BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Posted 1:00 p.m., Aug. 21, 2008 QUEZON CITY – Members of the newly formed alliance Concerned Organizations Opposed to Transfer, Layoff and Privatization for the Quezon City Central Business District (Contra-CBD) staged a picket in front of the Department of Agriculture (DA) central office to protest the proposed creation of…
Day: August 21, 2008
Bayan Muna to GRP, MILF: Resume Peace Talks with Human Rights, Humanitarian Law as Top Agenda
By Bulatlat.com Posted 1:10 p.m., Aug. 21, 2008 A progressive party-list group has urged the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to resume their peace negotiations, placing respect for human rights and international humanitarian law on top of the agenda. “Even as both panels address the…
On Ninoy’s 25th Death Anniversary, Shadows of Marcos Seen in Gloria
BY MEDZ MONTEREAL Contributed to Bulatlat.com Posted August 21, 2008 – 4:10 p.m. On the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan – New Patriotic Alliance) said they see the ‘looming shadows of the Marcos dictatorship in the Macapagal-Arroyo administration.’ The group said that August 21…