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MANILA – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) clarified today statements made by the Arroyo administration regarding the resumption of peace negotiations next month. In a press statement released today, Fidel V. Agcaoili, a member of the NDFP...
Ni ROLANDO TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Ang tawag ng kaibigang Vlad dito ay “life’s little surprises” nang minsan makatanggap ng Penshoppe wallet mula sa kanyang magulang sa gabi ng kanyang graduation sa masteral. Hindi inaasahan, pero...
Since the Arroyo regime expanded the value-added tax on oil and since the implementation of the oil-deregulation law, most jeepney drivers have to work long hours, often up to 14 hours a day. If they don’t, whatever money they earn for the day will only further enrich the oil companies -- and they go home penniless. Think about this the next time you are tempted to curse jeepney drivers for being uncouth, discourteous and undisciplined, as the government is wont to depict them.
MANILA -- As progressive transport groups prepare for what is expected to be a massive strike today, a leader of such a group was shot early today, Monday, in Bicol. Joel Ascutia, president of Condor-Piston-Bikol, an organization of jeepney drivers and operators,...
Public-transport drivers and operators in several urban areas across the country – including, for the first time, Makati City – denounce the measly oil-price rollbacks by the Big Three oil companies, as well as their “manipulation” of the prices of oil and gas products, such as LPG, to the detriment of unorganized and ordinary consumers.
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MANILA– Eugenio Vagni, the last of the three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff members abducted in the southern Philippines on Jan. 15, has been freed, the ICRC said Sunday. Vagni, an Italian, regained his freedom in the early hours of July 12....
Organizers said the July 10 walkout was a build-up to a much bigger protest action on President Arroyo's ninth and last State of the Nation Address in Congress on July 27. "The youth shall make sure that this shall really be Arroyo's last Sona," Alvin Peters of NUSP said. View slideshow
Hard Times Indeed. While other people would try to get more than one job, the man in the picture tries to cope by selling two products -- water and ice cream, for everyday use and for treats and special occasions. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva) - an interview with David Bacon Against the Current, July/August 2009 http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2262 THIS INTERVIEW WAS conducted on April 10, 2009 by Star Murray and Charles Williams on behalf of the Against the Current editorial board. Photojournalist...
By Dahr Jamail Truthout/Perspective International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) On Friday, June 12, Harith al-Obaidi, leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front, the largest Sunni bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, was shot dead outside a mosque just minutes after giving a sermon...
By Norman Solomon Truthout/Perspective International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The president has set a limit on the number of US troops in Afghanistan. For now. That's how escalation works. Ceilings become floors. Gradually. A few times since last fall, the Obama...
By Aldwin Quitasol Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY ? Members of Migrante International warned the Filipino people that the latest spate of bombings could be used by the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as bases to declare...
By Aldwin Quitasol Northern Dipatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY ? "It is very hard and painful to think that you are going to be displaced from your place that was nurtured by your own ancestors," said Gloria Abibuag at the dialogue with Baguio City Mayor...
By Lyn V. Ramo Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The provincial board here, 246 kms. north of Manila, supported the resolution passed by its Bulacan counterpart opposing House Bill 4631 that seeks to revive the mothballed Bataan...
By Lyn V. Ramo Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Endemic to the Cordillera region is a species of a high- altitude tree that bears orange oil-bearing fruits that may be the region’s contribution to the country’s quest for alternative fuel....
Emergency Rule? The recent bombings and the impending Cabinet reshuffle, which would put former generals in strategic positions, have led some to believe that the Arroyo government is preparing to declare another state of national emergency or martial law. (By Flon Faurillo)
Analysis Talk is rife that the Arroyo government would proclaim martial law, especially after the series of bombings that rocked several parts of the Philippines. However, the Arroyo regime sorely lacks the factors that enabled the dictator Ferdinand Marcos to successfully impose martial rule. The bottomline: if Arroyo declares martial law, she would be adding fuel to the fire of the people’ anger.
A farmer in Compostela Valley who last seen beaten and forcibly taken allegedly by soldiers on July 4 remains missing. Alvin Lopez, 25, a resident of Monkayo was hogtied and forced into a military vehicle during a military operation. Alvin’s mother, Erlinda, has filed a complaint before the Commission on Human Rights against the military’s 26th Infantry Battalion. Read the full story
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Students from all over the country are set to walk out of their classrooms tomorrow, July 10, to protest the moves by the Arroyo regime to amend the Constitution. The national walkout-protest against charter-change will...
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