Who are the 43 health workers? The 43 health workers, also known as “Morong 43”, are health professionals and volunteer community health workers who were arrested in Rizal on February 6, following a raid by the combined forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP). The 43 were…
Day: March 13, 2010
Streetwise| In memoriam: Josie Lichauco (1935-2010)
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise Posted by Bulatlat.com Former Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Josefina “ Josie” Trinidad- Lichauco was a staunch ally of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and a dear friend to many of us who had the privilege to work closely with her on many a protest action. We sat with her in…
Super Pentagon Conflict of Interest: Advisors Rake in Billions
The same people who sell the Pentagon billions of dollars in technology are advising the Pentagon on what scientific and technical matters to focus on in the years to come. | By NICK TURSE AlterNet International Posted by Bulatlat.com On January 5, 2010 the U.S. Department of Defense announced the appointment of 39 new members,…
Greenspan’s Nightmare is much of the World’s Dream
By MARK WEISBROT Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com Alan Greenspan had a dream, or rather a nightmare. Greenspan seems to have woken up in a cold sweat one morning in fear that the period of “disinflationary pressures” that had kept inflation low since the 1990s was about to end. This was 2007, when he published…
The Decline of Israel
Middle East Online International Posted by Bulatlat.com New Left Project In a wide-ranging interview with the New Left Project, Nazareth-based journalist Jonathan Cook describes the increasingly repressive nature of Israeli society and the prospects for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict NLP: What did you make of Ehud Barak’s recent comparison of Israel to South…
Baguio City Wakes Up With “Capricious P184M Land Acquisition Deal”
By ACE ALEGRE Regions Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Baguio City is again roused from sleep with another multi-million peso “questionable deal”. This time by the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) for purchasing a P184 million-worth ($4,031,639) 1.2 hectare lot located in South Drive, a prime location here, which accordingly was “extravagant” and tagged as…
Salungguhit: Killing the Issue Softly
Killing the Issue Softly
Live Webcast: Kin of Morong 43 Speak of Despair
In a forum today, March 13, between the relatives and lawyers/supporters of the Morong 43, the relatives expressed the difficulties they face more than a month after the 43 health workers were taken by soldiers during a health training in Morong, Rizal. They spoke of the hardships they have to endure each time they visit their relatives in Camp Capinpin, the harassment many of them continue to face from the military, and of their despair in seeing their loved ones behind bars.