By RONALYN V. OLEA
Despite winning a Supreme Court decision ordering the distribution, at last, of Hacienda Luisita lands to farm workers, their life has not become easier as soldiers continue to harass them.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
She went abroad to job contracts that turned out to be undocumented by Philippine government agencies, but does this mean that her death would be left uninvestigated?
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com “Advocacyserye” ang tawag sa inilalakong bago sa komersyal na telebisyon. Hango ito sa press releases ng ABS-CBN, ang producer ng teleseryeng Budoy (2011-12) na sa pagtatapos ay biglang nais maging makabuluhan, dahil ukol nga naman sa mentally challenged na teenager ang saga ng palabas. Heto ang ofisyal na trailer: BUDOY –…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com Main Story: 101 years later, women workers face the same exploitation, oppression Related story: Beauty queens grace Gabriela’s alternative fashion exhibit MANILA – Akrima Maguit, 40, is an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who is about to leave for Saudi Arabia this week. Since her husband died in 2006, Maguit…
“This is no ordinary fashion exhibit. Ours is a way to put together these issues so people would understand.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Main Story: 101 years later, women workers face the same exploitation, oppression Related story: Three women share the burdens of working women in…
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Some 60 members of employees’ union in HSBC held two sessions of prayer-protests this week in two branches, one at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and another at the iHUB Building Northgate Alabang in Muntinlupa. The prayer-protest is reportedly part of the union’s ongoing campaign against outsourcing of…
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – On the fourth day of the strike of 180 contractual janitors of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno dared the labor department to compel the PUP administration to absorb the striking workers. The striking janitors had been barred from working in the…