By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It is a testament to how the President’s family mobilizes state security forces to suppress the just and legitimate assertion of the farm workers over the lands.” – KMP
Day: February 22, 2012
10th year of legalization of contractualization marked with nationwide protests
By MARYA SALAMAT
More than 60-percent of Filipino workers today suffer job insecurity and persistent case of “endo,” short for end of contract, every three to five months.
Migrante criticizes slow, passive repatriation in Syria
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Migrante International continues to call on the Benigno Aquino III administration to hasten its process of repatriating overseas Filipino workers (OFW) caught in internal conflict-ridden Syria. It called the government’s repatriation efforts “slow, sporadic and passive.” After a dialogue last week with officials of the Department of…
Gabriela to CBCP: Do not bear false witness against women’s health
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
We continue to say, ‘yes’ to a comprehensive and pro-poor reproductive health bill and ‘no’ to population control.” – GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus
Weights training and running, are these incompatible?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com There is a debate among runners whether weights training and running could go together. I would like to add my voice to the debate. However, I do not claim to be an expert. I would just express my opinion based on my experience and some readings I have done about running.…
Government workers file TRO against cap on CNA incentives
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — On Fridays, Naneth Pascual, an employee of the Department of Agrarian Reform, said most of the rank and file employees of the government agency hop from one table to another, hoping that they could borrow money from their colleagues so they could make ends meet for the…