Press Release Sept. 14, 2010 What’s wrong with brain drain? Nothing, says the new health secretary. Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today expressed dismay and alarm over statements made by Health Secretary Enrique Ona on the mass exodus of Filipino doctors and nurses, saying that the government seeing nothing wrong with the migration of health…
Day: September 14, 2010
Killing of Peasant Leader in Davao Proof That Oplan Bantay Laya Ongoing Under Aquino
News Release Sept. 14, 2010 “Barely 100 days into his administration, another activist is killed. We strongly condemn the death of Naldo Labrador. This is proof of the continuing persecution against activists. It is proof that Oplan Bantay Laya remains operational under President Aquino and proof of this administration’s anti-peasant disposition,” thus said GABRIELA Women’s…
SC Decision to Suspend Impeach Raps Vs Ombudsman Is A Move to Suppress the Truth
News Release Sept. 14, 2010 “The move of the Supreme Court to suspend the impeachment proceedings against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez is a step backward in terms of holding erring government officials accountable.” Thus said Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan following reports that the Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of impeachment proceedings in the…
Aquino’s Budget Cut on Education Is Worse Than Arroyo’s – Kabataan Party
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
With the massive cuts in the budget for state colleges and universities, students could expect more increases in tuition and other fees. This would make tertiary education more inaccessible to the poor.
Student Abducted, Tortured and Missing for Two Days Before Being Surfaced
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Elke Bacalso was abducted on September 8. He is not even an activist, but he is the son of a former political detainee and he campaigned for Kabataan Party-list during the recent elections.
Luis V. Teodoro | Leaving
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The fall-out from the killing of eight tourists from Hong Kong and Canada last August 23 could include a spike in discrimination and even violence against Overseas Filipino Workers in Hong Kong and other parts of China. There are also fears that whatever efforts…
Luis V. Teodoro | Stop This Country
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Benigno Aquino III said upon taking office last July that he hoped the “honeymoon period” between him on the one hand and the media and the citizenry on the other would last throughout his entire six-year term. But the next Social Weather Stations and…
News in Pictures: In Solidarity with The Cuban 5
In solidarity with the people of Cuba, the International League of People’s Struggles (ILPS-Philippines) and the Philippines-Cuba Friendship Association (Amistad) held a protest action near the US embassy in Manila on Monday, urging the US government to free the Cuban 5.