By MARYA SALAMAT Labor Watch Bulatlat CABUYAO, Laguna, Philippines -- As with millions of workers around the globe, the first half of the year has been unkind to Filipino workers of NXP (The Next Performance), a leading global semiconductors company with operations...
By the CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG) Analysis MANILA -- The presence of heavily armed U.S. soldiers even in the remote areas of the Philippine countryside is now becoming a normal part of the local scenery. As we mark the ten years...
By ARNOLD PADILLA Bulatlat MANILA -- It would be interesting to watch how the Oil Deregulation Law Task Force will resolve the complaint against the Big Three filed by Cebuano public officials and businessmen. The said task force has already subpoenaed the...
Relatives, Friends Honor Ka Satur
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA -- There are numerous news items related to it; television programs are teeming with it; political parties and groups are already gearing for it. The 2010 elections are in the air. Senators Manny Villar and Mar Roxas were...
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat MANILA -- Ito ang laman at laman-loob ng balita. Lahat na lamang ay binubusisi — mga babaeng kalahok, paraan ng pakikipagsex; camera angle; sexual na posisyon; reaksyon ni Vicky Belo, ang aktwal na karelasyon...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat MANILA -- Despite the lack of quorum and the continued opposition from media organizations, House Bill 3306 or the Right of Reply Bill (RORB) was subjected to plenary debates during the week. Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., chairman of the...
By defining what "dominated," "organized" and "targeted" means in its order of battle, the army's 10th Infantry Division practically admitted that the document indeed came from them. Some of those listed in the OB are calling on international groups to investigate this "campaign of vilification" by the AFP.
“First, Pagbabago has a post-2010 elections advocacy, unlike others which merely serve as election machineries. Second, its 11-point program is a genuine response to the people’s grievances. And third, its coordinating council is composed of veterans of the social and people’s movements and have no interests except those of the people.”
Fellow activists, friends and kin got together for a night in honor of Satur Ocampo, who vows to keep on doing what he's doing -- fighting oppression alongside the Filipino masses.
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