Day: August 4, 2011

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com In 2008, when the economic crisis hit the US, newly elected President Barack Obama unveiled a stimulus package that bailed out the erstwhile “too big to fall” financial investment houses and banks. This went on for years with the US government implementing two rounds of quantitative easing measures. But these have…

By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld NOT all of them bought Pajeros, a sport utility vehicle ( SUV) manufactured by Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors; some bought even more expensive SUVs and pick-up trucks, and others cheaper Asian utility vehicles (AUVs) with funds from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Erroneously tagged by the media…

By Alma B. Sinumlag Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera People’s Alliance is preparing to de battle againt more mining applications, among them a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) by Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC). The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently issued its Memorandum Order 2011-01 to clean out all…

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Aquino administration seems to be stuck in the Stone Age. Or at least it hasn’t caught the internet wave yet. Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino expressed skepticism over President Benigno Aquino III’s declaration that he was all for “internet for all Filipinos” and for “e-governance.” Palatino…

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The DAR is mandated to implement land reform, but now under this Pamana program, it is being tasked to be yet another agency carrying out counter-insurgency campaigns. Yet again we insist that farmers in the provinces want land, not bullets.” –Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas

By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has an ongoing ceasefire and peace negotiations with the Philippine government, asked the Aquino administration to freeze the planned exploitation by private foreign and local companies of natural resources such as oil and gas in Bangsamoro homeland. The MILF central committee decided…