and lawyer Harry Roque as first nominees respectively
In a quandary over which party-list group to elect?
Rappler lists down the sectors represented by party list groups and looks at the track record of their representatives to help you choose better
Women empowerment groups: Poe is our only hope
Various women s groups pledge their support for Senator Grace Poe for the 2016 presidential elections
Mary Jane Veloso and the female victims of 'labor export'
Mary Jane s case is an example of the miserable conditions of women and female migrants says leader of a women s group
Despite oil uncertainty, no red flags for Middle East OFWs for now
The latest jobs report from Abu Dhabi Dubai and Saudi Arabia show a slight decrease in job orders
Kabataan kicks off campaign with selfies, hashtag
TayoAngPagasa is Kabataan s campaign slogan setting the tone of their millennial campaign
Comelec raffles off party-list slots in ballot
The Comelec allows 185 party list groups to join the electronic raffle in the poll body s headquarters
Students, IPs clash with police in APEC protests
Militant and progressive groups are also gearing up for a major mobilization for Thursday November 19 the last day of the APEC Leaders Summit
Farmers, workers, youth groups want APEC ‘shut down’
A multisectoral group vows to step up its protests when world leaders arrive in Manila next week
Surge of party list nominations expected on last day
This means each party list group submitting nominations on October 16 must ideally be able to complete in under 5 minutes each of the steps required for filing
42 more groups file nominations for party list
This brings to 60 the number of organizations that have so far expressed their intent to send nominees to the House of Representatives
23 groups file nominations for party list
UPDATED Nominees of party list groups do not necessarily have to be from the sector they represent as long as the nominees have a track record of advocacy for their respective sectors
Congressman on 'student labor' budget: Abad doesn't get the point
Kabataan Representative Terry Ridon says the role of students in the university is to study and not to do voluntary manual labor of work that should be done by government contractors
Murder, kidnap cases filed vs 69 activists, suspected rebels in Cagayan
The complaint affidavit notes the 69 identified individuals have knowledge and or participation of the recent killings of 3 military members
Aquino's orders on PH Orthopedic: 'No displacement of workers'
Health Secretary Janette Garin says President Benigno Aquino III also directed the department to make sure that the hospital will continue to cater to its patients – around 500 to date
