DAVAO CITY — An environmental activist from Cebu City has warned about the wanton destruction of the upland watershed areas of Davao City disguised as development, saying this could deplete the city?s supply of clean and fresh water. ?You want to lose water? Put up...
What does a merger of two banks have to do with members of the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)? A lot, according to two labor groups. BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat The so-called mall magnate is increasing his economic...
An interfaith organization called Friend of Moro Detainees (Friends) was launched during the first year commemoration of the Camp Bagong Diwa siege, which claimed the lives of 22 Moro inmates. By May Vargas Contributed to Bulatlat An interfaith organization called...
A land dispute over a quarrying operation may have led to the March 20 ambush here that nearly killed Zambales Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) coordinator Amante Abelon and caused the death of his 35-year old wife, Agnes, and five-year old son, Ervy John. by A. Mangampo...
By Cheryll D. Fiel davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY ? A young activist was forcibly taken Friday night by men believed to be government agents and was interrogated inside a van for an hour. Raunil Mortejo, chairman of the progressive youth group Anakbayan in Davao City,...
Paquibato leaders decry continued harassment of residents despite military's assurance By Cheryll D. Fiel davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY - The disbandment of paramilitary units and the withdrawal of the firearms issued to them by the Philippine Army are some of the...
Twenty-year old Cris Hugo was a small – only 4’11” tall – and humble person who led an exemplary life. He fearlessly fought for quality education and students’ rights – until bullets felled him last March 19. BY LINO D. INTERINO III Bulatlat I was aghast when my...
After three decades of hosting large-scale mining projects, Marinduque remains impoverished, ranked as the country's 14th poorest province with a staggering poverty incidence of 71.9 percent. By Dennis Espada Bulatlat The people of Marinduque (some 170 kms south of...
Thirteen community journalists and four media organizations from Baguio City are the latest signatories to a petition filed in the Court of Appeals which seeks to stop government agencies from muzzling the press. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms...
Gen. Generoso Senga, in a recent speech before the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa), acknowledged that “the alliance between the military and the leftist rebels to oust Mrs. Arroyo has been deepening for over two years now and will not be uprooted in...
BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Contrary to the propaganda of the country's economic managers, charter change is not a solution to the country's economic problems. Rather, charter change is part of an economic restructuring agenda advanced by the U.S. and...
The worsening joblessness and underemployment reflect the backward and crisis-ridden state of the economy. It shows the folly of the neo-liberal policies of privatization, liberalization, and deregulation, not to mention the inability of the Arroyo administration...
By Jetty Ayop-Ohaylan davaotoday.com President Arroyo says Thursday: “The true power of the people is being felt with the signature campaign to change our form of government." DAVAO CITY - Several progressive groups from this city launched on Thursday a signature...
BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat The crisis facing thousands of survivors of a killer landslide that buried Barangay Guinsaugon in St. Bernard town, Southern Leyte more than three weeks ago refuses to rest. Despite concerted rescue and retrieval operations by the...
BY ABNER BOLOS GITNANG LUSON NEWS SERVICE Posted by Bulatlat Barangay Diteki, a forest village in San Luis, Aurora, has battled mining and logging companies for years, and the 49 Alta (an indigenous people’s group) families who live in this sitio are now bearing...
BY KARL G. OMBION AND RYAN B. LACHICA Bulatlat.com The family of Perseus Geagoni, missing organizer of the Negros Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), now strongly believes that the Army was responsible for his disappearance. His name is in the military’s list of...
P1 trillion 2006 national budget In theory, the national budget can be a powerful mechanism for ensuring that public resources are used for the welfare of the majority. Unfortunately, narrow interests have perpetually hijacked the direction of Philippine economic...
IBON, a member of the local anti-WTO network Resist WTO! and the global coalition Our World Is Not For Sale , challenges the country's negotiators at the WTO ministerial to resist the further extension of trade liberalization into manufactured goods and fisheries...
Workers of a clothing factory chose to fight for their benefits and went on strike, a decidedly unfashionable course of action these days. They won – in just three days. by Dennis Espada CABUYAO, Laguna – Workers of a clothing factory producing Tommy Hilfiger...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced that there will be a P5,000 ($93.60) extra Christmas bonus to all government employees on or before December 15. Why are government employees, particularly public school teachers, still unhappy? BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN...
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