By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com FIRST PART: Aranetas’ claim to the their land turn residents’ hopes and dreams into a nightmare (Second of two parts) Fortades and Gomez were killed when the security guards of Araneta’s Carmen Development Inc., allegedly drunk, opened fired at the vigil site set up by the residents protesting the…
Month: September 2011
Bird Flu Resurgence
ByDr. Giovanni Tapang Prometheus Bound / Manila Times We spent the long break back at my hometown in Malolos where my ten year old nephew keeps his pets around. He has several of them including a brood of bantam chickens, a flock of pigeons, three dogs, and their ever present cats. One would wonder how…
Photo of the Week: Water provider
A vendor sells potable water to food stalls in a street near Sto. Nino Church Cebu City. Photo by Clemente Bautista (Bulatlat.com)
Street Shooter: In A Rut
Desperate to free their ambulance from waist-high ruts an emergency health worker hopes that one added man power will accomplish what hundreds of horsepower failed to do. This, in a country where politicians shamelessly plaster their names everywhere to remind everyone of their monumental failures. No word on the fate of the patient. (Bislig City,…
Benjie Oliveros | A symbol of subservience, a milestone in the struggle for national sovereignty
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Two significant events that define the country’s sovereignty, or the lack of it, mark this year: the 60th anniversary of the US-RP Mutual Defense Treaty, and the 20th year of the removal of the US military bases in the country. Thus, it has been 60 years since the country surrendered its…
NDFP slams Aquino government for reneging on agreements
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“If the GPH does not want [to proceed with the talks], the revolutionary struggle is there. We will not abandon our instrument for national and social liberation.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
VAT on toll fees, questionable toll rates opposed
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The Aquino government should not treat our expressways like a milking cow; it should recognize it as a form of social service to the public.” TUTOL-SLEX
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Who’s afraid of an immediate peace?
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In marked contrast to the positive and hopeful outcome of the GPH-NDFP peace talks that resumed in February of this year, an impasse has now indefinitely delayed the holding of the second round of formal talks originally scheduled for June. What has led to this impasse and how can…
Satur C. Ocampo | Super-rich man with a conscience
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the Philippines, tax evasion through “sophisticated accounting” by the very rich individuals and corporations explains, to a large extent, the perennially low BIR income tax collections. The wage-earners, both in the government and the private sector, shoulder the bulk of income tax payments.…
Luis V. Teodoro | Hold your breath
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld WHAT “grave injustice and irreparable injury” would anyone suffer if prevented from smoking in public, or from inhaling the smoke from a burning cigarette and the smoke smokers exhale? Judge Carlos Valenzuela of Branch 213 of the Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court didn’t, and probably can’t, say. But…
Bill to protect workers against contractual employment filed
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Citing recent studies that show that seven out of ten companies implement combinations of flexible work arrangements, Anakpawis filed a bill seeking to protect the security of tenure of workers. Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano recently filed House Bill 5110 or An Act Strengthening the Workers’ Security of Tenure,…