Month: June 2011

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The access road and the interchange were constructed and paid for by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, and yet Hacienda Luisita Inc. charges toll fees; the farmers were not given their share of the sale of the right of way, and the Cojuangco family did not pay the government for royalty fees for the quarrying activities.

By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — Amid debates on the consolidated reproductive health (RH) bill (House Bill 4244) in the House of Representatives, a regional summit endorsed it, with grass-root participants vowing to convince their lawmakers to vote for it. Among Cordillera representatives in Philippine Congress, only two are reportedly currently speaking out…

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
In an interview with Bulatlat.com, Rodolfo Bejar from the PhilPost’s Domestic Operations and Services Department said that the last decade has seen the PhilPost as being a “virtual bastion of corruption,” and that despite the efforts of the employees to bring the various corruption issues to the attention of the national government, nothing has happened.