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Lateral Attrition Act of 2005 to Bring Mass Layoffs – Gov’t Employees’ Group
Lateral Attrition Act of 2005 to Bring Mass Layoffs – Gov’t Employees’ Group
The “massacre” of government employees’ jobs begins now that the Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the constitutionality of the much disputed Republic Act No. 9335 or the Lateral Attrition Act of 2005, authored by Quezon Rep. Danilo E. Suarez. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA...
Fisherfolk Sail Cebu-Bohol Strait to Oppose Aussie Offshore Mining Firm
Fisherfolk Sail Cebu-Bohol Strait to Oppose Aussie Offshore Mining Firm
The offshore mining in Cebu-Bohol Strait and other parts of the Visayan basin will affect the livelihood of more than 100,000 small fishermen and 500,000 dependents, and will further exacerbate the problem of food security of 87 million Filipinos. BY GERRY ALBERT...
Farmers Camp Out at DAR to Protest Land Grabbing in S. Tagalog
Farmers Camp Out at DAR to Protest Land Grabbing in S. Tagalog
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat.com August 11, 2008 - 12:59 p.m. More than a thousand members of peasant groups and supporters have started camping out at the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Aug. 11, to protest the cases of land grabbing in the...
Hundreds Troop to DOJ to Demand the Release of Peasant Leader
Hundreds Troop to DOJ to Demand the Release of Peasant Leader
BY Bulatlat.com August 11, 2008 - 1:17 p.m. Hundreds of peasants from Laguna, Cavite and Batangas provinces trooped to and banged the gates of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to demand the immediate release of Randall Echanis, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas...
Photo of the Week: Care for a Walk?
Care for a Walk?(Guihulngan, Negros Oriental) These children walk on their way to Kalabaklabakan Elementary School. (Photo by Ronalyn Olea)
Photo of the Week: Care for a Walk?
Care for a Walk?(Guihulngan, Negros Oriental) These children walk on their way to Kalabaklabakan Elementary School. (Photo by Ronalyn Olea)
‘Arroyo’s Agenda: Power, Not Peace in Mindanao’
‘Arroyo’s Agenda: Power, Not Peace in Mindanao’
BY Bulatlat.com August 12, 2008 - 5:18 p.m. “Power, perpetuation in power, not peace in Mindanao is Mrs. Arroyo’s true agenda in the renewed bid to change the charter.” This is how the party list representatives of Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela deemed the...
Gov’t Employees’ Group Calls for Congress Probe into DepEd Officials’ ‘Perks’
Gov’t Employees’ Group Calls for Congress Probe into DepEd Officials’ ‘Perks’
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Posted 6:20 p.m., Aug. 12, 2008 The Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees or Courage has called on Congress to conduct a thorough investigation on the P150-million extra duty allowances...
Two Journalists Killed in a Week, Violence Against Media Thrives Under Atmosphere of Impunity
Two Journalists Killed in a Week, Violence Against Media Thrives Under Atmosphere of Impunity
In less than a week, two journalists of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) were shot in separate incidents by motorcycle-riding gunmen in broad daylight. Both of them died. BY KAREN PAPELLERO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August...
Surgical Amendment, Not Possible – Laywers
Surgical Amendment, Not Possible – Laywers
BY Bulatlat.com August 13, 2008 - 6:16 p.m. A group of lawyers slammed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's proposal for a 'surgical amendment' of the Constitution, saying that the proposed constituent assembly can overhaul the entire Constitution at its discretion....
Salungguhit: Cloak of Secrecy, Act of Treachery
The negotiations on the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has rightly raised suspicions on the government’s sincerity in forging peace in Mindanao. (Photo by Flon Faurillo)
Salungguhit: Cloak of Secrecy, Act of Treachery
The negotiations on the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has rightly raised suspicions on the government’s sincerity in forging peace in Mindanao. (Photo by Flon Faurillo)
Kin, Supporters Decry Foul Play in Death of OFW
Kin, Supporters Decry Foul Play in Death of OFW
BY Bulatlat.com August 13, 2008 - 6:19 p.m. Families of victims of mysterious deaths and members of Migrante International trooped to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) this morning to demand justice and a more thorough investigation on the death of Eugenia...
Protests Vs Cha-Cha Begin
Protests Vs Cha-Cha Begin
BY Bulatlat.com August 15, 2008 - 4:10 p.m. As Malacañang declared all systems go for charter change, progressive groups under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan - New Patriotic Alliance) started their protests against the renewed bid for charter change. More...
Quirante Sisters: A Tale of Continuing Injustice
Quirante Sisters: A Tale of Continuing Injustice
Arrested by the military on false charges of child abuse allegedly for recruiting a minor to the NPA, which has already been dismissed, and rebellion, sisters Emilia and Maricris Quirante have been languishing in jail for more than a year now. Worse, the fact that...
Sinsilyong Ekonomiya sa City Jail
Sinsilyong Ekonomiya sa City Jail
Sa labas ng City Jail, samakatuwid, ang papel na pera ay sakmal ang kapangyarihang makapagparangya sa iilan at makapanghikahos sa nakararami. Anong saya nitong mundo ng bansa natin, ang sinsilyong ekonomiya sa loob at labas ng City Jail! NI ROLAND TOLENTINO...
Bayan Muna Member Slain in Compostela
Bayan Muna Member Slain in Compostela
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 6:43 p.m., Aug. 16, 2008 Bayan Muna (People First) organizer Wawie Dutarot was shot to death, around 1:00 p.m. yesterday by two armed men on board a motorcycle in Monkayo, Compostella Valley. Dutarot is the 132nd Bayan Muna member killed...
WA’s Largest Union Lodges Case for OFW vs Employer
WA’s Largest Union Lodges Case for OFW vs Employer
In a singular case on behalf of a Filipino overseas worker (OFW), Western Australia’s largest union the LHMU (Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union)* has filed proceedings against the OFW’s employer in the WA State Industrial Relations Commission. It is...
Workers, Urban Poor Skip Meals to Cope with the Crisis
Workers, Urban Poor Skip Meals to Cope with the Crisis
While the poor try everything from skipping meals to walking hours to the workplace just to cope with the economic crisis, all the government does is to distribute dole outs. BY THE CENTER FOR TRADE UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27,...
MoA on Ancestral Domain: It’s Not Over, Yet
MoA on Ancestral Domain: It’s Not Over, Yet
The strong backlash ignited by the MoA deserves a second look by the MILF leaders. A lesson that can be drawn is the fact that the war for self-determination involves not only taking arms and talking but also a political war to win the broadest support for the just...
Cordi Youth Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
Cordi Youth Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
In celebration of the 14th World's Indigenous Peoples Day, more than 150 indigenous youth of the Cordillera gathered to learn, understand, unite and commit in promoting the rights of indigenous peoples. BY KEIDY TRANSFIGURACION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S WATCH Northern...
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