By ANNE MARXZE D.UMIL
“The RH bill has many positive provisions that may be put to waste if the population control menace continues to overshadow the bill’s essence. As we work to strengthen the public and fellow legislators’ appreciation of such good provisions, we shall nonetheless refuse to make the RH bill a platform for population control.
Also read Journal union fighting for rights despite bribes, union-busting activities By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Harold Concepcion, president of the Journal Employees Union (JEU), only had P300 ($6.94) in his wallet when he was interviewed by bulatlat.com. Like his co-workers at the Philippine Journalists Inc., publisher of People’s Journal, People’s Tonight and…
Their wages and benefits have been kept low; their past union presidents have been bought; but their awareness about genuine trade unionism has kept them fighting. See related story: Media outfit accused of diverting profits at the expense of workers By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Media workers of the Philippine Journalists Inc. (PJI),…
It seems that even the dead is not spared. On the first anniversary of his death, Rogelio Galit’s family received a subpoena from the provincial prosecutor’s office in San Pablo City.
By MARYA SALAMAT
A 2008 study of the Consumers Action for Empowerment and the Health Action Information Network concluded that a single course of antibiotics amounts to three days’ worth of wages; not much has improved since then.
By KRIZZIA DALE A. VILLAFLOR Bulatlat.com It was 4 p.m. when, as was my habit, I entered the Ayala-owned Trinoma mall via the North Avenue station of Metro Rail Transit (MRT) en route to an FX taxi station. At the mall’s activity center though, a big white announcement for a job fair caught my attention.…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Even the University of the Philippines effectively raised its tuition by changing the “default bracket” of students to P1,000 to P1,500 per semester.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the past several weeks thousands of families of informal settlers in the National Capital Region have had their houses or communities demolished or threatened to be demolished by the government and private business interests. In some instances, the demolitions were attended by violence…
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld THANKS TO some priests and bishops of the Catholic Church, and with considerable help from the media, the debate on the consolidated Reproductive Health bill (House Bill 4244) pending in the House of Representatives is turning into a murky exercise that’s spreading more disinformation than enlightenment. The…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO As the countdown to the June 2011 opening of classes begins, government employees are all the more compelled to demand a P6,000 across-the-board salary increase. The Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) led a rally at the foot of Mendiola bridge on June 1 to…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The sanctity of marriage is not based on the number of marriages existing but on the quality of marital relationships. When a marriage is no longer viable, divorce should be an option.” – GWP Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan