PRESS RELEASE Information Bureau April 16, 2010 The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today charged the Obama regime of plotting to intensify US military intervention in the Philippines in the twilight of its puppet regime amid the highly volatile situation in the runup to the May 2010 elections. US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense…
Day: April 16, 2010
ABS-CBN Workers Condemn DOLE, Management for Denying Recognition of Workers’ Union
NEWS RELEASE 16 April 2010 The union representing about 1,400 workers under ABS-CBN Internal Job Market (IJM) was denied recognition Wednesday by the DOLE-NCR office, which upheld ABS-CBN management’s claim that the workers are not employees of the TV network. The ABS-CBN IJM Workers Union was formed by the workers since March 2009. Through lobbying…
Jovito ‘The Butcher’ Palparan Asked to Stop Dirty Job in Mindanao
To meddle in the electoral race the US-Arroyo regime once again let loose its most rabid attack dog, retired AFP Gen. Jovito “The Butcher” Palparan, ruthless architect of political killings in the country, and his band of killers-for-hire. Jovito Palparan is sowing his brand of terror in Mindanao to help quell the popular protest movement…
KMU Asked Meralco to Stop Collecting Additional Fees, Give Rebates to Consumers Now
Bulatlat.com Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement) yesterday asked the power distributor Meralco to stop imposing additional power rates and instead refund around P7 billion (or more than US$157m) overcharges that it had collected from over 4 million Meralco customers in 2004 and 2007. Since last month, Meralco had been imposing…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Pretender
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s entire appeal to the Filipino people to elect him President of the Republic, from television ads to live and press statements to written platform, rests on a single claim: that having inherited the legacy of Ninoy and Cory Aquino, he can stamp out corruption…
Salceda Defection Shows 2010 Elections Won’t Solve Poverty, Social Injustice
(Bulatlat.com) The defection of Albay Governor Joey Salceda, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s economic adviser, to the camp of leading presidential candidate Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III highlights the lack of fundamental difference in socio-economic policy between the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD coalition and the Liberal Party (LP), according to the Pagbabago! People’s Movement for Change. This shows how…
SC’s Writ of Kalikasan Lauded as An Early Earth Day Gift
Environmental groups have reason to celebrate Earth day as the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday issued the Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases, the rules and regulation which will govern the procedure in legal actions involving enforcement or violations of environmental and related laws. “We commend the SC for issuing an ‘environment-friendly’ Rules of Procedure.…
Transfer All 43 Detained Health Workers to Camp Crame Now, Relatives Pressed the Courts
(Bulatlat.com) The Free the 43 Health Workers Now! alliance challenged a lower court’s resolve in implementing its April 7 order to transfer the 38 health workers from camp Capinpin in Rizal to Camp Crame in Quezon City. The Regional Trial Court in Morong should not tolerate the Philippine National Police’s excuses about the unavailability of…
Covenant Forged to Protect Filipino Migrant Workers
By CIELO FLORES
Candidates who signed the covenant commit to review and work to repeal existing laws that exploit OFWs and to propose new policies that will further protect the rights and welfare of Filipino migrant workers.