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Jose Corazon de Jesus

Jose Corazon de Jesus

By RICHARD R. GAPPI Bulatlat.com At the town’s main hub will stand high-rise buildings, luxury resorts and a new hall that will mark heads and pockets with “THIS IS SAN JUAN: A GREAT TOWN,” at the expense of helpless babies and kids suffocated by the...

Trees

Trees

By RICHARD R. GAPPI Bulatlat.com (In memory of botanist and U.P. Prof. Leonard Co, Sofronio Cortez and Julius Borromeo) We have felt the most painful poem: the “Pasyon” inscribed on trees. Those trees at the heart of the forest which thirst for a drop of justice...

Work Safety Group Urges Probe of Lucio Tan Firm for Death of 10 Workers

Work Safety Group Urges Probe of Lucio Tan Firm for Death of 10 Workers

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Occupational Health and Safety Development demands a thorough investigation of the death of the 11 workers. “Authorities should investigate the contractor and the owners of Eton for their individual responsibilities or the remiss thereof of providing safety for their workforce, ” the group said.

Groups Urge Noynoy to Act on Killing of Palawan Environmentalist-Broadcaster

Groups Urge Noynoy to Act on Killing of Palawan Environmentalist-Broadcaster

By RONALYN V. OLEA
and INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO

NUJP challenges President Aquino to make good on his pledge to solve the killings of journalists while others say authorities should go beyond the robbery angle that the police initially announced, considering that Dr. Gerry Ortega was also an environmental activist.

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Kin Challenge DOJ Findings Clearing Military in Co’s Death, Ask de Lima for Impartial Probe

Kin Challenge DOJ Findings Clearing Military in Co’s Death, Ask de Lima for Impartial Probe

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Lawyer says Co’s family was not a party to the DOJ-NBI panel investigation and that they did not have access to all the evidence the panel had. Neither did they get the opportunity to controvert the claims of the military denying responsibility for the killing.

The Preacher on the Bus: Not the Usual Holy Roller’s Hollering Exhortations

The Preacher on the Bus: Not the Usual Holy Roller’s Hollering Exhortations

Yesterday on the long ride to work, I happened to sit next to a female lay preacher. She didn’t sound like she wanted to scare us; it was not even a warning of a grim and terrible nature; she sounded, in fact, concerned. She was reminding us. She said that it was always best to be prepared, to be always ready to speak to God when we meet Him of a life well lived and meaningful.

Police, Snipers Face Off with San Juan Residents in Impending Demolition of 800 Homes

Police, Snipers Face Off with San Juan Residents in Impending Demolition of 800 Homes

By TUDLA PRODUCTIONS
Police and snipers have been sent by the San Juan City government to help in the demolition of an estimated 800 homes in Barangay Corazon de Jesus. The residents have set up a barricade to try to stop the destruction of their homes today. Follow the live updates here.

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