“Quit coal,” environmentalists and farmers echo former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
Groups want 31-year-old Calaca coal plant shut down
Day: March 17, 2016
Comelec hogwash
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is once again blackmailing the public – for the nth time – into allowing it to disregard the safeguards provided by the Automated Election System Law (AES). After the Supreme Court ruled that the Comelec should print voter receipts, which is one of the transparency…
Dreams turned into a continuing nightmare for stranded OFWs in Saudi
For months, a number of Filipino migrant workers in Saudi Arabia have been out of work and stuck in camps with no water or electricity. Their wives are calling on government to bring them home.
Fisherfolk, residents oppose ‘wholesale destruction’ of Laguna Lake
‘Aquino and his heir apparent, Mar Roxas, want to reorient the Laguna de Bay from a rich and abundant fishing lake to a world-class commercial hub for money-making ventures of the rich, all at the expense of fishers’ lives.’
Remembering Kristel| Youth groups carry on fight vs commercialized education
“We remember that she should never have been pushed away from an institution she deserved to be in, because of a flawed and unjust system.”