The past year saw workers struggle to keep their jobs in the wake of contractualization and globalization, and their unions in the face of government policies against unionism. The labor movement also lost two of its most courageous leaders – the union presidents of Hacienda Luisita and Nestle Philippines Inc. in 2005. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA…
Year: 2006
2005 People of the Year
We in Bulatlat have chosen to welcome the New Year by looking back at those personalities who may be described, as far as we are concerned, as 2005 People of the Year. They are those who provided shining examples of courage or brilliance – or both – at a time that desperately calls for these.…
The Real Pinoy Big Brother
(Photo by Ace Alegre) The boy in blue carries his brother on “piggy back” across Session Road in Baguio City (246 kms. north of Manila). They were photographed amid the high popularity of the “reality TV” show Pinoy Big Brother, a local version of a show that first became popular in Europe and the U.S.…
Burying People Power
Preventing changes in government through “People Power” uprisings is among the reasons for the proposal to shift to a parliamentary system, in which changing governments will supposedly be institutionalized rather than left to direct people’s action. BY CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE Posted by Bulatlat.com Constitutional amendments via a are likely to take place…
No Hope for Justice, Sanchez Widow Says
BY Rod Tajon Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com SAN FERNANDO CITY — Nine months after the death of journalist and activist Romy Sanchez, the chance of attaining justice remains nil. According to Elvira Sanchez, Sanchez’s wife and convenor of the Justice for Romy Sanchez Movement (JRSM), there is no hope under the present justice system…