By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Probably with the approach of the new year in mind, but certainly because of the occasion, President Benigno Aquino III announced during the 75th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) a supposedly new counterinsurgency strategy meant, said AFP spokesmen, not only…
Day: January 8, 2011
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Change: Illusions and Real Prospects
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The past year seemed to usher marked change with the ending of one of the most despised presidencies since the Marcos dictatorship and the inauguration of one steeped in the rhetoric of reform and aglow with the mystique of the new president’s larger-than-life parents, both of…
News in Pictures: RMN-Davao Employees Denounce Anti-Worker Practices of Network Management
DAVAO CITY — Members of the Radio Mindanao Network Davao Employees Union (RDEU) protested outside the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) station at the corner of Bonifacio and Anda streets on January 4 to air their grievances against continued workplace repression, citing the network management’s tactics of preventing the upcoming certification election and the possible sacking of another employee who is sympathetic to the union. (Photos courtesy of NUJP-Davao Chapter / bulatlat.com)