Slideshow: Never Forget: Ampatuan Massacre, A Year After
Ampatuan Massacre, A Year After
Slideshow: Never Forget: Ampatuan Massacre, A Year After
POSTS FOR "Month: November 2010"
Slideshow: Groups to Noynoy: ‘Philippines Not For Sale!’
Slideshow: Groups to Noynoy: ‘Philippines Not For Sale!’
Groups to Noynoy: 'Philippines Not For Sale!'
Slideshow: Nine Months in Detention, Nine Months of Injustice
Slideshow: Nine Months in Detention, Nine Months of Injustice
9 Months in Detention, 9 Months of Injustice
News in Pictures: Remembering, Honoring Women Victims of Rights Abuses
News in Pictures: Remembering, Honoring Women Victims of Rights Abuses
MANILA -- November 29 became a day of songs, poems and testimonies honoring women victims of human rights abuses, as women rights group Tanggol Bayi and families of victims of human rights violations led the commemoration of the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders.
Public-Private Sector Workers Demand Wage Hikes, End to Wage-Slashing Contractualization
Public-Private Sector Workers Demand Wage Hikes, End to Wage-Slashing Contractualization
By MARYA SALAMAT
Private and public sector workers from different labor groups held caravans and picket rallies to push for workers' rights to living wages and job security.
Filipino Journalists Face Another Form of Impunity: Violation of Labor Rights
Filipino Journalists Face Another Form of Impunity: Violation of Labor Rights
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In a speech at the seventh Congress of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), labor lawyer Nitz Mahinay said there is impunity not only in the killing of journalists but also in the violation of their rights to self-organization and job security.
Environmental Groups Intensify Opposition to Planned Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Environmental Groups Intensify Opposition to Planned Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
A typical coal power plant generates an average of 10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide... 500 tons of small airborne particles...720 tons of carbon monoxide... 225 pounds of arsenic... and 114 pounds of lead, four pounds of cadmium, other toxic heavy metals, and trace amounts of uranium which are all poisonous and carcinogenic.
Students Strike vs Massive Budget Cuts on State Universities and Colleges
Students Strike vs Massive Budget Cuts on State Universities and Colleges
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- William Regal, 17, is among the students of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Manila who joined the student strike in protest of the massive budget cuts on state universities and colleges (SUCs). "Tertiary...
Plan to Cancel Franchises Disadvantageous to Small Companies – Alliance of Bus Operators
Plan to Cancel Franchises Disadvantageous to Small Companies – Alliance of Bus Operators
By MARYA SALAMAT
Bus operators asked why the government cannot rid the roads of "colorum" buses, why it allowed the number of vehicles to bloat beyond the roads' capacity, why it targets public utility buses instead of the more numerous private vehicles.
NoKor Says November 23 Incident Self Defense Measure
NoKor Says November 23 Incident Self Defense Measure
International Posted by Bulatlat.com Pyongyang, November 24 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Wednesday issued the following statement: As already reported by the Supreme Command of the KPA, the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK on Nov. 23...
ILPS Condemns War Provocations by the US, SoKor Puppets vs NoKor
ILPS Condemns War Provocations by the US, SoKor Puppets vs NoKor
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle International Posted by Bulatlat.com We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, condemn in the strongest possible terms the recent and ongoing provocations being made by the US...
How to Schedule a War: The Incredible Shrinking Withdrawal Date
How to Schedule a War: The Incredible Shrinking Withdrawal Date
By TOM ENGELHARDT Tomdispatch International Posted by Bulatlat.com Going, going, gone! You can almost hear the announcer’s voice throbbing with excitement, only we’re not talking about home runs here, but about the disappearing date on which, for the United States...
Justice Secretary, Journalists Agree that Ampatuan Massacre Trial Crucial in Addressing Impunity
Justice Secretary, Journalists Agree that Ampatuan Massacre Trial Crucial in Addressing Impunity
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The case of the Ampatuan massacre is not just a matter of prosecuting individuals. It also requires the neutralization of the whole machinery of violence and brutality that is fueled by power, political influence and wealth.” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima
From Two Who Suffered, a Call to Repatriate Other Distressed OFWs Before Christmas
From Two Who Suffered, a Call to Repatriate Other Distressed OFWs Before Christmas
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International says if President Aquino will remain silent about the abuse of OFWs, “it means that he is siding with abusive employers and other institutions who are gaining benefits from Filipino migrants workers.”
State, Weak Justice System Blamed for Impunity in Killings of Journalists, Activists
State, Weak Justice System Blamed for Impunity in Killings of Journalists, Activists
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
In media forum to mark anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre, journalists, media experts and human-rights advocates define and dissect impunity, "the dark side of accountability," as one of them put it.
Benjie Oliveros | The Imperative of Justice
Benjie Oliveros | The Imperative of Justice
From the time of his inauguration up to the present, President Benigno Aquino III has not made any policy statement or measure that would push for human rights. It is as if human rights and civil liberties were not under attack during the previous administration....
PAL Workers Wonder if Aquino Is Really Concerned About Their Plight
PAL Workers Wonder if Aquino Is Really Concerned About Their Plight
By MARYA SALAMAT
‘Tis the Christmas season and anxious workers at Philippine Airlines are wondering if there is cause for hope that Aquino will reverse the airline’s mass layoffs and contractualization scheme, or is the president merely helping Lucio Tan to buy time, until the peak season -- and the optimum time for a workers’ strike -- is over?
Citizen-Based Fact-Finding Mission Off to Probe Botanist’s Death (PR)
Citizen-Based Fact-Finding Mission Off to Probe Botanist’s Death (PR)
PRESS RELEASE 26 November 2010 An independent citizen-based fact-finding mission, endorsed by the family of the country's top botanist, the late Leonardo Co, and led by the Justice for Leonardo Co Movement, sets off for Kananga, Leyte, today to probe the real cause...
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