By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com There’s more to ukay-ukay than the democratization of fashion. The industry that sprouted out of second hand clothes generates millions in income for sellers, and saves millions more for the people who buy from them In a...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and JONELLE MARIN
Environmental groups are set to commemorate International Earth Day on April 19 through various activities including rallies and fora. They say that Aquino government should stop sacrificing the environment and the people's welfare on the altar of profit.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We were never fooled – the motives of the US have always been self-serving. The US has always made sure to protect its own economic and geopolitical interests in Asia and it has been using the Philippines to do this." – Satur Ocampo of Makabayan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Anakpawis Representative Rafael Mariano today said that a looming rice crisis is “a real problem” that cannot be addressed by palliative and short-term solutions but by “real solutions.” Mariano issued the statement...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Are subsidies for public transport drivers enough, or is putting a stop to oil price hikes better? Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño has expressed strong criticism against the President Benigno Aquino’s announcement of his...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
By Acosta’s account, the interrogation by at least eight military officials who took turns began 10:30 p.m. on the day of his arrest and ended only on 6:00 pm of February 15. In the intervening 44 hours, he was only allowed two hours of sleep and only because his interrogators themselves already got too tired and sleepy.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) held a picket in front of the national office of the Department of Education in Pasig City on the opening of its eight-week Kindergarten Summer Program (KSP) in all schools nationwide...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Even if the remaining adjustments for 2012 under the SSL 3 is released this year, this will only mean a new minimum pay of P9,000 (US$209). This is not even half of the P29,000 (US$674) monthly cost of living. As it is, we have yet to receive the increase and yet the amount is already lost to inflation”. – Wage Fight! Alliance
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com No jobs, no future. The country’s one and only congressman directly representing the youth and students sector recently called on President Benigno Aquino III to provide jobs for the 400,000 fresh graduates or run the risk of...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio L. Tinio has called on the Aquino administration to exhaust all means to ensure the safe release of 14 teachers, students, and school personnel abducted by armed men...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The alliance of workers and various cause-oriented groups Defend Job Philippines is backing the fight of employees of Banco Filipino Mortgage Bank against what they said was unjust and inhumane lay-off. Banco Filipino...
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
“Globally, coal and coal power plants are among the highest sources of carbon emissions. Also, coal has been identified as the leading source of air pollution and has largely contributed to the occurrences of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. We cannot comprehend why the Aquino administration is still supporting and increasing the operation of coal power plants in the country.” – Kalikasan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio L. Tinio has called on the Aquino administration to exhaust all means to ensure the safe release of 14 teachers, students, and school personnel abducted by armed men last April 1...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Genetically-modified rice with vitamin A, anyone? Thanks, but no thanks. Scientist and agriculturalist group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) is against the International Rice Research...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Even as rank and file government employees get migraines trying to find means to stretch their salaries to cover their families’ basic needs, executives of the Government Social Insurance Service (GSIS) are said to have...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“This is an issue of life and death for us, we will not be discouraged or ever dissuaded into giving up.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
When violence erupted when residents of Sito San Roque, near Trinoma mall, resisted attempts by the National Housing Authority to demolish their homes, President Benigno Aquino III ordered a stay in the demolition. But for the residents, the fight is not yet over as tensions flare up once in while.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Philippines is within the Pacific “ring of fire,” precisely called so because besides volcanoes, there are many major faults in the country.
By Ina Alleco R. Silverio Bulatlat.com While the public is continually bombarded with reminders to save water, Malacañang is pushing for the privatization of the water industry which, critics say, will lead to higher water rates. Rodrigo Aranjuez, Water System...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Soldiers belonging to the 73rd Infantry Battalion forced 10-year old Jimboy Saya to hold a chain of sub-machine gun bullets and carry an M-16 rifle. The soldiers then photographed the child and distributed it to local media with the caption “NPA child warrior going to school in Dlumay.”
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