News Release June 30, 2010 Fore-fronting the inauguration of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III today is a call from Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino to re-channel funds from some items in the Office of the President’s budget to an emergency budget...
News Release June 30, 2010 The appointments made by President Benigno Aquino III raise more questions than hope, according to the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan. “It remains to be seen how most of the cabinet appointees will perform or how they will...
Press Release June 30, 2010 On the day president-elect Benigno Aquino III is sworn into office, militant peasant groups led by Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK) challenged the new administration to uphold the interest of the...
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today challenged the newly-created Truth Commission chaired by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide to “leave no stone unturned in the prosecution of Arroyo and other incorrigible offenders from her regime.”
BY ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Smartmatic-TIM have been bragging that the May 10 was a success and was peaceful and orderly. But for the Computer Professionals Union (CPU) it was frustrating. “And the way the...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Karapatan said rendering justice means prosecuting and punishing the guilty parties in these violations, indemnifying the victims; and declaring not to do similar transgressions again.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Given the peoples’ worsening jobs situation and income gap under Arroyo, malnutrition, diseases and accidents caused by poverty plague many poor communities.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Same old names, same old problems dominated the May 2010 elections, but there is reason to hope in the determination voters and teachers showed to make it work.
Ni Roland Tolentino Bulatlat.com Ang komedyanteng host ang “pinakamainit na ari-arian” (hottest property) sa showbiz ngayon. Tulad ng naunang naging mainit sa kanya, mabilis rin ang pananamlay, lalo pa hindi naman siya matinee idol o leading actress na materyal....
By Dateline Philippines MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) has granted the petition for writs of amparo and habeas data filed by the family of Gregan Cardeño, a translator for American forces in Mindanao, who was found dead last February 2 inside his room...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – With the oath taking of Pres. Benigno Aquino III on June 30, college students here called on him to veer away from his predecessor’s practice of favoring the military in budget allocations and to prioritize education...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — Three small-scale miners died of suffocation inside the mining tunnels in separate towns of Abra and here in Benguet. On June 11, in Mt. Bumurayok, Barangay Buneg, Lacub in Abra, miners...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- After more than two years in prison, political detainee Randy Felix Malayao was acquitted of murder charges filed against him for the killing of former Cagayan governor and congressman Col. Rodolfo Aguinaldo. The Regional...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The book “Ka Bel: The Life and Struggle of Crispin Beltran” is a must-read for everyone. Every page engages the reader and makes one examine the purpose of his/her own life. Ina Alleco Silverio ’s description of Ka Bel...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
For fighting for their basic rights to security of tenure and to form a union, 25 ABS CBN workers were dismissed by the Lopez management. Ironically, the Kapamilya network, which boasts about its public service orientation, showed no regard for the rights and welfare of its own workers.
BY (CJ Kuizon / davaotoday.com) DAVAO CITY—Pagbabago Mindanao People’s Movement for Change presented a six-point program that they hope incoming President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III will prioritize during his first 100 days in office. Sister Diane Cabasagan, RGS,...
By MARYA SALAMAT
The outgoing Arroyo has “exhausted the patience of workers with promises of paradise when all it gave us is hell,” KMU said.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat MANILA - Merlinda Aquino, 40, has been contacting the Philippine embassy in Riyadh for help. She wanted to escape from her project manager who has been verbally abusing her and return home to the Philippines. But instead of a rescue...
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