Health Workers Brave Storm to Mark National Health Workers’ Day with Protest
Health Workers March for Better Benefits
Health Workers Brave Storm to Mark National Health Workers’ Day with Protest
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Environment Group Urges Gov’t to Take Firmer Stand Against Nuclear Energy
Environment Group Urges Gov’t to Take Firmer Stand Against Nuclear Energy
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Greenpeace Southeast Asia Climate Campaigner Amalie Obusan has urged Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes to take a clear stand on the proposed revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. In a recent media briefing, Reyes said that the...
Palparan in Congress: Spending People’s Money Against the People
Palparan in Congress: Spending People’s Money Against the People
Press Statement – May 8, 2009 Palparan in Congress: Spending People’s Money Against the People The recent statement of Gen. Jovito Palparan to revive the Republic Act 1700 or the Anti-Subversion Law in order to stop progressive party-list representatives from using...
Anti-Wiretapping Suit Vs. Cheche Lazaro ‘Absurd and Dangerous’
Anti-Wiretapping Suit Vs. Cheche Lazaro ‘Absurd and Dangerous’
Below is a statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the Anti-Wiretapping suit against Cecilia “Cheche” Lazaro. ABSURD AND DANGEROUS THE SUIT against Cecilia “Cheche” Lazaro alleging that she wire-tapped her own phone conversation with...
Bounty for Sison and Rosal, Preposterous and the Height of Cover-Up and Impunity – NDFP HRC Chairman
Bounty for Sison and Rosal, Preposterous and the Height of Cover-Up and Impunity – NDFP HRC Chairman
National Democratic Front of the Philippines Human Rights Committee Press Release 07 May 2009 Bounty for Sison and Rosal, preposterous and the height of cover-up and impunity - NDFP HRC Chairman NDFP Human Rights Committee Chairman Fidel Agcaoili hit today the...
Video: New Philippine Movement Seeks Justice for Jun Lozada
Video: New Philippine Movement Seeks Justice for Jun Lozada
New Movement Seeks Justice for Jun Lozada
Arroyo’s Reward Fund vs Political Killings a ‘Mere Gimmick’
Arroyo’s Reward Fund vs Political Killings a ‘Mere Gimmick’
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat MANILA – “A mere gimmick.” That’s what two progressive lawmakers think of the announcement by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that she would put up a 25-million-peso reward fund to solve the political killings in the Philippines. On...
Because of VFA, Philippines Cannot Check Visiting US Troops for Swine Flu
Because of VFA, Philippines Cannot Check Visiting US Troops for Swine Flu
Bayan said that under the VFA, US commanders are not required to have their visiting troops subjected to thermal scans, health surveillance and other standard operating procedures that are usually undertaken by host governments in civilian ports of entry. “All the US forces need to present is a declaration of health,” it said.“Even in matters of public health, Philippine sovereignty is undermined by the VFA.”
Solon Holds State Accountable for Recent Killings in Davao
Solon Holds State Accountable for Recent Killings in Davao
BY BULATLAT A progressive lawmaker branded the recent extrajudicial killings in Davao as ‘state-sponsored.’ In a statement, Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party condemned the killings of indigenous peoples Kapis Butod and Ludenio Monzon. Butod was killed by...
Death Sentence of OFW in Taiwan Commuted
Death Sentence of OFW in Taiwan Commuted
BY ANNA KRISTINA P. VIRTUSIO Bulatlat An overseas Filipino worker escaped death by firing squad after the Appellate Court in Taiwan reduced her sentence to life imprisonment on Monday. The decision came after Cecilia Alcaraz, an English teacher convicted by the...
Group Launches Petition, Vigil for Jun Lozada
Group Launches Petition, Vigil for Jun Lozada
BY BULATLAT As Engineer Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada Jr. spent his fifth day in detention today, his friends, colleagues and supporters organized a petition drive and prayer vigil in front of the Manila Police District (MPD) headquarters where the star witness in the...
Slideshow: A Thousand Torches for the Working Class
Slideshow: A Thousand Torches for the Working Class
A Thousand Torches for the Working Class
Dalawang Tula para sa Mayo Uno
Dalawang Tula para sa Mayo Uno
NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Syento Beinte Singko Gasino na ang syento beinte singko? Apat na kilo ng bigas, ilang saing sa hapag ng mahirap. Anim na pirasong galunggong, Simutin mula ulo hanggang buntot, at nang makatawid gutom. Kahit noodles ay laman na rin ng sikmura...
Ghost Reforestation Projects in Benguet Town
Ghost Reforestation Projects in Benguet Town
In what is virtually a can of worms opened, millions of pesos in ghost reforestation projects stink along the San Roque Multipurpose Dam-associated projects in Itogon, Benguet. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor Bulatlat Itogon, Benguet (200 kilometers north of Manila) – In...
Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison BY THE INTERNATIONAL DEFEND COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The oral procedure in the case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison against the...
Wage Discrimination and Other Seafarers’ Woes
Wage Discrimination and Other Seafarers’ Woes
“The rights of workers, that is, the right to be organized into unions, to collective bargaining, to security of tenure and to have a just and humane condition at work, are continuously being denied them by capitalists who are only after profits. This is, despite...
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