In today’s commercialized culture, love is often expressed through gifts of 18-karat gold rings, pendants or necklaces. The means employed in the extraction of the gem, however, are far from romantic. By EDWIN C. MERCURIO Bulatlat.com TORONTO, Canada – Hidden from the watchful eyes of the North American and European public, the operations of transnational…
Day: April 12, 2011
(PR) State Workers Outraged over Oil Price Hike, Demand Wage Hike
Press Release April 12, 2011 Government employees united under the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) today held a protest action in front of the National Housing Authority in order to express their outrage over the P1.50/liter oil price hike implemented today. COURAGE National President Ferdinand Gaite slammed the price hike,…
(PR) Learning from Direk Lino Brocka
Press Statement April 11, 2011 The suspension of Willing Willie show for a period of two weeks starting today as pronounced by TV 5 Network is indeed a temporary measure long overdue to address the disturbing and demeaning nature of the said program. Nonetheless, it is an opportunity not only to improve guidelines and processes…
(PR) Latest hike shows uselessness of Aquino’s ‘oil alms’, underscore need for wage hike – Anakbayan
Press Release April 12, 2011 “Nullified even before it was implemented.” This was how Anakbayan national chairperson Vencer Crisostomo described the Aquino administration’s ’emergency subsidy’ for jeepney and tricycle drivers’ fuel in the face of the biggest oil price hike yet of the year. The subsidy, amounting to P1.16 per liter, is overshadowed by today’s…
Igorot Leader Arrested in N. Ecija, Groups Decry Political Harassment
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various groups called for the immediate release of a leader of indigenous peoples who was recently arrested in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. Ernesto Bubod, 54, a Kalanguya-Igorot and vice chieftain of Sitio Maluyon, Brgy. Villarica, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, was taken by five armed men in plainclothes who posed as…
As Preview to May 1 Protest, Workers Urge People to Join Day of Outrage On Apr 14
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The Filipino workers and people have every reason to be outraged by the Aquino government’s refusal to implement a substantial wage hike while allowing prices to increase unabated.” – Koalisyon ng Manggagawa at Mamamayang Pilipino (KPMM)