Senator Ma. Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal said last week that business interests who will benefit from the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) are lobbying senators who are presidential hopefuls in the 2010 national elections to ratify the one-sided treaty. BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 40, November 11-17-2007 Senator Ma. Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal…
Day: November 10, 2007
Filipino Workers in Japanese Firms Oppose JPEPA
Filipino workers in Japanese firms based in Southern Tagalog oppose the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). They shared their stories of struggle against what they deem as “greed for profit of Japanese investors at the expense of labor.” BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 40, November 11-17, 2007 Filipino workers in Japanese firms based…
Review of GRP-MNLF Peace Pact a Long-Standing MNLF Demand
The 1996 Final Peace Agreement between the GRP and the MNLF is set to be reviewed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the next few days. The MNLF said it has been demanding such review of the said pact for several years. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 40, November 11-17, 2007 The 1996…
Endangered Strait: Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on Tañon Strait Oil Exploration
Last Oct. 22-25, various progressive organizations held a fact-finding mission on several coastal communities of Guihulngan City and Vallehermoso in Negros Oriental and San Carlos City and Calatrava in Negros Occidental. The FFM was prompted by the scheduled start, on Nov. 10, of the exploration drilling to an area in the waters off the western…
Historical and Political Perspectives on IRRI, and its Impact on Asian Agriculture*
BY KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, no. 40, November 11-17, 2007 *(An article written in the “Handbook on the impact of IRRI in Asia: The Great Rice Robbery”. The book is part of a continuing campaign of the Week of Rice Action (WORA) 2007 held from March 29 to…