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(Bulatlat.com) It is not the absence of laws, but the incompetence of Comelec officials that has resulted in the entry of spurious partylist groups in the May 10 elections. This was the analysis of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) as it vowed...
Farmers from Barangay Tungkong Mangga, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan protested at the offices of Araneta Properties, Inc. in Makati against its landgrabbing. Leaders and members of Tungkong Mangga Upland Farmers Association, Inc. (TMUFAI), San Isidro Samahang...
(Bulatlat.com) DAVAO City --- Indigenous group KATRIBU Partylist together with environmentalist group PANALIPDAN Southern Mindanao and Tamugan Farmers Association (TAFA) held a protest action as part of its commemoration of the Earth Hour (March 27) and the World...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The proposed tuition fee hike would mean forced expulsion of thousands of students coming from poor families, especially from the working class.
Myrna Cruz Abraham, 55, suffered the same fate as that of the 43 health workers dubbed the Morong 43 --arrested without a warrant, blindfolded, handcuffed and thrown like a pig inside the van of her captors.
News Release March 24, 2010 In a public dialogue with Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino held in the rally of Iskolars ng Bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) and University of the Philippines (UP) against tuition hikes this...
Press Statement 24 March 2010 When laws are used to subvert justice, what is left for the people to do? The decision of the Court of Appeals Special Division of Five to dismiss the Writ of Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of the 43 health workers violates the...
PRESS RELEASE March 24, 2010 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) called on Commission on Election (Comelec) to disqualify bogus partylist groups who are obviously not marginalized and backed-up by the Arroyo...
News Release March 24, 2010 Students from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) today merged their protest actions to seek emergency allocation from the government for state colleges and universities. UP...
News Release March 24, 2010 The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today assailed the inclusion of the son of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the list of nominees formally submitted by a partylist group to the Comelec. The militant group also expressed alarm...
Kabataan Rep. Mong Palatino will discuss with Bulatlat.com his party's education agenda, in a live webcast interview on March 24, Wednesday, at 2 p.m.
News Release March 23, 2010 The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya today challenged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dispel fears of a failure of elections by conducting mock elections. Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal had hit back yesterday at critics...
Press Release March 23, 2010 Christian Rosler Esturco, a 3rd year AB Legal Studies student from Lyceum University, is one among the many students nationwide barred from taking their exams due to pending arrears. He received failing marks in his subjects last year...
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility March 23, 2010 After a Supreme Court justice filed 13 counts of libel against her in connection with an article she wrote last year, journalist Marites Dañguilan Vitug received death threats she believes to be connected...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Five of the Morong 43 who admitted to being rebels were tortured, their families harassed, according to relatives. The children of one of the detainees have allegedly disappeared, according to their grandmother.
Media Release March 22, 2010 Ahead of the March 26 deadline, KATRIBU Partylist, a progressive sectoral party of indigenous peoples submitted to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) the names of its nominees Monday. “In submitting the names of our nominees ahead of...
22 March 2010 Press Release WATER FOR THE PEOPLE NETWORK Promoting people’s control over water services and resources WORLD WATER DAY Privatization Threatens Access to Water of 28,000 Farmers, 14 Million Consumers As the country marks World Water Day today, we call...
Press Release March 22, 2010 Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go through our editorial process and do not reflect our policy or position.The 43 health workers arrested in Morong, Rizal...
Press Release March 22, 2010 Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment Weeks before the May 2010 Elections and exactly a month before the Earth Day, green groups challenged those running in office to adhere to a ‘green’ set of demands and actions if they are...
Press Release March 22, 2010 The League of the Youth for the Environment (LYFE), a University of the Philippines based alliance of environmental groups, reported earlier at a press conference the results of their survey and background check on national candidates...
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