By MARYA SALAMAT
“Despite the media-created belief that positive change for the Filipino peasantry would be possible under the Aquino administration, we are discouraged by Noynoy’s frequent attempts to dissociate himself from the Hacienda Luisita problem and in refusing to admit to the failure of CARP [Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program] despite the dehumanizing plight to which it has consigned the majority of farmers,” a peasant leader said.
Day: June 18, 2010
Benjie Oliveros | One Economy, Different Views
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com The Arroyo government is once again gloating over the 7.3 percent GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth for the 1st quarter of 2010. The National Statistical Coordination Board called it a “glorious ending” for the Arroyo administration. The last time it registered a 7 percent GDP growth was in 2007: 7.5…
Towards the Sea of Better Life and Pure Love : A Review of Philippe Lioret’s ‘Welcome’
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com One of the themes of the movies screened at this year’s French Film Festival, which opened last June 3 at the Shangri-la Cineplex, is migration and how its perils affect human lives. One such movie is the heartbreaking yet poignant Philippe Lioret’s full-length “Welcome,” which won big in last…
Photo of the Week: No Place for Children
No Place for Children
Disaster Similar to BP Oil Spill has a High Chance of Occurring in Philippine Waters
Press Statement June 18, 2010 The sinking of British Pestroleum-leased Deepwater Horizon oil-rig in the Gulf of Mexico last April, dubbed as the worst oil spill in US history, has caused catastrophic damage to the marine environment and to communities in surrounding areas. More damage spreads as millions of gallons of oil leak into the…
Workers Pressure Dole Philippines to Stop Harassment, Union Busting
Labor federation National Federation of Labor Unions-KMU (NAFLU-KMU) picketed today DOLE Philippines’ main office in Makati to condemn the company’s continued harassment and union busting, despite a Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) order for a status quo. Through consistent collective action and lobbying, DoleFil local union Amado Kadena-NAFLU-KMU (AK-NAFLU-KMU) in the South Cotabato plantation was…
Anakbayan Scandalized by Proposal to Subsidize Private Universities
PRESS RELEASE June 18, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan was scandalized today by the call of the Commission on Higher Education for the national government to subsidize private colleges and universities. In a statement yesterday, CHED director Julito Vitriolo claimed that the national government must subsidize the above-mentioned educational institutions to prevent yearly increases in tuition…
Ecumenical Voice Reports Engagement at UN Human Rights Council, Challenge Noynoy on Continuing Human Rights Violations in the Philippines
PRESS RELEASE June 18, 2010 Quezon City, Philippines: At a press conference following a successful attendance to and participation in the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland from June 1-10, the Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines (Ecumenical Voice for brevity) vows to monitor the…
Still a Democracy for the Few
Letter to the Editor 16 June 2010 It has been a historical fact that in the country, appointments made by the president is a form of paying political debts, more than a recognition of a person’s capacity to serve the people in a field. We wonder why the PDI editorial “Noynoy’s choices” (06/10/2010) thinks otherwise…
Slideshow: ‘Project Runaway’ Highlights Protest Fashion
“Project Runaway” Protest Fashion