Starting October 12, the picket in front of ABS-CBN network's Sgt. Esguerra gate will serve as protest center of the Internal Job Market Workers Union (IJMWU) to further pressure the network management to reinstate the 114 illegally dismissed workers and to hold certification elections, following the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) decision on their case.
By ANGEL L. TESORERO
They went to Ajman, United Arab Emirates to work as cleaners and office assistants in various schools. Suddenly, their employer left them with unpaid utility bills and two months of salaries. After bearing intense heat and absence of electricity and potable water for more than a month, the 46 Filipina workers ended up in jail.
11 October 2010 Hon. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III President, Republic of the Philippines Malacanang Palace, Manila Dear Sir, Warm greetings! We have known that as of now there is no RP ambassador to Saudi Arabia after the recall of Ambassador Antonio Villamor, a...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- It was Jean Dasa's aunt who recruited her for work abroad. Without hesitation, she applied as household helper and was accepted. On December 2008, she left the country to work in Jordan. It was only in early 2009 that...
The right to public information suffered with Comelec’s lack of transparency. The poll body failed – and continues to fail – to meet the transparency requirements of the election system by its intransigent and unexplained refusal to deny citizens’ groups access to...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Calling President Benigno Aquino III as "anti- migrant" for slashing the legal assistance fund for OFWs and failing to work for the protection of OFWs, migrant workers' groups identified with Migrante vowed to conduct more protests if he would not change track from pursuing an anti-migrant labor export policy.
By IBON Commentary | IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat.com The first 100 days of any administration are unique – this is the moment of transition from the old government, and the new administration is at the height of its optimism, trust and popularity. These are...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Most Filipinos who’ve gone to high school or who’re in college know who the "Damaso" in Carlos Celdran’s streamer was, because of Republic Act 1425, the Rizal Law, which requires the teaching...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Last week’s violent demolition of shanties in a sprawling urban poor community in Quezon City highlighted once more the intractable problems of homelessness and urban blight and...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Question: What do you call people who use the rhythm method? Answer: Parents. It’s an old joke that in the context of the country’s many problems wasn’t funny even when first heard decades ago....
More than a hundred peasants who attempted to hold their two-day vigil at the foot Don Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge), marking President Benigno Aquino III's 100th day in power, were dispersed by police around 7:30 p.m. on October 6.
By MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com “Kokak!” said the frog when it high jumped from the well. “Kokak!”said the frog when a roguish hand seized it by the neck. “Kokak!” said the frog when it was laid on the table. “Kokak!” said the frog when a lateral cut was made from its...
Press Statement October 4, 2010 International human rights lawyers pledged support to progressive local group National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL), and especially its defense of 43 health workers considered political prisoners in the Philippines. Disclaimer |...
By ALEX KANE AlterNet Posted by Bulatlat.com When Barack Obama defeated John McCain to become president and Democrats retained solid control of Congress in the 2008 elections, progressives rejoiced at the prospect of having their agenda implemented. Two years...
By TIM JOHNSON | McClatchy Newspapers Truthout Posted by Bulatlat.com MEXICO CITY — Exposing a dark page in its history, the U.S. government acknowledged Friday that government scientists had infected some 1,500 Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in...
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Support grows for beleaguered media workers of Radio Mindanao Network- DXDC Davao (RMN-DXDC Davao). On Sept. 21, during the commemoration of Martial Law, members of the Davao media and members of...
As wealth continues to leave the United States and as the U.S. gets even deeper into debt, more Americans are going to become poor. By MICHAEL SNYDER The Economic Collapse / Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The "America" that so many of us have taken...
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