Aquino’s Top 10 Evil Schemes in Hacienda Luisita
Behind the barrage of official information from Malacanang and concerned government agencies, what did Aquino and his clan do in Hacienda Luisita?
Aquino’s Top 10 Evil Schemes in Hacienda Luisita
Ilocos farmers to China President: ‘You are not welcome here’
Ilocos farmers to China President: ‘You are not welcome here’
In recent years, garlic, one of the main cash crops produced in the country, has seen a steady decline because of the entry of the bigger and cheaper garlic from China.
Halagahan (kay Datu Meliton, Sultan Kudarat)
Halagahan (kay Datu Meliton, Sultan Kudarat)
Pugaran ng ibon ang mga sanga. Dati ‘yon. Ngayon, Mga kawad at bilding na. Bukalan ng tubig ang mga gubat. Dati ‘yon. Ngayon, Mga tindahan at plastik na. Punlay ng pagkain ang mga buto. Dati ‘yon. Ngayon, Mga ispesimen at ininhenyero na. Punlaan ng binhi ang lupa....
Will EDCA lead to war?
Will EDCA lead to war?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Soon after the Supreme Court began en-banc deliberations on two petitions urging it to declare as unconstitutional the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (signed between the Philippine and United States...
Whitewashed walls, Aquino version
Whitewashed walls, Aquino version
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld From clearing Metro Manila’s thoroughfares of street vendors, parked cars, and sidewalk stalls to prevent the horrendous traffic jams that everyday make moving from one place to another torture for motorists and...
Tanim-bala sa NAIA
Tanim-bala sa NAIA
Lihim na itinanim sa biktimang maleta, OFWng hamak may ani palang bala! Hindi rin pinalampas seniors, mga turista. "Isolated cases," ani Honrado ng NAIA. "Konti lang iyan," sagot ni Kalihim Abaya. Tinanong naman si Mar, sigaw n'ya "Propaganda 'yan laban sa...
Bulletproof in the reign of impunity
Bulletproof in the reign of impunity
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If there were an award for the most duplicitous story of the year, it should go to the Philippine National Police (PNP) for its claim that the bullets that are being regularly “discovered” in the luggage of airline...
Exposed by Wikileaks: The US Empire According to Itself
Exposed by Wikileaks: The US Empire According to Itself
... US officials callously or, sometimes, almost indifferently decided on courses of action that resulted in deaths, often on a substantial or even massive scale.
Concert for Lumad children held at UP Diliman
Concert for Lumad children held at UP Diliman
By the end of the concert, it was the children themselves who performed.
Manilakbayan 2015’s opening salvo
Manilakbayan 2015’s opening salvo
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Lumad extrajudicial killings and forced evacuations due to military and paramilitary forces rampaging across the indigenous people’s ancestral domain in the remaining frontiers of Mindanao have finally made its...
APEC-tado sa APEC
APEC-tado sa APEC
Abala ang gobyerno sa paparating na APEC Summit. Pero para kanino nga ba ang APEC? Video by Altermidya
Privatization of LRT bleeding us dry
Privatization of LRT bleeding us dry
Can the government afford the nationalization of our trains? Yes!
Ang nakakalasong usok at ang plantasyon ng palm oil sa Indonesia
Ang nakakalasong usok at ang plantasyon ng palm oil sa Indonesia
Una sa dalawang-bahaging artikulo tungkol sa plantasyon ng palm oil Ikalawang bahagi: Paghahanda sa ekspansyon ng plantasyon ng palm oil sa Pilipinas Ni CLEMENTE BAUTISTA Usok. Nakakalasong usok. Ito ang isa sa mga masamang idinulot ng malawakang sunog sa kagubatan...
Return of the undead
Return of the undead
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Filipinos will mark the day of the dead -- All Saints’ Day -- this Sunday. Thanks to the power of the media, it’s a holiday whose eve is morphing into a mongrel version of Halloween, as that Western tradition has...
Big plantations create big problems in Mindanao
Big plantations create big problems in Mindanao
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “In the name of development, the nexus of state and TNCs (transnational corporations) has dispossessed people of their lands, resources and rights, captivating the whole island and enslaving people in TNC-led...
History as tragedy, history as farce
History as tragedy, history as farce
If history repeats itself in 2016 and beyond, this time as farce, the joke would be on every Filipino...
Lower income taxes now
Lower income taxes now
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Aiming to convince President Aquino to drop his opposition to lowering income taxes, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. told journalists the House leadership is determined to legislate such reduction – at least...
Bukidnon village chief shuts down ‘Fr. Pops school’
Bukidnon village chief shuts down ‘Fr. Pops school’
Teachers and students of the Fr. Fausto Tentorio Memorial School in Kitaotao, Bukidnon province seek help as the village chief leads the demolition and closure of their school.
Typhoon Haiyan survivors’ group supports Manilakbayan
Typhoon Haiyan survivors’ group supports Manilakbayan
“In Tacloban, there was Typhoon Yolanda, in Mindanao there are 56 military battalions, the strong storm against the people,.
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