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BY BULATLAT President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has received a mark of 70.2 percent for her performance, a survey by the independent think tank IBON Foundation shows. At the same time, her net satisfaction rating has remained at -75.6, which is one of the lowest she...
BY BULATLAT The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has expressed outrage at the sudden requirement by Maj. Eugene Batara, spokesman of the military's Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), for journalists to fill up biodata forms before they can be...
BY BULATLAT Delegates of an independent international mission who visited the Philippines, Nov. 4 to 12, said the attacks on Filipino lawyers and judges continue. The International Verification and Fact-Finding Mission (IVFFM) of the Dutch Laywers for Lawyers...
BY BULATLAT Leaders of two progressive organizations went to Geneva, Switzerland to raise ‘Philippine government’s violations to human rights and economic, social and cultural rights’ before the United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
Another activist in Davao del Norte was killed by suspected state agents, Nov. 10. Rolando Antolihao, cluster coordinator of Bayan Muna (People First) in Kapalong town, Davao del Norte and a worker at the Global Fruits Corporation was shot seven times in his home...
Guitar Man. This man is just one of many traders in Cebu’s thriving guitar industry. Cebu is famous for its fine, often elegant guitars which could rival some of the world’s best. Because of this, Cebu’s guitar stores tend to draw in tourists – both local and foreign. This guitar dealer tries to demonstrate not only the quality of his wares but also his guitar-playing skills – which, in the end, could make people more interested in what he is selling. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)
The progressive alliance of government employees, teachers and health workers—the All Government Employees’ Unity—assailed Joint Resolution No. 24 or the Salary Standardization Law Part 3 which was proposed by Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. and was endorsed in...
We asked Maria what she wanted us to do when we left, the jail, and eventually, the Philippines for the United States. “You must speak about the Human Security Act [the Philippines version of our Patriot Act],” she said, “You must tell them that the government is...
Two international human rights groups have called on US President-elect Barack Obama to take concrete steps to address human rights concerns. BY BULATLAT INTERNATIONAL Two international human rights groups have called on US President-elect Barack Obama to take...
Progressives will need to perfect an approach of “critical support” towards the Obama administration. If one really wants to advance an approach of critical support for the incoming Administration, it will mean creating the grassroots organizational structures...
I walked over to the White House Tuesday night and leaned against the fence. How can such a lovely house make so many of its inhabitants nuts? BY MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON The New York Times Posted by Bulatlat I walked over to the White House Tuesday night and leaned...
Jobs available to women are “mere extension of stereotype women roles as homemakers and as sex objects.” These are, in essence, gender-oppressive roles made to appear as formal work placing women in situations open to abuse and exploitation.
“We are nearing the boundary between war and peace.” This is how Mohagher Iqbal, chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), assesses the status of the armed conflict in Mindanao.
Everyday, throngs of young people could be seen at Kowloon House West Avenue in Quezon City. However, this time, they are not there to eat. They are there to express their support to the workers of Kowloon who have been holding a picket for two months now. BY JOAN...
CRC Executive Director Ma. Esmeralda Macaspac said the Philippine government uses the broad definition of ‘child soldiers’ in the Paris Principles to evade prosecution for violating children’s rights. Worse, she said, “Communities and people’s organizations branded...
The spokesperson of an environmentalist group in Southern Mindanao said that the setting up of the Investment Defense Force (IDF) and the mining liberalization policy of the Arroyo regime ‘further strengthen the previous military support granted by the Arroyo...
Miners, their wives and other community members assailed Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company's (LCMCo) new policy of reduced working days, which is essentially a work rotation scheme, in a protest rally in front of the company's general office in Mankayan. BY CYE...
While the provincial government of Ifugao through the Ifugao Cultural Heritage Office exerts efforts to repair the damaged portions of the Rice Terraces, other historical and cultural masterpieces here face extinction. BY JEREMY M. GAWONGNA Northern Dispatch Posted...
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