By Artemio A. Dumlao Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (June 13, 2011) – Many Filipino professionals, probably thousands by now, are being duped into a “student visa” scheme of recruitment agencies which promised them a “good life” in the United Kingdom. John Bautista a...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star I am not a tennis buff. And I have not followed the career of any of the Grand Slam champions, whether in the French Open, the Wimbledon, or the US Open. My acquaintance with the game and its international...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld THE SUPREME COURT has granted a petition for live coverage of the Ampatuan Massacre trial filed by media advocacy groups, TV networks, individual journalists, and academics from the University of the Philippines. But...
By CHRISTIAN RAY BUENDIA
“The fight for our right to free speech does not end with the release of the Calamba 7. These brave and selfless activists should never have been arrested and detained in the first place if the Aquino administration truly values the freedom of expression fought and died for by Filipino martyrs four decades ago.” – Kabataan Party-list
Sagada, Mountain Province -- Picture perfect!
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld IT was one of those statements that make no sense, but which some Catholic bishops are especially adept at making. Butuan Bishop Juan De Dios Pueblos said House Bill 1799, or the divorce bill, will lead to more...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star June 8, 2011 marked 10 years of implementation of the controversial Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), which then President Arroyo railroaded into approval by the 11th Congress and promptly signed....
By IBON Features MANILA-- There is a rising trend in the number of what are called foreign land deals in many countries across the globe, covering up to million hectares of land. The scale and rate at which these deals have taken place, plus the institutions...
PRESS STATEMENT June 13 2011 CAGAYAN de ORO -- With the new academic year kicking-off last June 6 and this June13 in the secondary and tertiary levels respectively, students are yet again faced with various issues imposed by government institutions and school...
Slow, slow grind of justice
31 May 2011 To our fellow workers in the Philippines and around the globe, to all those who do fishing whether as sport or as a commercial enterprise, and to all people everywhere, Greetings! We are workers of Mustad Terminal Tackle Phils. Inc. (MTTPI). Our union...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld “MILITARY intelligence” is the preferred oxymoron — the contradiction in terms most favored — by activists, human rights workers, and some academics. But that martial law classic may yet yield to these more recent...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the past several weeks thousands of families of informal settlers in the National Capital Region have had their houses or communities demolished or threatened to be demolished by the government and private...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld What is there left to do except decry - again and again – the brazen attempts of the country’s political elite to obliterate the people’s victory over authoritarianism, martial rule and the wanton plunder of the...
By Erika Caleja Bulatlat.com It is surely a rare occasion where I get to know a person who can let me have a deeper understanding about forced migration here in our country. That’s why it’s so nice to meet Mr. Ramil Batas, the case officer of a progressive...
By ERIKA CALEJA Bulatlat.com Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro is determined in pushing the K+12 (Kinder plus 12 years) program, which is also called the K-6-4-2 model. This would result in one year “Universal Kindergarten”, six years of...
By Artemio A. Dumlao Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (June 6, 2011) – To most Filipino World War II veterans who are in their twilight years now, getting the promised compensation still remains as just a dream. Two years after signing into law the said compensation, the...
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