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Abduction by Soldiers, Police of 42 Doctors, Health Workers Denounced
Abduction by Soldiers, Police of 42 Doctors, Health Workers Denounced
Media Release 06 February 2010 HEAD Slams Abduction of Doctors and Health Workers in Morong, Rizal Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) strongly condemned the illegal raid and abduction of 42 community health workers and doctors who were conducting health skills...
Cuba and Haiti: More Than a Decade of Health Assistance and Solidarity
Cuba and Haiti: More Than a Decade of Health Assistance and Solidarity
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA—When Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake last Jan. 12, there were already around 400 Cuban doctors and other health workers working all over the country, present in 227 of Haiti’s 237 communes. “Our...
Filipino Nurses in Canada Vulnerable to Exploitation, Misleading and Abusive Policies
Filipino Nurses in Canada Vulnerable to Exploitation, Misleading and Abusive Policies
By JHONG DELA CRUZ
Filipino nurses have the longest record of migrating, as well as the longest history of abuse. This abuse is a result of aggressive, profit-driven, exploitative policies of both their point-of-origin and destination countries. One of these is Canada, one of the most popular destinations now for Filipino nurses.
Sidebar: Filipino Nurses in Canada -- In Search of a Better Life (An Interview with Evelyn Calugay)
Filipino Nurses in Canada: In Search of a Better Life
Filipino Nurses in Canada: In Search of a Better Life
In this interview, Evelyn Calugay, a veteran Filipino nurse in Canada, shares her experience when she decided to move to Canada. She also shares her opinion about Canadian policies that are detrimental to foreign-trained nurses. By JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com...
Despite Arroyo Order Cutting Some Prices, Drugs, Medicines Will Remain Expensive
Despite Arroyo Order Cutting Some Prices, Drugs, Medicines Will Remain Expensive
Even if seriously implemented, the Cheaper Medicines Law would still fail to bring down the prices of medicines because it did not break “the monopoly control of transnational corporations on all aspects” of the drug industry. This monopoly is the main reason why drug prices in the Philippines are among the highest in Asia.
Doctors ‘Diagnose’ Arroyo: Sick, Unfit to Rule
Doctors ‘Diagnose’ Arroyo: Sick, Unfit to Rule
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Even for lowly jobs, Filipino are required to submit proofs of clean bill of health to show that they are fit. What more for the job of president of the Philippines? In a press conference Saturday, leaders of organizations of...
Benjie Oliveros | The Mighty Pharmaceutical Industry
Benjie Oliveros | The Mighty Pharmaceutical Industry
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Sen. Mar Roxas is raising hell about the alleged collusion between the Arroyo government and the pharmaceutical industry to delay if not derail the implementation of Republic Act 9502, or the "Universally...
Activist Doctors in Davao Worry Over Their Safety After Colleague’s Killing
Activist Doctors in Davao Worry Over Their Safety After Colleague’s Killing
Dr. Rogelio Peñera, an AH1N1 expert with the health department killed on June 24, was also active in a group of progressive doctors who provide basic medical services to the poor. Five of his colleagues at the Davao City-based United Integrated Health Services Foundation are included in the military’s order of battle.
Tobacco farmers urge Congress to pass new tobacco tax measure
Tobacco farmers urge Congress to pass new tobacco tax measure
Tobacco farmers belonging to Solidarity of Peasants Against Exploitation (STOP-Exploitation) based in the Ilocos region urged their congressmen to support the bill that seeks to modify the taxes imposed on tobacco and liquor in the country. Avelino Dacanay,...
Poor and Sick Filipinos Pay Dearly for Failure of Cheaper-Medicines Law
Poor and Sick Filipinos Pay Dearly for Failure of Cheaper-Medicines Law
A law passed last year to bring down the prices of drugs and medicines has not delivered on its promise, according to consumer and health advocates. It failed to break the stranglehold of huge transnational drug companies on the Philippine market. It also squandered an opportunity to develop the local pharmaceutical industry.
DOH to Train More Birth Attendants
DOH to Train More Birth Attendants
By CJ KUIZON Regions Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat DAVAO CITY — The health department hopes to decrease by 75 percent the number of mothers who die during childbirth by increasing its pool of skilled birth attendants in the region. The Department of Health (DOH)...
2 Test Positive for H1N1 in Cordillera
2 Test Positive for H1N1 in Cordillera
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY— Two persons have tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus in the Cordillera, the local Department of Health (DoH) revealed in a press briefing here late last week. Twelve more are identified...
The AFP is telling us we need more NPA guerrillas
The AFP is telling us we need more NPA guerrillas
The AFP tries to malign the 43 health workers by calling them communists. Instead, the military is suggesting to the country that NPA guerrillas are dedicated and seriously serving the people, against all odds. The AFP could win its case in the Court of Appeals but it would lose the war against the NPA and public opinion.
Welcome to Bulatlat's group blog
Welcome to Bulatlat's group blog
Welcome to "On the Fringes," the group blog of the staff of Bulatlat.com.
Here, the staff of one of Philippines's most credible alternative online publications will blog about people's issues that are rarely tackled in the mainstream press. This blog will complement Bulatlat's reporting, featuring posts and stories that cannot be found in the main site.
We hope this blog would encourage dialogue between the staff and our readers.
Enjoy your visit.
Benjie Oliveros
Managing editor
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