PRESS RELEASE July 27, 2010 Talaingod, Davao Del Norte — An outbreak of rash, fever and colds, and diarrhea – all symptoms of measles disease have been reported to be spreading in the remote Ata-Manobo villages of here. This was the alarming report received by the PASAKA Regional Confederation of Indigenous Peoples in Southern Mindanao…
Day: July 29, 2010
Correcting the Historical Lies Being Peddled By Etta Rosales and Company
LETTER TO THE EDITOR July 25, 2010 It is a travesty of history when one distorts and denies it. It is doubly insulting when the real and historical role of the people and martyrs are diluted and denied to suit one’s self-interest for an appointment for a government position. The Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban…
Kin of ‘Morong 43’ File Rights Raps vs Military Before GRP-NDF Body
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Nearly six months since the Morong 43 were arrested and the wheels of justice have been grinding slow on our detained colleagues. For these innocent health workers, being held each day more in detention is a continuing torture and a serious injustice.”
With More Privatization, Aquino Uses Same Old Policies by Predecessors
By ARNOLD PADILLA
Aquino’s promotion of PPPs and privatization in his SONA has further reinforced the view that his administration is incapable of introducing new policies that will reverse the old pro-business, pro-market neoliberal policies of the past administrations, including the Arroyo administration.
SONA: Truth or Spectacle?
By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat.com The true state of the nation is in the people who live under the harshest of conditions in the margins of society yet see in collective strength the power to make their lives better. Aquino III says, “We…
Salungguhit: Priorities?
Priorities?