BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Retrenched workers and those in danger of being retrenched, as well as long-time contractual workers gathered today at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City to launch an association that, they say, would defend their rights. The association is called the Samahan Laban sa Tanggalan at Kontraktwalisasyon (STK or…
Day: February 26, 2009
CBCP Issues Pastoral Statement Against BNPP Revival
By Noel Sales Barcelona Correspondent Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Angel N. Lagdameo issued a pastoral statement against the issue the planned revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). “We join the Environmentalist Group Greenpeace and the Diocese of Balanga headed by Bishop Socrates Villegas in opposing the revival of…
Catholic Bishop Appeals to Schools Not to Increase Tuition Fees
By Noel Sales Barcelona Correspondent The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Manila, Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal B. Rosales, joined calls asking schools not to increase their tuition this coming school year. In a news report over Church-run Radio Veritas today, the Cardinal issued an appeal to school authorities as private secondary and higher educational…
Groups Appeal SC Ruling, Hit Sol-Gen Motion on VFA Case
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat The multi-secrtoral group Bagong Alyansang makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance), together with other cause-oriented groups and individual petitioners, filed today a motion for reconsideration on the custody of L/Cpl. Daniel Smith of the US Marines, who was convicted in the SUbic rape case, and the constitutionality of the Visiting…