Evictions and violent demolitions are nothing new to Tacloban City’s street vendors who blame the government for the lack of livelihood opportunities that push them to continue with street hawking. By Maureen Japzon Bulatlat.com Tacloban City – After a holiday reprieve, sidewalk vendors in Tacloban City (some 570 kms from Manila) are once again facing…
KAPITBISIG: A Campaign for Justice to the Victims of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre
UNITY STATEMENT We denounce the bloody dispersal of the strike at the Hacienda Luisita (HL) last November 16, 2004 by elements of the AFP, the PNP and HL security guards that left seven dead, scores wounded and more than a hundred illegally arrested from the ranks of the mill workers and farm laborers. We deplore…
Anti-Crime Crusader, RM Awardee, Church Leaders Back Luisita Workers
An anti-crime crusader, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Church leaders and academic personalities share one thing in common: they support the battle-scarred striking workers of the Hacienda Luisita against its owners, the Cojuangco and Aquino clans. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com An anti-crime crusader, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Church leaders and academic personalities share one thing…
The Hazards of Toiling for the Cojuangcos
A lost foot, a lost job and a threat to lose his home. This tale of a sugar mill worker at the Central Azucarera de Tarlac brings to fore the miserable conditions that bug the work force of Luzon’s largest sugar refinery. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com It was 30 minutes past midnight on Feb. 7,…
Battleground Gate 1 78 days – and still on strike
Gate 1 of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac, where seven lay dead after the Nov. 16 carnage, remains as the battleground between the Cojuangcos and the striking sugar mill and farm workers. This is where hundreds of battle-scarred strikers have held their ground since Nov. 6 and even non-striking workers say unless this gate is…
Cordillera Groups Hit ASEAN Anti-terror, Agri Pacts
Cordillera-based organizations denounced the agreements on anti-terrorism and agriculture made at the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu. BY PAM ANICETO AND KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Reposted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms from Manila) – Cordillera-based organizations last week denounced the agreements on anti-terrorism and agriculture made at the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu. Cordillera…
The Korean Peninsula: U.S. Military Aggression and Pyongyang’s Response
The presence of a socialist country in East Asia has been a threat to U.S. economic hegemony in the region although it has also served as a magnet that would justify U.S. military supremacy in the guise of “preserving democracy and free market.” By BOBBY TUAZON Bulatlat A peninsula in East Asia, the Korean Peninsula…