TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JHUN DANTES JR.
Day: September 22, 2011
Migrant groups in Europe call for protection for Filipino au pairs
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Migrant organizations and advocacy groups supporting migrant rights are appealing to Vice-President Jejomar Binay to address the needs of Filipino au pairs in Europe. They also said the vice president was seriously mistaken if he believes that au pairs are overseas Filipino workers employed as household helpers. Last week,…
US pushing for charter change to allow US firms to operate freely in the country
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“For several decades now, even with these restrictions in place, foreign investors and multinationals repatriated billions of dollars in profits without any real and substantial contribution to the domestic economy and social development.” Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
DAR accused of ‘conniving’ with Henry Sy’s firm to evict Hacienda Looc farmers
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“DAR officials are fully aware that Hacienda Looc is a contested land and that the fraudulent cancellation of their certificates is not equivalent to a conversion order,” KMP secretary general Danilo Ramos said.
Sidebar: Hacienda Looc farmers decry harassment, tag Henry Sy as a ‘landgrabber’
Hacienda Looc farmers decry harassment, tag Henry Sy as a ‘landgrabber’
By RONALYN V. OLEA Main Story: DAR accused of ‘conniving’ with Henry Sy’s firm to evict Hacienda Looc farmers MANILA – For decades, farmers of Hacienda Looc have been silently working on their farms to feed their families. Since Henry Sy’s Manila Southcoast Development Corp. (MSDC) started “developing” the 8,650-hectare hacienda, their lives have never…
Dutch writer assails Dutch government servility to the US in Sison case
By D.L. Mondelo Bulatlat.com AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Writing in his blog “Geen Commentaar” entitled “The Netherlands in the service of the US”, Jos van Dijk, a Dutch writer/blogger assailed his government’s servility to the US government in its effort to persecute Prof. Jose Ma Sison. “How servilely can you put yourself to one’s disposal?”,…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Lessons from September 16
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld When I am asked here or abroad what are the two outstanding achievements of the Philippine mass movement in the 20th century, without thinking twice I declare it is the ouster of the dictator Marcos through a people’s uprising in 1986 and the booting out of US military bases…