Masinloc: A Fisherman’s Turf No More A tree screens the image of a coal-powered plant in Masinloc, Zambales, unraveling a picturesque bay threatened by an energy source. (Photo courtesy of Bobby Tuazon/Bulatlat.com)
Month: May 2009
Prosecute This: Torture Was Used to Try to Link Saddam with 9/11
Obama’s intent to immunize those who broke the law violates his constitutional duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” BY MARJORIE COHN AlterNet INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat When I testified last year before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties about Bush interrogation policies, Congressman Trent…
Ang Pagbabalik ng Mga Unyonista
Ang nangyari sa Mayo Uno 2009 ay isa lamang yugto sa realisasyon ng manggagawa sa kanyang halaga, ang tagapag-akda ng kasaysayan. At kung ang indikasyon ay ang bilang ng nagkakaisang hanay ng manggagawa, magsasaka, estudyante, guro at intelektwal, ang estado ni Gloria Arroyo ay nangangamba na. Sa edad ng pangdaigdigang ekonomiyang krisis, ang pinakamasamang panaginip…
Family, Migrants Group Hold Last Ditch Effort to Save OFW in Taiwan from the Firing Squad
A day before the Appellate Court of Taiwan would hand down its verdict on May 4, Migrante International and the family of Alcaraz would hold a prayer rally to save the life of Cecilia. “Habang si Pacquiao ay nakikipagsuntukan kay Hatton, kami naman ay makikipagsuntukan para sa buhay ni Cecilia,” (While Pacquiao boxes with Hatton,…
OFW Remains Frozen in Saudi Morgue for Six Months Already
Emy Pepito, like many other Filipinos, went to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in search of a better life and to be able to provide a better future for his mother and nieces. Living the destitute land of Misamis Occidental, Mindanao, Pepito left the Philippines to work as a stone mason in the Kingdom of…
The Need for Workers’ Struggles
The world has once again celebrated International Labor Day this May 1st. This year’s May 1 celebration has assumed greater significance as the world economic crisis wreaks havoc on people’s lives especially the working class. Workers all over the world have been losing their jobs. What should workers do to address their worsening situation? Should…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Lozada: More than an Accidental Hero
Engineer Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada is an accidental hero but a hero nonetheless to a people starved for real-life, modern-day heroes. Would it not be an irony of the most triumphant kind if this latest attempt to silence Jun Lozada, to break his will and to isolate him, should in fact turn into an outpouring of…
Wage Discrimination and Other Seafarers’ Woes
“The rights of workers, that is, the right to be organized into unions, to collective bargaining, to security of tenure and to have a just and humane condition at work, are continuously being denied them by capitalists who are only after profits. This is, despite the fact that these are embodied by the Constitution and…
US Blamed for Economic Woes in Labor Day Rally
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat MANILA – Thousands of activists denounced the US for causing the country’s current economic distress in a rally commemorating Labor Day. Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May 1st Movement chairman Elmer “Bong” Labog said that retrenchments, wage cuts and reduction of working hours, and labor flexibilization have become commonplace amid…