Press Release 2 August 2010 Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today asked House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to host the newly-formed Truth Commission tasked to ferret out the truth with regard to the abuses committed by the previous regime. The youth solon today filed House Resolution 125 recommending the use of available office spaces and conference…
Month: August 2010
JB Mining is Twisting Facts to Pursue Foreign-owned Operations – Diwalwal Folks (PR)
Press Release 2 August 2010 Brgy. Diwalwal, Monkayo — Local lumad–farmer organization Nagkahiusang Katawhan sa Diwalwal (NAGKADIWA) refuted claims by the Joel Brillantes Mining Management Corporation (JBMMC) in a paid advertisement, that the ongoing campaign against the bidding of the 729-gold rush area is “anti-development.” “Dakong bakak ug insulto ang gipamahayag sa JBMMC. Lehitimo ug…
Noy Told: Side with the PAL Employees on SOS, not with Lucio Tan (PR)
Press Release 1 August 2010 This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s call to President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III after the chief executive “scolded” both the Philippine Airlines pilots who refused to report for duty last Saturday and the PAL management for the “disruptions” in the national flag carrier’s operations. President Aquino also hinted…
Filipino Women Need Access to Safe and Legal Abortion in the Philippines (PR)
Press Release 2 August 2010 Quezon City, August 2, 2010 –“Filipinos should address the issue of access to safe and legal abortion in the country. The impact of lack of access to safe and legal abortion is a grave public health issue as shown in the report of New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights entitled,…
MRT, LRT Fare Hike to Benefit Banks, Companies – KMU (PR)
Press Release 2 August 2010 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno and progressive party-list Anakpawis aired their strong opposition to the looming fare hikes in MRT and LRT in a short program in the North Avenue station of the MRT today, saying the fare increase will benefit only big foreign banks and big local companies. KMU…
Open Letter of Dr. Chandu Claver to President Benigno Aquino III
Letter to the Editor August 2, 2010 I am Chandu Claver. My family was the target of an ambush by suspected State agents nearly four years today on July 31, 2006 in the province of Kalinga. My wife Alice was killed, as a result. Because of continuing threats on what remained of my family, I…
Migrant Rights Group Hits OFWs Mandatory Membership to PAG-IBIG (PR)
Press Release 1 August 2010 Receiving complaints from OFWs that the government through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is already charging an additional amount of Php.600 to all out-bound OFWs to get their Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) on top of other fees such as OWWA membership fee and Philhealth contribution, an alliance of Filipino…
Dear Noynoy, From a Fellow Smoker
LETTER TO THE EDITOR August 2, 2010 Dear President Noynoy Aquino, I would like to congratulate you for standing your ground when people asked you to stop smoking. The non-smokers do not understand how important it is for people like us to puff our daily dose of cigarette sticks. Knowing fully well that smoking is…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Smoke and Mirrors
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise Posted by Bulatlat.com “Pnoy the Magician” in bright yellow. This was how activists depicted President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino in effigy in last Monday’s annual State-of-the-Nation street demonstration. They were proven prescient in more ways than one as soon as Mr. Aquino started delivering his SONA that turned out to be vintage…
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