By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The budget for OFW services is only 0.43 percent of the debt-servicing budget; three precent of the military budget, 14 percent of PPP funds, and 1.9 percent of the presidential un-programmed funds or the President's pork barrel." – Migrante International
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“It is not for the DFA to raise an alert level and declare that there is a directive for ‘voluntary repatriation.’ What should our OFWs do? Who should they call? Where should they go?" – Migrante International
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of poet and writer Ericson Acosta. In a statement posted on its website www.amnesty.org, Amnesty International said the Aquino government should either end...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO MANILA – Migrante International and its chapter in the Middle East said there are at least 400 jailed overseas Filipino workers who can may avail Saudi royal pardon grant during Ramadan. During the month of Ramadan, the Saudi King and...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The two representatives of Bayan Muna party-list are asking President Benigno Aquino III to support the passage of a Freedom of Information law and begin so by ordering Congress to give priority to it. Bayan Muna...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“It is the farmers, without any meaningful support from the government, who principally worked for a bountiful harvest. Even the so-called budget for irrigation cannot be claimed as government support because we're the ones paying the exorbitant irrigation fees. Now, because the the government is giving measly funds for the national rice and corn program, we seriously doubt that high harvest yields can continue." – KMP
“It is the farmers, without any meaningful support from the government, who principally worked for a bountiful harvest. Even the so-called budget for irrigation cannot be claimed as government support because we're the ones paying the exorbitant irrigation fees....
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Philippine embassy in Dubai should coordinate with local authorities and work for the speedy release of OFW inmates and their children on humanitarian grounds.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Aquino administration is in a serious state of denial over the impact of the debt crisis in the United States on the Philippine economy. According to the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), the US' debt woes will...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- A year after she stepped down from office, controversies and scandals continue to hound former president and current Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Bayan Muna Representative Neri Javier Colmenares...
By INA ALLECO R.SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Off with his head! Or at least boycott his exhibit. Artist Mideo Cruz is now at the eye of one of the biggest controversies in the Philippine visual arts scene. His latest work "Poleteismo" is being vilified left and right by...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Aquino administration seems to be stuck in the Stone Age. Or at least it hasn’t caught the internet wave yet. Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino expressed skepticism over President Benigno Aquino III’s...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The DAR is mandated to implement land reform, but now under this Pamana program, it is being tasked to be yet another agency carrying out counter-insurgency campaigns. Yet again we insist that farmers in the provinces want land, not bullets." –Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“This is just the tip of the iceberg and there are still numerous items that have to be questioned because they are a goldmine for the unscrupulous and the corrupt." – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares revealed that there is no accountability and reporting of actual sales in the current system of the STL making it highly vulnerable to corruption.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The new Ombudsman has her work cut out for her. Three days after the appointment of retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales as new Ombudsman, farmworkers of Hacienda Luisita want her to re-open the...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com P38 million ((US$883,720) is nothing to scoff at. The Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) is extremely disappointed over the July 23 decision of the Court of Appeals to grant...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We are like slaves! We are not being treated with respect and by ignoring our demands for a CNA the MMDA administration is stripping us of our dignity." MMDA streetsweepers
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Alyansa ng mga Mangagawang Bukid sa Hacienda Luisita (AMBALA) through its counsel Jobert Pahilga of the Sentro para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo (Sentra) filed a motion for reconsideration, July 20, on the...
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