PRESS RELEASE March 15, 2010 Davao City ---- On the 73rd Araw ng Dabaw, KATRIBU, a lumad sectoral party, highlighted the significance of Davao River to the indigenous peoples or lumads in the founding of the city through a Davao River clean up activity. The clean...
News Release March 15, 2010 While boxer Manny Pacquiao brought pride to the Philippines yesterday, the Arroyo government once again found a way to bring shame to the country after the United States State Department released its 2009 human rights report on the...
PRESS RELEASE March 15, 2010 “LET the IPPs provide the reported power lack in Mindanao than declaring a state of emergency in Mindanao.” This is the stand of Makabayan Coalition Northern Mindanao on Friday’s pronouncement declaring the island-region under a state...
PRESS RELEASE March 14, 2010 Self-proclaimed anti-communist mongerer Jovito Palparan should stop acting like a scorned woman blabbering unfounded accusations repeatedly against genuine partylist groups and focused his propaganda work on his achievements in...
NEWS RELEASE 15 March 2010 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno warned the Judicial and Bar Council today against granting Gloria Arroyo’s dark wish of having the list of nominees for the chief justice post so that she can appoint a “midnight CJ.” “The Filipino workers...
Press Release 15 March 2010 An alliance of Overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East today deplores the inaction of Philippine Labor official based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia despite that the case has been forwarded to the Philippine Labor Overseas Office (POLO)...
NEWS RELEASE 15 March 2010 Gloria Arroyo wants workers in Mindanao to literally experience hell through her order to schedule manufacturing activities at night while maintaining daytime rotating brownouts that last up to eight to ten hours, labor center Kilusang...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet ? The rank-and-file employees of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC) picketed the general office of the company to demand payment of delayed wages. Headed by the Lepanto...
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – A 74-year-old man, a 32-year-old mother, three farmers and two Bagobo lumads find themselves accused of the military’s trumped up charges as the government’s Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL) deadline to end...
By Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com CORDILLERA Region – The Katribu party list has been gaining the support of indigenous peoples from the Cordillera region. In the first two weeks of the month, the party list group held its conventions in Abra and Mountain...
By SLOAN RAMOS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – The Katribu Partylist sent a report to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the continued detention of the 43 community health workers, known as the “Morong 43,” who were arrested by...
By RONALYN V. OLEA and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Elements of the military have been roaming around urban centers in Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog and Mindanao with the objective of not only of driving these groups from the communities but campaigning against their candidates.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Josie Lichauco, who passed away recently, was that rare person who, despite or perhaps because of, her rich and privileged background, found the courage to speak the truth and tilt at the windmills of arrogant power. She came down from her perch in high society and marched with the abused and the dispossessed.
Angel Locsin, Advocate for Women and Environment She was voted the most beautiful Filipina of 2009. Her face adorns the billboards along Edsa. She has huge presence in both television and radio with her shows and advertisements. She has bagged various recognitions...
By MARYA SALAMAT
As a member of the Council for Health and Development, Tere helps out in implementing projects being undertaken by community-based health programs (CBHPs).
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aspiring senator and Gabriela Women's Partylist Rep. Liza Maza unveils her fashion line that promotes nationalism.
Sidebar: Angel Locsin and Sandra Araullo -- Two Accomplished Women and Their Advocacies
It was obvious that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was lying right from the start. And yet, despite the glaring violations of the rights of the 43 health workers, the Court of Appeals (CA) junked the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Why?
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