By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Blame the lack of genuine agrarian reform in the country for the increasing number of urban poor and worsening urban poverty. Blame the Aquino government for continuing disastrous programs implemented by the previous administration. On the second anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with Extension and…
Day: August 9, 2011
Probe of Pagcor’s release of millions to Arroyo’s district before May 2010 polls urged
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — A year after she stepped down from office, controversies and scandals continue to hound former president and current Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Bayan Muna Representative Neri Javier Colmenares wants the House of Representatives to investigate the transfer of P 435.15 million (US$10,116,279) from the funds of the…
Going through the motions of compliance
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) or popularly known as conditional cash transfer (CCT) was conceived to achieve the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The MDGs targeted eight international development goals to achieve by 2015, including eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality…
Study bares irregularities in CCT program
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The government should have given us permanent jobs instead of this (conditional cash transfer). Money is not permanent, we lose it in a day, unlike when we have a permanent job, we would somehow have permanent resources to spend for our needs,” – Angie Lorenzo, beneficiary
Church groups assail paramilitary group’s attack on schools for indigenous peoples
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The church-based group Rural Missionaries of the Philippines in Northern Mindanao Sub-region (RMP-NMR), which recently decided to reopen literacy and numeracy schools in Agusan del Sur and Bukidnon provinces is appalled by the recent attack of a paramilitary group against a Higaonon community. The June 30 assault, an…
After Tokyo GPH-MILF meet, prospect of peace lies on negotiating table
By MARYA SALAMAT
The Japan meeting of leaders of the two parties to an ongoing peace negotiation is “a grand gesture on the part of the president,” Mohagher Iqbal told bulatlat.com. But he added that “the real thing is on the negotiating table.”
After 11 Ramadan behind prison bars, Basilan 73 cry for justice
By LYN V. RAMO
“Justice has been too slow and elusive to the Moro victims of Arroyo’s fascist reign. Many of the victims who belong to the poorest sectors of Moro society have been languishing in jail for 10 years now.” – Moro Christian Peoples’ Alliance
Libel raps vs Baguio editors junked
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — The libel case filed against the publisher and the editor in chief of Baguio Midland Courier was recently dismissed. In a 13-page decision Tuesday morning, Regional Trial Court branch 61 Judge Antonio Reyes acquitted Cecil C. Afable, editor in chief and Charles Hamada, publisher of libel…
Generations of Cordillera cultural workers celebrate 20th anniversary
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – Old and new generations of the Cordillera cultural workers met and shared experiences on their 20th anniversary here, July 31. Under the theme, “Ibandera ti Kultura ti Wayawaya” (Foster the Culture of Freedom), Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti Kordilyera (DKK), an alliance of cultural worker organizations in…