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“It takes too long to process cases where the complainants are poor and the suspects are rich and it almost always decides in favor of the latter.”
“The people are expecting, hoping for genuine change, but what is clear is that they could only achieve that through their strong mass movement.”
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“Aquino opened almost 730,000 hectares of ancestral land for mining, monocrop plantations, economic zones, military camps and US bases.”
MANILA – In the eve of Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration as the 16th president of the Philippines on June 30, multiple activist groups from Luzon staged a mobilization and cultural night in front of the Philippine Post Office at the Liwasang Bonifacio here....
Youth protesters say former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III must pay for the abuses and injustice under his regime.
Progressive groups from different regions marched to Mendiola to present their demands to President Rodrigo Duterte, today, June 30. They called for the resumption of peace talks to finally put an to the problems plaguing the Filipino people.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The country has a new president in Rodrigo Roa Duterte. His induction as the 16th president of the Philippines had none of the pomp of previous presidential inaugurations. According to the Malacañang website, seven presidents...
Known for his sharp memory, Ka Paeng admitted that he deliberately memorized the facts and figures about agrarian reform programs of all the administrations.
“Change is not served on the table. In reality, we should fight for genuine change.”
The World Bank report noted that around three-quarters of all jobs and two-thirds of urban jobs in the Philippines are informal. Among wage workers, 6 out of 10 are hired informally, it said. “Informal wage workers lack employment contracts and social insurance, and are not protected against unfair dismissal.”
“We welcome Duterte’s vow to stop contractualization. We have yet to see him keep his promise.”
The lightning protest at this year’s UP graduation commemorated the 10th year of disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño.
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QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com CARHRIHL, JASIG and The Hague Declaration – these are important peace documents signed by the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front. If the peace talks will resume next month, the next agenda should...
By SARAH RAYMUNDO Blood Rush Paragas is a testament to the praxis of cultural revolution standing its ground, matching profit accumulation with the accumulation of protest. This new release from Edge Uyanguren and Tubaw easily stands as one of the movement's...
MANILA -- Teachers under the Alliance and Concerned Teachers (ACT) held a family day on Sunday, June 26 in Quezon Memorial Circle, on the group’s 34th anniversary. They flew kites bearing calls to free political prisoners and Act for just and lasting peace as a...
“Let the schools continue to operate.”
By RICK BAHAGUE ROOT ACCESS A lot of people are asking about the 700 Megahertz (megahertz) spectrum and why there’s a lot of fuss being made about it in tri-media. This is in relation to the groundbreaking P69.1-billion deal made between corporate giants San Miguel...
Although he has yet to be inaugurated as the 16th President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has already met with the leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). His presumptive peace negotiators also met...
Early this week in Manila, the defense chiefs of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia wound up discussions they began last month in Vientiane, Laos. They agreed to conduct “trilateral maritime and air patrols” in their “maritime areas of common concern,”...
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