Delays in government irrigation projects, and unresolved inquiries and cases of corruption pertaining to these are costing taxpayers millions since 2002. But in the end, it is the small farmers bear the brunt of corruption, said IBON Foundation Research Head Jose Enrique Africa.
The family of Cecilia Armia Alcaraz who was sentenced to die by firing squad in Taiwan appealed for help during a press conference hosted by Migrante International October 17. In the same press conference, Ileno Terojas, uncle of Jenifer Bidoya, an OFW who was...
NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Saan ko ipadadala ang puting-puting rosal? Ang sampagitang ang bango'y pawid ng hanging amihan? Kanino ipagbibilin ang tinipong ilang-ilang Gayong hindi mapagtanto ang iyong likmuan? Saan ko ipadadala ang pulang mga...
Sa karaoke, dalawa ang isinasaad ng pagbabago ng kulay ng sinusundan titik—ang kapasidad umalinsabay, at ang pag-alinsabay na may lakas o tikas ng paninindigan (tandaan ang karaoke score ay nakabatay din sa lakas ng boses). Maging ang politikal na protesta ay...
A farmers’ group in Tabuk City, Kalinga last week criticized the government's Food Security Program that heavily endorses the planting of hybrid rice, saying it did not consider the real situation on the ground. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat...
If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant in most sugar farms, “arendo” or leasehold system is becoming rampant in areas covered by the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant...
More than 400,000 Cebuanos and inhabitants of other Central Visayas provinces engaged in the fishing industry are affected by the oil exploration that is being conducted by NorAsian in the waters of Bohol Strait. BY RITCHE T. SALGADO Contributor Bulatlat CEBU CITY...
Capitalism is built and thrives on, in fact requires and rewards greed--the more excessive the better. By greed we mean the relentless drive for the most profit--wealth appropriated from the labor of others--with the least scruples, in order to reinvest and gain...
Statement on the US and Global Economic and Financial Crisis BY THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, take cognizance of the total discredit of the “free market” dogma,...
How did the world come to this point? Analysts are blaming Wall Street executives with their fat compensation packages and “golden parachutes” ( attractive severance packages). But is the deep economic and financial crisis the handiwork of a few executives? That...
“We are challenging the GFMD (Global Forum on Migration and Development) because we are for genuine peoples' development. We adhere to the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, which is consistent with our dream of a society 'where people are not forced to...
Triumph International Philippines is the largest undergarment manufacturer in the country. It also manufactures for popular brands like Marks & Spencer and Victoria’s Secret. But behind the glamorous women gracing the company’s advertisements are women workers who...
When he retired and after his appointment to the National Security Council fell through because of widespread opposition, Palparan has evaded media attention – in contrast to his frequently hogging the headlines during his days in military service. He must have...
The Ilocos Sur Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the rebellion charges filed in Candon City, last July, against National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Elizabeth Principe. BY ROD TAJON, JR. Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS...
"Politics is the shadow cast on society by big business," concluded America's leading 20th century social philosopher John Dewey, and will remain so as long as power resides in "business for private profit through private control of banking, land, industry,...
Hitler's Third Reich was a monstrous system made possible by Germany's top business leaders, and while it proved a catastrophe for millions of people, it functioned as a Nirvana for Corporate Germany. Foreign-owned enterprises were also allowed to enjoy the...
Yes, America's economy is a war economy. Not a 'manufacturing' economy. Not an 'agricultural' economy. Nor a 'service' economy. Not even a 'consumer' economy. BY PAUL B. FARRELL, MarketWatch INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) --...
The global financial crunch is actually taking its toll on the Philippine economy affecting all economic sectors; the worse will take effect in 2009, and a slight economic recovery may only be possible in 2010, said UP Professor Dr. Cayetano Paderanga Jr., former...
The Gabriela Women’s Party and the Health Alliance for Democracy asserted that the issue of reproductive health should not be limited to population control but is a part of the people’s right to health and thus, a component of a comprehensive, accessible, and...
In a forum last Oct. 13, the Philippine Psychiatry Association (PPA) expressed its misgivings over the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Republic Act No. 9165), saying that the said law is not solving the problem of drug addiction. BY RITCHE T. SALGADO...
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