Consumer group TXTPower today flatly rejected calls by Malacanang to “revise” the text tax bill approved by the House committee on ways and means, demanding no less than the complete scrapping of the proposed revenue measure. “The correct and moral position is to junk the text tax. At a time of crisis, the least the…
Day: September 12, 2009
What’s a Notorious US Military Contractor Doing Inside the AFP’s Camp in Zamboanga?
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO DynCorp International, a US military contractor notorious for its mercenary work for Washington and which was the subject of numerous complaints for abuses in other countries, has been fencing off the Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga for US troops. “How can a private, foreign corporation control a specific portion of a Philippine military camp?” Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares wants to know.
CCP Tribute to Imelda Marcos Draws Flak
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“This is a grotesque and irresponsible display of insensitivity to the Filipino people who suffered and have been victimized under Martial Law,” Marie Hilao-Enriquez, a martial law victim and secretary general of Selda, said of the tribute by the Cultural Center of the Philippines to the wife of the dictator Marcos.
Benjie Oliveros | Measuring the Candidates for the Presidency
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA — The race for the presidency is slowly taking shape. With the formal announcement of Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of his intention to run for president, the configuration is almost complete. Most probably, the presidential elections would be a six-corner fight. For the Nacionalista Party, it would be…
How 9/11 Should Be Remembered: The Extraordinary Achievements of Ordinary People
By REBECCA SOLNIT TomDispatch.com International Posted by Bulatlat.com Eight years ago, 2,600 people lost their lives in Manhattan, and then several million people lost their story. The al-Qaeda attack on the Twin Towers did not defeat New Yorkers. It destroyed the buildings, contaminated the region, killed thousands, and disrupted the global economy, but it most…
Americans Are Getting Poorer, and It’s Going to Get Worse
By TONY PUGH International Truthout Posted by Bulatlat.com Washington — The early impact of the worst recession since the 1930s pushed median incomes down, forced millions more people into poverty and left more Americans without health care in 2008, according to new annual survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Poor people, working people, blacks,…
Labor Union and Students Fight California State University Budget Cuts
By SETH SANDRONSKY International Truthout Posted by Bulatlat.com Severe spending cuts are battering the California State University system. Furlough days for professors. Double-digit fee increases for students. They are seeking relief. Patricia Mata is a senior sociology major from Watsonville (Santa Cruz County), slated to graduate from Sacramento State University next May. She is paying…
Indigenous Peoples in Bakun Oppose Entry of Aussie Mining Firm
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Some 250 indigenous peoples, mostly of Kankana-ey-Bago tribe, from Gambang, Bakun successfully stopped the supposed signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will pave the way for the entry of Australian mining firm Royalco Philippines Inc. into their ancestral territory. The Bakun…
Workers of Mining Firm Seek Payment of Unpaid Wages
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — In a bid to resolve the unpaid wages and other obligations of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company to its workers, officers of three employees’ unions sought a dialogue with the company’s officials in its head office in Makati City, Sept. 8. Since last year,…