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By RONALYN V. OLEA
"There is a lack of due process for the CHR to come up with this conclusion. By doing this, the CHR Resolution makes it obvious that it wants to distract the investigation away from the AFP as being the real perpetrators.” -- Melissa Roxas
By MARYA SALAMAT
The labor center KMU accused the Aquino government of engaging in a “propaganda offensive against calls for a substantial wage hike, amid growing sentiment in favor of this wage hike.”
Labor Groups Prepare Mass Actions for May 1 “and Beyond”
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – On May 1 labor groups in the country plan to hold mass actions in various locations as they press the government to swiftly legislate a P125 across-the-board wage increase. In the days leading to that, they announced...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Human rights group Karapatan said that with the CHR resolution, "the crime of torture will have its heyday under the Aquino administration."
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Braving the summer heat, members of the environmental groups Kalikasan PNE and Center for Environmental Concerns (CEC) as well as people's organizations under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) held a colorful parade last...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"His works as a writer, poet, thespian, singer and songwriter have remained relevant especially to the succeeding generations of UP activists in and out of the university. His bias for the poor and oppressed dates back to his campus days."
The Senakulo in Angeles City
Progressive groups, led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) and urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap-Ncr (Kadamay-NCR), today staged a lighting rally at the Cintra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC) head office in Parañaque City to protest the looming implementation of the new Skyway toll increase. (Photos by Gregorio B. Dantes Jr. / bulatlat.com)
From Holy Thursday to Good Friday, residents along the streets of Paombong from the town center to the village of Kapitangan can hardly sleep for the continuous sound of the passion being sung, the footfalls of the crowd of people walking, the sound of the penitents' whips as it hit their backs, and the sound of the wooden cross scraping at the street. Four persons were scheduled to be crucified at high noon of Good Friday, as both the religious and the crowd of spectators gather to watch. (Text and photos by MARYA SALAMAT)
Leftist ex-officer vs Fujimori in Peru runoff by Frank Bajak Associated Press Writer LIMA, Peru – An anti-establishment military man who promises to redistribute Peru's wealth won the most votes in Sunday's presidential election and will face the daughter of...
By RONALYN V. OLEA ABRA DE ILOG, Occidental Mindoro – Ernie Uybad, 25, a Hanunuo-Mangyan, said the miserable conditions of his fellow tribesmen encouraged him to start teaching. “Most of the Mangyans could not even write their names. Often, they are being fooled...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Special Report: A Difficult Life for Mangyans (1st of 4 parts) Mining, Dams, Other Projects Threaten to Displace Mangyans (2nd of 4 parts) Soldiers Terrorize Mangyan Communities? (3rd of 4 parts) Bringing Hope to Mangyan Communities (Last of 4...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Special Report: A Difficult Life for Mangyans (1st of 4 parts) Mining, Dams, Other Projects Threaten to Displace Mangyans (2nd of 4 parts) Soldiers Terrorize Mangyan Communities? (3rd of 4 parts) Bringing Hope to Mangyan Communities (Last of 4...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Mangyans try to survive by farming and yet they are discriminated against; buyers of their produce try to cheat them; mining companies displace them; and the military accuses them of aiding NPA guerrillas and harasses them, or worse, kills some of them.
By SATUR C. OCAMPO At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The Armed Forces of the Philippines has shot up in notoriety as the most corrupt government agency in the public’s perception, per the Pulse Asia survey last month, in light of the top-level, long-running...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld The upcoming impeachment trial of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez should bestir everyone who wishes to hold Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to account for all the harm and wrongdoing that she was responsible for during...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld A COALITION that includes the most despised former colonizers of African countries and led by the United States has attacked Libya under cover of a UN resolution supposedly for humanitarian purposes — i.e., to stop...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Wearing butterfly wings, children joined the call to save Mother Earth in an activity organized by the National Council of Churches of the Philippines (NCCP), April 24 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. Rommel Linatoc of...
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Paombong, Bulacan-- Penitents in Paombong, Bulacan, usually male, walked five kilometers from the town center to a chapel in a village called Kapitangan in this town. On the way they usually have an entourage singing the passion of...
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