A triumphant picket line stands today in front of Gate 1 of the Central Azucarrera de Tarlac in Hacienda Luisita, a year after sugar mill and plantation workers staged a simultaneous strike that halted operations of Luzon’s largest sugar estate. Ignited by unfair...
The overseas Filipinos’ alliance Migrante International has accused the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of favoring a “whitewash” on the case of domestic helper Ivy Collantes Bautista, who was found dead Sept. 27 in her employer’s residence in Santander,...
The overseas Filipinos’ alliance Migrante International has accused the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of favoring a “whitewash” on the case of domestic helper Ivy Collantes Bautista, who was found dead Sept. 27 in her employer’s residence in Santander,...
Union grieves for murdered Hacienda union chief “Ganun si kapitan. He would risk everything for us. It can only be those who feel threatened by him and the union who would want to kill him.” Thus said a Hacienda Luisita worker of murdered union leader Ricardo...
But AFP in tit-for-tat with armed guerrillas Recent military and NPA reports reveal escalation of armed hostilities in many provinces across the country. BY BULATLAT The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recently revealed a number of successful raids on...
1,103 are women At least 4,775 Filipinos were languishing in foreign jails as of end of 2004, based on a report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Of these, 1,103 were women. Posted by Bulatlat At least 4,775 Filipinos were languishing in foreign jails as...
Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Crispin Beltran called for a stop to the budget appropriation hearings, saying that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the main proponent of the 2006 Budget proposal, “is an illegitimate president.” Beltran said that the bulk of higher budget...
The front portion of the office of the Bayan Muna Party-list in Tarlac City (125 kms. north of Manila) was damaged as suspected military men tried to burn the office on Oct. 18. At least 10 armed men, some of them in military uniform, arrived at the bungalow which...
Rep. Rafael Mariano of the Anakpawis (toiling masses) party-list described Oct. 14 the “stern” warning by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s allies against the “option” to declare martial law as “tremors of a political earthquake that will rock Malacanang.” If the...
Reacting to a top police official’s proposal to restore the reward system for the arrest or killing of suspected leaders of the underground Left, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said Oct. 14 that the government’s revival of its "bounty system" only...
Bayan Muna Rep. Joel Virador this week urged local officials of Zamboanga City, southern Philippines to probe and seize a U.S. warship escorted by a gunboat reported to be anchored off the province on Oct. 11. Virador said that “no foreign vessel is allowed to...
A health professionals group, Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD), this week warned the Filipino public to be alert on what the Department of Health (DoH) is not saying. The warning was issued following an announcement by the DoH that the season of dengue – which...
For unilaterally suspending safety and immunity guarantees "The JASIG is not a safe-conduct privilege granted by the Arroyo government but a formal agreement between the two parties and cannot be suspended by one party without informing its counterpart and should...
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may be flexing presidential power nowadays with a series of harsh preemptive measures against the oust-Arroyo movement and opposition groups. Reports from the provinces show a different picture however with claims by the Marxist New People’s...
BY BULATLAT An international conference of lawyers has denounced the killing of Atty. Norman Bocar last Sept. 1 in Eastern Visayas. Joining the conference in Seoul, South Korea former Indian Supreme Court Justice Jitendra Sharma said Sept. 3 that the Philippines...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced Sept. 1 the "September terrorist attack" scenario being raised by National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales saying it’s “part of Malacañang script to justify the suppression of mass protests and prevent the...
The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) and other Filipino migrant organizations Aug. 30 sent a petition to Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) on the Aug. 2 beatings of four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) by security guards of Formosa Plastics Group,...
The women’s alliance Gabriela this week condemned the rape of a 15-year-old girl from Bohol, central Philippines allegedly by a Scout Ranger based in Riverside, Bilar town, same province. Martina Visaya, Gabriela-Bohol chair, said government troops were involved in...
Recent moves to derail and sabotage the impeachment proceedings would only hasten the process of settling the issue of her administration’s legitimacy via the extra-constitutional means. These underhanded maneuverings can be easily seen as not only an infringement...
Juggling between reconciliation efforts and obvious attempts to kill the impeachment procedure in Congress, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is throwing all cautions into the wind to be able to cling to power. Is she gaining ground or losing it? BY DABET CASTAÑEDA...
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