By BULATLAT
Watch the live coverage of progressive groups’s solidarity mission for the plight of the farmers of Buffalo-Limus-Tamaraw Farmers’ Association in Bukidnon.
Month: June 2011
Environment activists slam DOJ for absolving Ortega murder suspects
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Environmental activists expressed dismay and outrage over the decision of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to clear former Palawan ex-governor Joel Reyes in case concerning the January 24, 2011 killing of Dr. Gerry Ortega. Marjorie Pamintuan, convenor of Task Force Justice for Environmental Defenders said that the DOJ was…
Students hold anti-Aquino protest during Rizal fete, 7 arrested
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A militant youth organization based in Southern Tagalog decried the arrest of its seven members after the group led a lighting rally last June 19. President Benigno Aquino III was delivering a speech on the national commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of national hero, Jose Rizal when the…
Green group lauds Romblon folk for blocking mining
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Environmental activist group commends the residents of Romblon island for scoring a victory against mining. The environmental activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment lauded the recent decision made by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to…
SC: Military officials liable for abduction of UP students
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It’s good news but it [the decision] took so long. Unfortunately, the decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court have not resulted in the surfacing of the disappeared.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, mother of missing UP student Karen Empeño
News in Pictures: Groups denounce failure of Cheaper Medicines Law
PHOTO BY TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ
Salungguhit: Dealing with a bully
Dealing with a bully
Whitewash feared in extrajudicial killing where soldiers were clearly involved
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Whenever a case of an extrajudicial killing is being blamed on soldiers, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is quick to deny that its members are involved. But in this case, two of its soldiers were caught by policemen, who did not know that the persons they…
Shortages in schools worsen with kindergarten program — ACT
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The DepEd is trying to show that there is reform in the basic education system by implementing universal kindergarten. But the change is not for the better, the change is for the worse.” – France Castro of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers.
Photo of the Week: Sagada, Mountain Province — Picture perfect!
Sagada, Mountain Province — Picture perfect!
Street Shooter: Bad News
Bad News