Day: August 17, 2011

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of poet and writer Ericson Acosta. In a statement posted on its website www.amnesty.org, Amnesty International said the Aquino government should either end Acosta’s detention without trial and release him or else promptly bring him to trial. Amnesty International…

MEDIA RELEASE Aug 17, 2011 MANILA — “It is revolting how the oil cartel, in connivance with the Aquino regime, continues to boost their already-huge profits out of workers’ and people’s misery over the overpricing and skyrocketing prices of petroleum products.” This was the statement of labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno as it condemned the…