By THEUNIS BATES AOL News Reposted by Bulatlat.com The Japanese government has said it is doing all it can to contain the crisis at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which was critically damaged in last week’s earthquake. But according to U.S. diplomatic papers released by WikiLeaks, that atomic disaster might have been avoided if only…
Day: March 18, 2011
Marxian Critique of the Neoliberal Economic Agenda
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Reposted by Bulatlat.com Thank you for inviting me to speak on the Marxian critique of the neoliberal economic agenda. 1. Let me begin by reviewing briefly with you basic concepts in the Marxist critique of the capitalist political economy. a. There is the contradiction between the social character of production…
Remembering Romy Sanchez, Whose Death Still Remains Unsolved
By Kimberlie Olmaya Ngabit-Quitasol Northern Dispatch Reposted by Bulatlat.com BAGUO CITY—It was raining hard last March 9 at five in the afternoon. The usual throng digging into boxes of wagwag (second-hand) goods for sale in this alley famous for second-hand items for sale was absent, but the vendors were hoping that buyers would come when…
Urban Poor Leader Protesting Demolitions in Navotas City Killed, Another Victim of Extrajudicial Killings Under Aquino
By RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A leader of an urban poor group was shot dead by a lone gunman in San Roque village, Kadiwa, Navotas City, March 16. Based on the initial accounts from the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap-Navotas (Kadamay-Navotas), Antonio ‘Nono’ Homo, 47, was staying at the house of neighbor…
Scientists: Effects of Nuclear Situation in Japan Should Not Be Downplayed By Philippine Government
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The two stations in the Fukushima region reportedly produce the world’s largest joint amount of energy. If complete meltdown occurs in any of the Fukushima reactors, this may lead to a much worse contamination of the atmosphere than the one that was caused by the Chernobyl disaster.” – Dr. Romy Quijano, toxicologist.
Rights, Church Groups Bring Case of Killing of Botanist to the UN
By RONALYN OLEA
The families of the victims and their supporters have expressed fear of a possible whitewash with the report of the Department of Justice and National Bureau of Investigation clearing the military of any responsibility.
Nationwide Strike Against Oil Price Hikes Set On March 31
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Because there seems to be no end to the increases in the prices of oil products, people’s organizations are calling for a nationally-coordinated strike on March 31 saying that oil companies are lying when it cites world crude prices in justifying increases in local pump prices.
Cordillera Health Workers Being Harassed, Threatened
By LYN V. RAMO
Why, they asked, are they being made to suffer human rights violations, when they have only been working for the indigenous farmers, laborers, small-scale miners and urban poor and, in the process, traveling long hours to reach far-flung villages, some of which could only be reached on foot?
Widow Accuses Palawan Officials of Corruption and Killing Gerry Ortega
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Gerry Ortega, journalist, anti-mining advocate, and a veterinarian, was shot dead on 24 January 2011 while buying from a store in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. His widow, Patria ‘Patty’ Ortega filed murder charges against Palawan officials in a supplemental complaint-affidavit submitted to the Department of Justice last February 14.
Educators Call On Lawmakers To Increase Teachers’ Salaries
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Some 300 teachers from all over Quezon City, Manila, Taguig, Malabon, Caloocan and Pasig marched from the Sandigan Bayan offices to the House of Representatives on March 15, 2011 and called on lawmakers to support, approve and pass House Bill 2142, or” An Act Upgrading the Minimum Salary of…
Benjie Oliveros | What is Not Being Said About the Uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com The peoples’ uprisings in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, and the brewing unrest in Saudi Arabia have been in the headlines lately. Sadly, nothing much is being written about the reasons behind the uprisings except that people are rising up against their long-time rulers because of the worsening unemployment…