Photo of the Week: Sagada, Mountain Province — Picture perfect!
Sagada, Mountain Province -- Picture perfect!
Photo of the Week: Sagada, Mountain Province — Picture perfect!
Luis V. Teodoro | Tales twice told
Luis V. Teodoro | Tales twice told
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...
Satur C. Ocampo | Repeal the EPIRA
Satur C. Ocampo | Repeal the EPIRA
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....
Foreign land deals: global land grabbing?
Foreign land deals: global land grabbing?
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...
Perennial problem of increasing costs of education greeted students in Mindanao
Perennial problem of increasing costs of education greeted students in Mindanao
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...
Salungguhit: Slow, slow grind of justice
Salungguhit: Slow, slow grind of justice
Slow, slow grind of justice
Open letter of Filipino workers from Norwegian firm Mustad (MTTPWEA-ADLO-KMU) about Mustad’s sudden closure
Open letter of Filipino workers from Norwegian firm Mustad (MTTPWEA-ADLO-KMU) about Mustad’s sudden closure
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...
Luis V. Teodoro | Oxymoron country
Luis V. Teodoro | Oxymoron country
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...
Satur C. Ocampo | Fil-Ams: ‘President Noynoy, take charge!’
Satur C. Ocampo | Fil-Ams: ‘President Noynoy, take charge!’
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...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | For shame!
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | For shame!
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...
The Roots and outcome of Philippine Migration
The Roots and outcome of Philippine Migration
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...
DepEd program K+12 will only reinforce Labor Export Policy—League of Filipino Students
DepEd program K+12 will only reinforce Labor Export Policy—League of Filipino Students
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...
‘Filipino World War II Heroes Still Dreaming’
‘Filipino World War II Heroes Still Dreaming’
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...
Manila Contemporary’s ‘Absence’:Performance art is alive
Manila Contemporary’s ‘Absence’:Performance art is alive
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com Until June 26, 2011, Manila Contemporary gallery hosts “Absence,” an exhibition of objects and installations used in the live performances it featured during the opening night last June 4. The show exhibits new works by...
News in Pictures: Progressive youth, students slam Aquino’s inaction on education crisis
News in Pictures: Progressive youth, students slam Aquino’s inaction on education crisis
Progressive youth and students' organization League of Filipino Students-National Capital Region (LFS-NCR) held a protest action today in Plaza Salamamca, Kalaw Avenue, to kick-off the start of the school year. The group condemned the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III's lack of program for the students as crisis persists in the education sector. (Photos by GREGORIO B. DANTES JR. / Bulatlat.com)
Philippine rice sufficiency at risk as government withdrew subsidy for hybrid rice seed
Philippine rice sufficiency at risk as government withdrew subsidy for hybrid rice seed
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (June 1, 2011) -- The country’s rice sufficiency is reportedly in danger with the Philippine government’s decision to withdraw subsidy for hybrid rice. The agriculture department’s exclusion of hybrid rice technology...
Clueless in a job fair at Trinoma
Clueless in a job fair at Trinoma
By KRIZZIA DALE A. VILLAFLOR Bulatlat.com It was 4 p.m. when, as was my habit, I entered the Ayala-owned Trinoma mall via the North Avenue station of Metro Rail Transit (MRT) en route to an FX taxi station. At the mall’s activity center though, a big white...
Satur C. Ocampo | From dream to nightmare
Satur C. Ocampo | From dream to nightmare
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...
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