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By MARYA SALAMAT
Three big partylist groups have questioned the Comelec's efficiency, fairness, accuracy and capacity to respect, uphold and promote the law, particularly that of the partylist system and in allowing representation for the marginalized.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Lawmakers who went to the Middle East recently expressed shock at the plight of the Filipino domestic workers there. They urged the government to promptly ban the deployment of domestic workers or “household service workers.”
Filipinos migrated in waves to Hawaii beginning in the very first years of the 20th century, when the island was a newly annexed territory of the US. Hawaii’s economy then was dominated by the owners of big sugar plantations. By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Migrant...
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Iba-ibang panahon, iba-iba ang genre na tinatangkilik sa telebisyon. Minsan ay namumutiktik ng gameshows sa panahong matapos ang Asian crisis ng 1997, patungo sa kasalukuyang krisis ng 2009....
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Matatagpuan ang sign na “Tubero” tapos ay ang numero na makokontak ito. Sa ibang pagkakataon, may proper name sa henerikong trabaho, halimbawa “Joey, tubero, 4381705” o “Enteng Tubero 9244899.” Makikita...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Unlike other post-martial law administrations that used assumption of jurisdictions (AJ) mostly to quell already ongoing strikes, the Arroyo regime has used these orders not only to quell ongoing strikes but also to make sure workers cannot strike at all. As a result, fewer strikes have been recorded, allowing Arroyo to claim that “industrial peace” is improving. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
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