By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Employees of the Metro Manila Development Authority walked out from their office to call on the agency to pay their Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) incentive. “I am very happy that a lot went out of our office today to protest and pressure MMDA to give our benefit,”…
Day: December 5, 2012
Mining-ravaged Mindanao folk deliver ‘closure orders’ to mining TNCs, Chamber of Mines
By MARYA SALAMAT
They bring with them an urgent call as their communities continue to face the threats of large-scale mining and militarization.
Comelec should block entry of police group in party-list polls – ACT
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — A lawmaker is calling on the Commission on Elections to look deeper into the qualifications of a group currently applying for accreditation for the party list elections. Act Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said the poll body should investigate the claims of the Ant-Crime Community Involvement and…
Urban poor, fisherfolk set up protest camps vs ‘anti-poor projects’
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Urban poor communities in Bacoor and Dasmariñas in Cavite are stepping up protests against demolition plans of the local and national governments. On November 29, the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) in Cavite put up protest camps in Kadiwa Market in Dasmariñas and in Talaba 6 in…
Makabayan bloc hits Aquino’s updated list of ‘wanted rebels’
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
“This list is essentially telling state security forces that the policy of neutralizing and eliminating activists and communists remain.” – Bayan Muna
‘One Billion Rising’ and Angie Ipong
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com There are a few benefits to being fat and dark. One of them is being cast as a police officer in films and live performances. The first time it happened was in a comedic role in a music video. Often, I am an abusive cop or, worse, a torturer. When…
Jonas Burgos’s mother assails promotion of officer linked to abduction of son
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Six days before the commemoration of International Human Rights Day, a military officer implicated in gross human rights violations took his oath before President Benigno Aquino III. Brig. Gen. Eduardo Año has been assigned as the new chief of the Intelligence Services of the Armed Forces of the…
New Asia Pacific-wide group bats for human rights in PH
By RONALYN V. OLEA
A foreign delegate believes that President Aquino’s silence [on cases of human rights violations] bears the imprint of consent for these violations. “Not only has he condoned impunity, he has likewise perpetuated it by not delivering justice for any of the 114 victims of extrajudicial killings under his administration.”