By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Women’s group Gabriela has put forward ten demands ranging from the promotion of national sovereignty through the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement, to the release of women and all political prisoners, to providing social services and immediate relief to the people.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante is calling on the Aquino administration to prosecute former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for misusing funds for OFWs, repeal anti-migrant policies, provide more services to OFWs and their families, including special protection to migrant women and minors, review and increase the budget for services for OFWs, to establish special courts to try complaints of abuses against OFWs, and to forge bilateral agreements with receiving countries for the protection of OFWs, among others
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Indigenous peoples would like to see former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo behind bars for human rights violations and plunder during her nine-year reign, said the Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (Kamp or Associations of Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines). Kamp is a group of ten regional indigenous…
By MARYA SALAMAT
Instead of getting closer to their dream of owning the land they have been tilling for decades, Hacienda Luisita farmers are being told by soldiers to stop their struggle for land or else ‘something will happen’ to them.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Seven in every 10 Filipinos are farmers, the KMP (Peasant Movement of the Philippines) emphasized, which was why they had been trying to bring their demands right to the president himself. If there is to be change, a lot of it must happen on farmers’ lives, they said.
Update: Peasants in Mendiola Camp-out, First Victims of Violent Dispersal Under the New Government
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By WL MARQUEZ & JSTABANGCURA with reports www.nordis.net Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET — Republic Act 10068 or the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 for the development and promotion of Philippine Organic Agriculture is now in place. In the north, Benguet State University (BSU) was challenged to promote organic agriculture. Approved in April, the…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Massive environmental degradation and landlessness of peasants in the country side are some of the issues that artist Jerry Matagsico witnessed. He united with other visual artists to bid goodbye to outgoing president Gloria Arroyo through their artwork. Matagsico said they did not have a hard time…
It would be interesting to see how Aquino III will be able to transcend his class background and political orientation. In Philippine politics, promises are bound to be broken unless elected leaders begin to walk the talk. By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat.com Something…
In the exhibit entitled Fact Sheet 43, different forms of art were used to depict the torture and hardships the 43 detained health workers went through as a consequence of their choice to reach out to those with no access to health care. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com “Binalot ng kadiliman ang ginuntuang puso,…
By DAVID BACON International Posted by Bulatlat.com SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Chinese immigrants and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco protest the long hours and bad conditions at the Foxconn factory in southern China, where the Apple iPad is manufactured. They lined up in front of Apple’s flagship store in San Francisco, holding signs with the names…