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By MARS KAYAT Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY— Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. has joined other legislators in challenging the Aquino administration to restore cuts on education budget, particularly on state universities and colleges. As a...
By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - - Relatives of a victim of extrajudicial killing recently filed complaints of human rights abuses against the military before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Regional Office 1....
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Nagbabago ang texto at kontexto ng humanidades. Pero hindi nagbabago ang layon o misyon nito: humanidades ang substansya ng pagkatao, ang bumubuo at bumubuhay sa tao lampas sa batayang pangangailangan. Sa maikling presentasyon,...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It has been 100 days and we don’t see any major achievement or results as far as genuine change is concerned. There is plenty of rhetoric but too few accomplishments that could be felt by the poor.”– Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – There are six versions of the Reproductive Health Bill filed in the House of Representatives and one of these is House Bill 3387 or the Comprehensive Reproductive Health Act by the Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP). In its...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“To reduce this measure to a debate that focuses only on artificial versus natural methods of contraception is a myopic approach to the issue.” – Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan.
Sidebar: Dissecting The Comprehensive Reproductive Health Act
Ni MARK ANGELES Ikalawang gabi namin sa piling ng mga organisadong magsasaka at ngayong gabi, isang piging ang inorganisa—isang programang kultural. Sa likod ng mga sanga ng maubod na kalamansi, pahapyaw na magpapasilip ang mga hubad na mga paang pumapadyak, ang...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Calling President Benigno Aquino III as "anti- migrant" for slashing the legal assistance fund for OFWs and failing to work for the protection of OFWs, migrant workers' groups identified with Migrante vowed to conduct more protests if he would not change track from pursuing an anti-migrant labor export policy.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Now that the assumption of jurisdiction order has taken away the flight attendants' right to strike, they are left with no recourse but to appeal to the media and the Filipino riding public “to join us and await how this new government will resolve the labor dispute.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The meager salary of teachers remains as one of the most pressing concerns confronting Philippine education.
Public utility drivers in the Philippines lament the seeming lack of government support and regard for their sector, but the country’s statisticians at least seem to give them due credit.
For the bigger bus companies plying the provincial routes to and from the National Capital Region, safety appears important enough that their regular drivers and conductors are given periodic trainings on road and driving safety. The regularity ranges from monthly to quarterly to twice a year.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Workers in Filipinas Palm Oil Industries launched a strike after months of negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement hit a deadlock, despite an assumption of jurisdiction (AJ) order from the labor department. A first strike in defiance of AJ under the Aquino administration.
The Aquino government still got a high satisfaction rating despite the string of issues it had to address this early in the new administration’s term. However, things would still unfold in the coming months and years of the Aquino administration. And history would...
By MARYA SALAMAT
SPECIAL REPORT The public and government officials, among them President Aquino, always blame drivers each time a deadly bus accident happens. What they don’t know or chose to ignore is that bus drivers and conductors are working under severe conditions imposed by greedy operators and ignored by government regulators, thus allowing these mishaps to happen in the first place. Sidebar: For Provincial Buses, Physical Condition of Drivers -- and Their Buses -- Are Key to Safe Travel | More Motorcycles Mean More Mishaps
By IBON Commentary | IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat.com The first 100 days of any administration are unique – this is the moment of transition from the old government, and the new administration is at the height of its optimism, trust and popularity. These are...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Most Filipinos who’ve gone to high school or who’re in college know who the "Damaso" in Carlos Celdran’s streamer was, because of Republic Act 1425, the Rizal Law, which requires the teaching...
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