By MARYA SALAMAT
Lawmakers who went to the Middle East recently expressed shock at the plight of the Filipino domestic workers there. They urged the government to promptly ban the deployment of domestic workers or “household service workers.”
Filipinos migrated in waves to Hawaii beginning in the very first years of the 20th century, when the island was a newly annexed territory of the US. Hawaii’s economy then was dominated by the owners of big sugar plantations. By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Migrant Watch Bulatlat.com HONOLULU — Hawaii is a popular destination not only…
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Iba-ibang panahon, iba-iba ang genre na tinatangkilik sa telebisyon. Minsan ay namumutiktik ng gameshows sa panahong matapos ang Asian crisis ng 1997, patungo sa kasalukuyang krisis ng 2009. Nagtransforma ang ibang genre: mula sa walang katapusang melodrama series kung saan nakita natin ang kamusmusan at pagdadalaga ng…
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Matatagpuan ang sign na “Tubero” tapos ay ang numero na makokontak ito. Sa ibang pagkakataon, may proper name sa henerikong trabaho, halimbawa “Joey, tubero, 4381705” o “Enteng Tubero 9244899.” Makikita itong maliliit na karatula, kasing laki ng karatula ng destinasyon sa jeep, sa mga poste ng Meralco…
By MARYA SALAMAT
Unlike other post-martial law administrations that used assumption of jurisdictions (AJ) mostly to quell already ongoing strikes, the Arroyo regime has used these orders not only to quell ongoing strikes but also to make sure workers cannot strike at all. As a result, fewer strikes have been recorded, allowing Arroyo to claim that “industrial peace” is improving. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat For all intents and purposes, election rules be hanged, the campaign for the 2010 elections began several months ago. The ubiquitous paid political ads, the news headlines and opinion pages herald the fact. But except for the laudable efforts of a few media outlets, the…
BY TOM ENGELHARDT TomDispatch International Posted by Bulatlat Sure, the quote in the over-title is only my fantasy. No one in Washington — no less President Obama — ever said, “This administration ended, rather than extended, two wars,” and right now, it looks as if no one in an official capacity is likely to do…
By RITA KHANNA Radical Notes Journal November 19, 2009 International Posted by Bulatlat Author’s Note: This is meant to be a simple and brief exposition of the goals and strategies of the Maoist movement in India for people who may not have much awareness about it and are confused by the propaganda in the mainstream…
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By ARNOLD PADILLA
Malacañang is threatening to reimpose an oil price control if oil companies will not follow the conditions outlined by Mrs. Arroyo. Government, however, has given up the high ground with its lifting of EO 839 and continued adherence to the discredited deregulation policy.