The efforts of the Arroyo government to address the impact of the combination of the world economic crisis and the crisis of Philippine society are too little, too inconsequential, and too late. The extent of the crisis requires nothing less than a radical restructuring of the economy of the country; and only the Filipino people,…
Month: February 2009
Sa Akademya
NI JOI BARRIOS CONTEND at BAYAN Inilathala ng Bulatlat Nagmumulto si Senador McCarthy. Gumagala-gala ang kanyang espiritu sa mga pasilyo ng akademya. Nalalanghap ng lahat ang masangsang na bulaklak ng tsampaka, Naririnig ang kalansing ng tanikalang nagbibigay babala: Manginig, manginig! Damhin ang malamig na simoy ng hangin na bumubulong-bulong ng pangamba sa diwa ng mga…
Kin of Missing Activist Ask Court to Execute Amparo Decision
Relatives and colleagues of missing activist James Balao asked the Benguet Regional Trial Court to give teeth to its decision on the petition for writ of amparo. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Relatives and colleagues of missing activist James Balao asked the Benguet Regional…
Court Orders Release of Labor Lawyer, 6 Other Activists
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Judge Manuel Luna, Jr. of the Calapan City Regional Trial Court, Branch 40 issued this afternoon a release order for labor lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr. and six other activists from Southern Tagalog who have been detained at the Oriental Mindoro Provincial jail for almost three months now while facing criminal…
Student Group to CHED: Enforce Tuition Hike Freeze
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Members of the cause-oriented League of Filipino Students have called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Emmanuel Angeles to enforce a moratorium on tuition increases in light of the global economic crisis. The LFS members made this call during a picket-dialogue earlier today at the CHED office in…
Groups Slam Approval of Nograles Resolution on Cha-cha
Groups slammed the Committee on Constitutional Amendments for its approval of House Resolution 737 authored by House Speaker Prospero Nograles. House Resolution 737 seeks to amend Art. XII, Sec. 7 of the 1987 Constitution which states that only Filipinos and Filipino owned corporations can own private lands, utilize the country’s natural resources and operate public…
Youth Group: Pro-US Policies to Blame for Mass Lay-offs
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat MANILA — Members of Anakbayan and other youth groups staged a rally at the US Embassy here this morning to take the US to task for its role in the global economic crisis. They also lambasted the Arroyo administration for implementing what they described as pro-US policies, which they say…
Labor Organizer Arrested
BY BULATLAT Authorities arrested a labor leader around 2 a.m today at the Westdrive Subdivision, Barangay Labas, Santa Rosa City, Laguna. According to the Organized Labor Association in Line Industries and Agriculture (OLALIA-Kilusang Mayo Uno), labor organizer Leonardo Arceta, 51, was taken to the Santa Rosa Police Station and then transferred to Camp Vicente Lim…