By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet– Workers of the mining giant Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company filed a “notice of strike” Nov. 12 at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board in Baguio City. The Lepanto Employees Union and the Lepanto Security...
Ang Makata ay Tulad ng Ipis (I) Ang antena mong pangkapkap ay bolpen ng manunulat; pagkapa’y dapat maingat upang masundan, masilat ang talinghagang mailap. -Richard R. Gappi Angono, Rizal, Pilipinas ************************************* Ang Makata ay Tulad ng Ipis...
By RONALYN OLEA
LFS chairman Terry Ridon said the greatest terror threat present in the Philippines is the continued US intervention. Gabriela Women’s Party Luzviminda Ilagan added that there is a terror scare because the ‘lopsided VFA not only allows the entry of terrorists in the country, it also guarantees their protection from suit and accountability.’
Sidebar: The VFA, A History of Abuses
Indie filmmaker John Sayles rides again. By ED RAMPELL Posted by Bulatlat.com Writer/director John Sayles went to Hollywood Saturday night, but that’s not to say the über-indie filmmaker -- creator of independent features such as 1979’s Return of the Secaucus...
Para Kanino Ka Bumabangon? ni Mark Angeles I Para kanino ka bumabangon? Para sa anak? Para sa kaibigan? O sa hindi mo kakilala? Para sa bata? Sa isip-bata? Para sa marami? Para sa sarili? II Nang hapong iyon, sinundan ko ang nakagawian kong daanan pauwi. Sinalubong...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Elections this November took place in two countries that are geographically far apart, and have practically nothing in common. But the results were in both cases as expected, although due to...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com One would wish that at least part of then presidential candidate “Noynoy” Aquino’s campaign line were unequivocally true - that having been a victim of oppression under martial rule when...
Progressive groups in Southern Mindanao Region, led by human-rights group Karapatan, on Tuesday revealed that farmers in Maco, Davao del Norte, continue to experience threats and psychological torture from members of the Philippine military. According to Karapatan-SMR, the farmers have been tagged as members of the New People's Army and were included in The Order of Battle, which forced them and their families to evacuate their homes.
BALITA 7 Nobyembre 2010 Kasama ang Bayan Muna, muling nagnoise-barrage ngayong hapon sa may Bustillos sa Sampaloc, Manila ang mga isandaang kuliglig at pedicab drivers na bumabyahe sa Sampaloc at Espana area upang ipahayag ang kanilang pagtutol sa planong...
PRESS RELEASE November 8, 2010 Various youth groups protesting what they call an ‘anti-youth’ 2011 national budget marched to the House of Representatives to coincide with the re-opening of the session of the 15th Congress. “In a time where the livelihood of many...
Hundreds of OFWs troop to the Philippine Consulate Generaloffice in Hong Kong on Sunday to reiterate their demand for the immediate recall of Labor Attaché Romulo Salud.
Ibon Foundation Posted by Bulatlat.com IBON Features—The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which take up the largest part of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), have many points of appeal. Giving cash to poor families appeals to...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCT) scheme is a quick fix, Band-Aid solution aimed at giving substance to Pnoy’s claim that he is addressing the poverty problem. It...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com This is a quick current events quiz, much like the one your high school history teacher used to give at the start of every class session, but with a difference -- it’s more like a geography...
The world has entered a new arms race, but what justifies this global military addiction? By THE REAL NEWS NETWORK Common Dreams Posted by Bulatlat.com The world has entered a new arms race at a time of relative peace, totalling $1.5 trillion, that is $217 for...
By RUSSIAN TIMES Common Dreams Posted by Bulatlat.com The American military presence in the world is global, blogger and author Tom Engelhardt told RT. "The Pentagon usually admits yearly to about 800 military bases or sites from macro to micro, but in their...
Circuitous Road to Justice
Without programs for desperately-needed economic necessities, the barangay as a political unit is an oxymoron: A governance entity that is in theory cut out for bringing about much-needed change in grassroots communities but in practice serves as an appendage of...
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