The contradiction rampant throughout the report can be best phrased in the words of US Army Major Justin Featherstone who told the report's writers after his extensive work with the urban population in southeastern Iraq: “Humanity is what it’s about, a genuine...
If there were a public and Congressional debate about an exit strategy, about a timetable for withdrawal, about blocking the Pentagon from building permanent military bases in Afghanistan, real change in US policy towards Afghanistan would be happening faster. BY...
Impoverished as they are after the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company imposed a reduced work scheme, three unions in Mankayan braved travel woes hoping to get what has been long due them. Instead, mineworkers and their wives went home empty-handed after security...
This coming Holy Week, Mount Banahaw and Mount San Cristobal in Southern Tagalog will remain closed to pilgrims and trekkers “to allow the two mountains to “heal” themselves from decades of wanton environmental destruction.” BY AYI MUALLAM PinoyPress Posted by...
A group of Filipino migrants in Nagoya, Japan condemned the dismissal of the rape charges against an American soldier who allegedly raped a Filipina. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH A group of Filipino migrants in Nagoya, Japan condemned the dismissal of the rape charges...
A global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations warned aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against what it termed as ‘open season for crooked recruiters to abuse innocent applicants.’ BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH A global alliance of Filipino migrant...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat The protests against the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the US have gained support in Hong Kong, with a group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) speaking out against the accord. Dolores...
Despite the public’s long-standing opposition to the war and support for a short timetable for withdrawal, Obama and his generals continue to defy public wishes as they debate whether the occupation will continue for another three years, six years, or indefinitely...
The president's speech had little to say about the plans for escalation, but the few words will come back to haunt: "With our friends and allies, we will forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat Al Qaida and combat extremism,...
“This is a revival of martial law years. It's sickening,” an obviously irate Sen. Joker Arroyo blurted out during a recent hearing on the murder charges against activist Vicente Ladlad. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat “This is a revival of martial...
As a human rights worker – more specifically, as spokesperson of the Kawagib Moro Human Rights Alliance – 21-year-old Bai Ali Indayla has had her “fair share” of brushes with government agents. These usually occurred during rallies, where she would see men without...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecution panel continues to block the petition filed by detained peasant leader Randall Echanis to allow him to undergo medical treatment for his gallstones. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat The Department of Justice...
Ongoing military operations by government troops against communist rebels have greatly disrupted production and further impoverished the communities in Abra. BY KATHLEEN T. OKUBO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila) - Ongoing...
Community elders and environmental groups in the Cordillera Region branded the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded reforestation of the Agno and Chico Rivers’ watersheds as exercises in futility, since the government has also allowed mining applications that...
Husgahan Natin: Mga Isyu at Kasong Manggagawa by Atty. Remigio D. Saladero, Jr. Published by Prometheus Publishing Corporation 156 pages Husgahan Natin: Mga Isyu at Kasong Manggagawa is a must-read for workers, especially in these times when workers’ rights are...
The South Korean Ambassador has written to the President of the Philippine Senate, Juan Ponce Enrile, threatening dire consequences if the Senate proceeds with its investigation into the atrocious death and injury record of South Korean ship-building giant Hanjin...
A global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) branded the Arroyo administration's economic resiliency plan for OFWs as a grand hoax. BY ANGIE DE LARA AND RONALYN OLEA MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat Evanessa Valmadrid is one of the retrenched OFWs from Taiwan who...
Filipino migrant organizations in the United States and Canada condemned what they called the “brutal” treatment of activists marching to the US Embassy in Manila on Feb. 25. BY AUBREY MAKILAN-DELA CRUZ MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat Filipino migrant organizations in the...
While the International Seafarers’ Action Center (ISAC) Philippines Foundation, Inc. and other seafarers’ groups such as the progressive Filipino Seafarers’ Movement (FSM) are pushing hard for the ratification of the 2006 Maritime Labor Convention (MLC), the...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Retrenched workers and those in danger of being retrenched, as well as long-time contractual workers gathered today at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City to launch an association that, they say, would defend their...
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