Two hundred contractual workers of the Korean-owned Hanjin Garments, Inc. staged their first strike. But the police tried to violently disperse their picket line three times, the most recent attempt was last February 6, which resulted in injuries to more than 30 workers and the arrest of four leaders and supporters. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA LABOR…
The treaty symbolizes the second invasion of the country by Japan and that senators may choose to be patriots or collaborators when they vote on the controversial agreement, said Arnold Padilla of the No Deal coalition. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No.2, February 10-16,2008 No Deal!, a coalition of organizations and individuals…
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 U.S. troops were present during the Feb. 4 assault by combined Army and Navy elite forces on Barangay (village) Ipil, Maimbung, Sulu that killed eight non-combatants, including an Army soldier on vacation. Worse, they tolerated what had taken place. Soldiers from the Army’s…
Sa patuloy na pag-unlad ng 24/7 na negosyo at ng dami ng somnambulistang manggagawa, tandaan din na 24/7 na bukas ang Mercury Drugstore at ang emergency unit ng mga ospital sa natitiyak nating pagdami ng magiging casualty ng lokal na hanay ng worker ants sa mababang pambansang pagkabahagi sa globalisasyon. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat KULTURANG…
Since the last quarter of the previous year, different local government units and other civil society organizations in Ifugao have been engaged in a concerted effort to preserve the rice terraces and promote the Ifugao culture. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 1, February 3-9, 2008 Lagawe, Ifugao (348 kms. North of…
Three Army reservists based at the Athletic Bowl here allegedly mauled four students, including the son of the mayor of Sagada, Mountain Province, on Jan. 26 at the Melvin Jones ground here. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VIII, No. 1, February 3-9, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms…
Prior to the specter of a U.S. recession, the Arroyo government had been making much of the historically unprecedented but unsustainable appreciation of the peso. She’s been crediting it to her fiscal managers and “good economic fundamentals.” But Labog says these economic fundamentals cannot be good if they are hurting the very people who should…
Here lie the fundamental problems of the Arroyo regime’s approach to the energy sector. First, the quick-fix oil tariff cut, in reality, has an insignificant impact on ordinary oil consumers. It did reduce diesel prices by P1 per liter but the prices of other petroleum products like gasoline, kerosene, and LPG that are commonly used…
Kung ang mamamahayag ay bahagi ng balita, siguradong makokompromiso ang kanyang kredibilidad dahil iisipin ng kanyang mga mambabasa, tagapakinig o tagapanood na siya ay hindi obhetibo. Pero iba na ang pagkakataon ngayon. Kaming mga mamamahayag ay naging bahagi na ng balita dahil sa desisyon naming labanan ang malinaw na pagsikil sa kalayaan sa pamamahayag. NI…