The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) yesterday condemned the “compromise deal” forged by the management of the Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI), calling it “a devious scheme to preserve the decades-old Cojuangco land monopoly in Tarlac and continue subjecting the peasants and farm workers to semifeudal exploitation and oppression.” “The so-called deal was deviously cooked…
Day: August 12, 2010
Community Health Workers Hold 10th National Assembly
Bulatlat.com Despite the intensifying persecution of health workers in the Philippines- the most prominent and recent victims of which are 43 health workers who are still languishing in prison today- health professionals and volunteer Community Health Workers (CHWs) from all over the country gather in an assembly “meant to reaffirm their dedication and commitment to…
LFS Slams $434-Million US Grant to RP, Calls It A Carrot Stick
Bulatlat.com “The new $434-M compact grant given to the Philippines by the US government-sponsored Millennium Change Corporation (MCC) is nothing but a carrot stick to further Washington’s greater inroads into the Philippine economy under President Aquino,” said Terry Ridon, national chairperson of the League of Filipino Students (LFS), in reaction to the reported elation of…
Gabriela Solons: Anti-Women, Anti-Worker PAL Management Should Be Held Accountable
Bulatlat.com Gabriela Women’s Party yesterday threw its support to the 1,600 strong protesting Philippine Airline flight attendants, two-thirds of them are women. “No woman deserves to have her reproductive rights taken away from her by her employer,” Gabriela solon Emmi de Jesus stated after a consultation in Congress with a representative from FASAP, the PAL…