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News Release March 22, 2010 This was the view of the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan amid assurances from Malacanang that president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will step down on June 30. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement...
By IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat.com As new graduates enter the labor force, it is possible that only three out of ten college graduates looking for work may land a job. According to research group IBON Foundation, this estimate does not even include graduates...
Media Release March 18, 2010 International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) - Canada It is with profound sadness that we receive news of the death of a major anti-imperialist activist, Dr., Hari Sharma, on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Burnaby, B.C., Canada, after a...
Press Release March 21, 2010 On March 20th, media published the news that com. AZAD, Spokes Person of CPI(Maoist) was arrested and there was a demand for his release. The information was passed on from DK Special Zone committee’s spokes person com. Gudsa Usendi and...
22 March 2010 Press Release 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 indeed pro-people and pro-environment. The...
News Release March 21, 2010 The 43 health workers arrested in Morong, Rizal last Feb. 6 who are now detained at the military’s Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal while facing trumped-up charges have revealed attempts by their soldier-custodians to have them cooperate...
Media Release 21 March 2010 Free the 43 Health Workers alliance today condemned the brazenness of the Armed Forces of the Philippines including their Commander in Chief, Philippine National Police, and the Department of Justice in their deliberate actions to...
Media Release 21 March 2010 There is no official statement from either the Department of Health or the Philippine Medical Association stating that the 43 detainees are not health workers. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, neither the DOH nor the PMA has...
NEWS RELEASE 21 March 2010 More than just mulling over the distribution of female condoms, the labor department should act on the demand of Filipino workers for a nationwide wage hike and creation of decent jobs, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said today. KMU said...
Press Release 21 March 2010 “The newly amended law for Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act (Republic Act 10022) as it introduces amendments to R.A. 8042, will only heighten and intensify the exportation of human labor as a primordial labor program of the...
News Release March 21, 2010 The warning made by a Malacanang spokesperson that a failure of elections could lead to a military junta is a veiled endorsement of an Arroyo holdover, according to the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.The militant group also expressed the...
Press Release 21 March 2010 An alliance of overseas Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East today urges fellow OFWs to be vigilant as the political development in the home front becomes undesirable that may lead towards a chaotic situation and political...
Media Release 20 March 2010 The Armed Forces of the Philippines is now using the Philippine National Police as a convenient scapegoat for their illegal raid and human rights violations. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, the AFP is desperately trying to...
By RONALYN OLEA
Two grenades were thrown at a house of a Bayan Muna member in Lezo, Aklan. Meanwhile, soldiers from the Philippine Army are openly campaigning against progressive party-list groups in South Cotabato.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“In her desire to appoint a new chief justice, President Arroyo will be transgressing several laws and the Constitution and will also be breaking a long tradition already in place in our judicial system, and will also be encroaching upon the powers and the independence of the Judiciary,” the NUPL said.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Critics of the new ID system say "this multimillion project will be another campaign kitty for the Arroyo administration and also an avenue to skirt the unconstitutionality of the National ID System which was already rejected by the Supreme Court during the Ramos regime."
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
OFWs and domestic helpers are still going through the same nightmare that Flor Contemplacion suffered. Many rot in jail. Several have been sentenced to death. Thousands suffer abuse from their employers and neglected by their government. To these OFWs, the Arroyo regime is "chief executioner of the rights and welfare of OFWs."
The worst thing that could happen with the expected low participation in the party-list elections is that it would create an opportunity for the Arroyo government to pad votes for Malacañang-sponsored party-list groups.
Press Statement March 20, 2010 Where there is U.S. military presence, there is protest and resistance. As we commemorate the 7th year of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we join the growing movement of people who are calling for the immediate pullout of U.S. military...
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