Stum Casia Mayabang na nakatayo sa harapan namin ngayon ang istasyong ito. Pinagpipilitang siya ang Patrol ng Pilipino. Nagpupumilit na siya ang numero uno. Ang kanyang tore, ang kanyang logo. Ang kanyang slogan na In the Service of the Filipino. Tinititigan kami pababa. Nakataas ang kilay. Nakapamaywang. Nanunukat. Nangdadangkal. Pinupulgada ang aming paninindigan. Pinagtatawanan ang…
Day: November 20, 2010
Family of Dead OFW Might Not Get Benefits Due to ‘Technicalities’ – Migrants’ Group
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA –Mary Grace Travilal, 42, was forced to work abroad because she and her long-time partner Felix Catajay, 62, could no longer afford to send two of their four children to college. She left behind a “beautiful relationship,” as described by Catajay, and their children in the hope to…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Tragic Loss Amid Climate of Impunity
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Leonard Co, unarguably one of the country’s foremost botanists and biodiversity experts, as well as an indefatigable conservationist, was killed in a forested area in Kananga, Leyte last Monday, together with two of his companions, while undertaking scientific explorations under the auspices of the Energy Development…
US State Department Report Accusing Migrant Workers of Funding Abu Sayyaf Unjust, Dangerous – Migrants’ Group
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Migrante International, the largest overseas Filipino workers organization, said the US Department of State report on terrorism was very ‘malicious’ when it cited that the Abu Sayyaf Group, a bandit group which has been involved in cases of kidnapping, bombing and beheadings in Mindanao, “may receive funding…
Six Years Since the Hacienda Luisita Massacre, Six Years of Injustice
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Land reform is a question of social justice. It is at the heart of the conflict in Luisita.” – Renato Reyes of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.
Sidebar: A Mother’s Quest for Justice
A Mother’s Quest for Justice
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com HACIENDA LUISITA, Tarlac – She is not JV Basilio’s real mother. But they cared for each other like those related by blood. And from the time that the bullets pierced and killed JV during the infamous Hacienda Luisita massacre, she resolved that she would keep on fighting until justice…