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BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The last time the country underwent the same type of changes in the charter, currently being pushed by the Arroyo administration, purportedly to solve the political and economic crisis was in 1972. Marcos presided over the...
DAVAO CITY -- The Alliance Against Impunity in Mindanao, Kalinaw Mindanao, Sisters Association in Mindanao and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan led the people's outrage in Davao City over Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra's callous decision to drop charges against the two of the suspected perpetrators of the Ampatuan Massacre. The protest was part of the commemoration of the 5th month of the Ampatuan Massacre.
By DEE AYROSO Photos by DANA BATNAG and BEDETTE LIBRES Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- The beating of the gangsa for Cordillera Day 2010 – the 30th year of Macliing Dulag’s martyrdom – marked the continued fight of the indigenous peoples for land and...
April 28, 2010 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Katribu Partylist writes in reaction to the photo caption of Hon. Satur Ocampo on April 26, 2010 in page A2 of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. In the said photo, Hon. Ocampo was shown wearing the Igorot G-string. Its caption –...
Migrante International insisted the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) today to finally decide on the permanent banning of deployment to Annasban company and cancellation of licenses of its “partner”recruitment agencies – Placewell International,...
PRESS RELEASE April 30, 2010 "Not only is Noynoy Aquino an incompetent presidential pretender, but is also a 'kapalmuks' (thick-faced) for thinking himself as the country's presumptive president." This was the statement of Terry Ridon, National Chairperson of the...
Press Release 30 April 2010 Citing a recent data released by Saudi’s Ministry of Labor, a Filipino migrant rights group based in the oil-rich Kingdom said it only proved that the employment prospect for OFWs and for migrant workers of other nationalities is getting...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com A number of friends and sympathizers of the national democratic movement have voiced their disagreement or downright disapproval of the tactical alliance forged between Makabayan, the...
Press Release 26 April 2010 National candidates pledge to uphold youth agenda Different youth groups, student councils, campus publications and student organizations today presented to the media the "Youth Choices" for president, vice-president, senators and...
Press Release 26 April 2010 CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A former freelance radio reporter on 14 April 2010 was shot dead in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental. Initial police reports indicated the killing to be election-related. Ozamis City is approximately 782.87 kilometers...
Media Release 26 April 2010 Candidates seeking the highest post in the land should have a clear-cut, pro-people health agenda. Otherwise, they are no different from the current dispensation from which they are all trying so hard to distance themselves. According to...
Press Statement 24 April 2010 Advance the People's War to build the People's Democratic Government (On the occasion of the NDFP's 37th founding anniversary) On the occasion of its founding anniversary today, April 24, the National Democratic Front of the...
NEWS RELEASE 26 April 2010 More than 50,000 workers are expected to join the actions in Metro Manila on Labor Day led by militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). This year’s commemoration of Labor Day will highlight the workers’ presentation of the labor...
Press Release 26 April 2010 Living in a makeshift barracks when off duty, resting under the truck trailer when on a trip Filipino drivers are known to be good drivers. To many foreign employers they are the best drivers they could hire because aside from being able...
Press Release 26 April 2010 Seeing a trend of low voters’ turnout after more 2 weeks of the overseas absentee voting that started on April 10, a migrant workers’ rights group based in the Middle East last week have urged the COMELEC Committee on Overseas Absentee...
Press Release 26 April 2010 Even behind bars, political prisoners from different parts of the country are expressing their solidarity with the continuing struggle of the 43 health workers for justice and respect for civil and political rights. Political prisoners...
Press Release 26 April 2010 Forget justice. Forget law. Forget democracy. Acting justice secretary Alberto Agra’s order to drop multiple murder charges against Zaldy and Akmad Ampatuan is proof that these principles do not, nay, have never existed under the Arroyo...
Press Release 25 April 2010 The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) today expressed surprise at the statement attributed to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Atty. Leila de Lima that the New People’s Army (NPA) violated international...
By LYN V. RAMO
Cordillera Day celebrations are held during the death anniversary of Macliing Dulag who has become a symbol of struggle and hope for the Cordillera people. This year, indigenous peoples' from different regions in the country gathered to come up with a common agenda to be presented to the next government.
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