By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com At the recent 15th French Film Festival screened at the Shangri-la Cineplex, Brillante Mendoza’s award-wining full-length movie ‘Lola’ (grandma) was one of the highlights. This is Mendoza’s obra after his “Kinatay”, which earned him a Cannes’ best director award. Speaking in front of an audience who lined up for…
Day: June 16, 2010
Migrants challenge Noynoy to fire and prosecute officials colluding with trafficking syndicates
16 June 2010 PRESS RELEASE After the much-publicized release of the US State Department’s report on human trafficking, the largest OFW group Migrante International challenged president-elect Noynoy Aquino to immediately fire and prosecute RP officials colluding with human trafficking syndicates. The group likewise urged Noynoy to make the DOJ Task Force on Trafficking in Persons…
Noynoy urged to reverse widespread contractualization, outsourcing
Press Release June 16, 2010 Sa totoo lang, PGMA made more people jobless than the past three presidents combined. This was the statement of Kilusang Mayo Uno as the Arroyo administration hypes its accomplishments that supposedly surpassed the previous three regimes, and the release of latest data by the National Statistics Office (NSO) revealing an…
Genuino party-list received gov’t funds, documents show
News Release June 16, 2010 The party-list group Batang Iwas Droga (BIDA), founded by former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) chief Efraim Genuino and which fielded Genuino’s daughter Sheryl Genuino-See as its first nominee during the May elections, received funds from the government gaming agency, documents show. This, the anti-fraud group Kontra Daya said,…
News in Pictures: Armed Journalist
Rather than be cowed, a journalist prefers to be armed for protection, at the heels of another media killing, the second this week.