By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Manila — The proposal of Rep. Raymond Palatino of the Kabataan party-list group for the Department of Education to develop and include a subject on the life, works, and ideals of Gat Andres Bonifacio in the college curriculum is timely indeed. All of us had to take a three-unit Rizal subject…
Month: November 2012
CPP vows to intensify people’s war on 149th birthday of Andres Bonifacio
By Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) took the occasion of the birthday of Andres Bonifacio on November 30, which is also National Heroes’ day, to call for the intensification of its people’s war. In anticipation of the celebration of the hero’s 150th next year, the CPP said, “the revolutionary forces…
Ang mga Cazadores
Ni ANDRES BONIFACIO Mga kasadores dito ay padala Sanhi raw ng gulo’y lilipulin nila Ngunit hindi laban yaong kinikita Kundi ang mang-umit ng manok at baka. Yaong mga bayang sa tahimik kanlong Sa mga Kastila’y siyang hinahayon, Ang bawat makita nilang malalamon Pinag-aagawan dahilan sa gutom. Buong kabahayan ay sinasaliksik, Pilak na makita sa bulsa…
Peek
An elderly B’laan woman cracks a smile as she realizes her emergence from behind the door was anticipated. (Kiblawan, Davao del Sur)
Mining in Negros Occidental, a microcosm of the impact of mining in the whole country
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO and RONALYN V. OLEA
Do mining companies really bring about development? Do they generate sufficient employment to uplift the people from poverty? Do they practice ‘responsible mining,’ as they claim to be doing, to protect the environment? These are the very same questions the International Fact-Finding and Environmental Mission did seek to answer as the team members visited and conducted dialogues in the northern and southern parts of Negros Occidental.
How mining companies reign in Negros Occidental
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO and RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental – Mining companies operating in the southern and northern parts of Negros Occidental wield two weapons to be able to operate with impunity: deception and force. This is what the International Fact-Finding and Environmental Mission (IFFEM) organized by the Asian Peasant…
Philex’s mining ops in south Negros threaten livelihood, food security
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com HINOBAAN, Negros Occidental – For years, 64-year-old Gregorio Cordova and his family have relied on farming for survival. A tenant-farmer working on a 1.5-hectare of land near the Bacuyangan River, Cordova gets one-fourth share of the harvested palay (rice grain) and the rest goes to the landowner. Even with such…
Who benefits from mining?
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com SIPALAY, Negros Occidental – Mining corporations and the Aquino government always say that mining contributes to the growth of the economy. Contrary to such claim, data from no less than the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), which is posted at the website of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, reveals…
‘Stop killing women human rights defenders,’ groups tell Aquino
‘Stop killing women human rights defenders,’ groups tell Aquino (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat.com)
In North Negros, deception paved the way for mining
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com SAGAY CITY, Negros Occidental – As the fishing boat was nearing the site where Aspac Dredging and Restoration Inc. was believed to be operating, a group of men shooed the fact finding team away. One of them even ran at the edge of the shore trying to drive the…
Foreigners support Filipinos’ fight against destructive mining
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com HINOBA-AN, Negros Occidental – Rahmat Ajiguna has often been mistaken for a Filipino and this Indonesian would just smile whenever someone approaches him and speak in the local language. Rahmat, deputy secretary general of the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), is one of the seven foreigners who joined the International Fact-Finding…