11.2 Million Filipino Adults Are Jobless

About 11.2 million adults remained jobless in the last quarter of 2016, the worst in two years according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, reports Inquirer.net.

Filipino Will Be President of DePaul University in Chicago

Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban (Source: DePaul University)

A Filipino will be the president of DePaul University in Chicago, considered the largest Catholic university in the United States. Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban, who is originally from the Philippines, will leave his current post as the head of Seton Hall University, reports Inquirer.net.

Bataan Residents Against Coal-Powered Plants Take to Facebook

Bataan communities allegedly affected coal-fired power plants in two towns have taken to Facebook to mobilize support for their plight, reports Rappler.

Amnesty Int'l Hits Duterte, Trump 'Toxic Agenda'

Amnesty International in its new report says “toxic” fear-mongering by anti-establishment politicians, among them Presidents Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte, is contributing to a global pushback against human rights, reports Inquirer.net.

12 Environment Defenders Have Been Killed Under Duterte

Citing data from non-governmental group Kalikasan, which recorded the killings of environmental activists in the first 7 months of the current administration, Vice President Leni Robredo seeks to have the deaths investigated, reports Rappler.

Mijares Family Republishes 'The Conjugal Dictatorship'

The family of Primitivo Mijares, a former insider in the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos who turned critic and later disappeared (presumed assassinate), has launched a new edition of his book, The Conjugal Dictatorship, an expose of the the shenanigans and inner workings of Marcos' rule, reports ABS-CBN News.

OFW Remittances Hit a Record High Last Year

Cash sent home through banks by Filipinos living and working abroad hit a new record high of $2.56 billion in December last year on the back of an improving global economy such that the end-2016 growth rate exceeded the government’s target, reports Inquirer.net.

New Edition of Book Exposing Marcoses Released

A new edition of a book that detailed the early days of the Marcos regime is set for release. The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, which was originally published in 1975 by former Marcos propaganda man Primitivo Mijares, will be launched at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City on February 21, reports GMA News.