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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com When I began thinking about this topic and doing my research, I realized that I should be discussing not only about war and health but, more importantly, on the war against the people's right and access to health. The two wars...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Piston and some of its national leaders have become popular, and as such targets of vilification, because they consistently oppose the exploitation of drivers and Filipinos in general by the oil cartel and all those who “collude” with it.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"President Aquino reminisces about his family’s sufferings under Martial Law, but he callously ignores the suffering of other families whose loved ones are jailed not under martial law, but under the Aquino government." -- Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan chairwoman
Sidebar: Ailing political prisoner dies in prison | Youth, artists 'plank' to commemorate martial law | Video: ‘Nothing has changed’ since martial law – Mrs. Burgos
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A political prisoner who had been in and out of the hospital for almost a year due to heart enlargement died last Sept. 20. Crisanto Fat, 48, a peasant leader, passed away at the Western Visayas Hospital in Bacolod City at...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- As the Philippines commemorate the 39th year since former President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, youth and progressive artists 'planked' to denounce the continuing human rights violations despite the supposed...
Mrs. Edita Burgos, widow of the late press freedom icon Joe Burgos and mother of missing activist Jonas, is a witness of the oppression of the Filipino people during the martial law period.
A girl plays along a narrow Quezon City street filled with colorful, chaotic graffiti as there are no parks near this urban poor neighborhood for her and other children. Photo by Jo Santos...
A mentally-disturbed young man pretends he is Incredible Hulk, putting on a show for passing motorists, passengers and pedestrians. Office-goers in the area say he does this every morning. His worried mother would always fetch him eventually, wondering how her son...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the past two days, I attended two similar but distinct commemorations, at UP Diliman on Tuesday and at Club Filipino yesterday. The events celebrated the 20th anniversary of the historic act by the...
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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...
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
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...
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’
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...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Insofar as civil and political rights are concerned, dictatorial and repressive rulings in laws and jurisprudence remain and are still being abused.” – Edre Olalia, secretary general of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Spending on SUCs and education is an investment to develop our country’s human resources. Congress and the Aquino government should rethink its misguided priorities and realign funds from foreign debt, CCTs, and military spending in favor of education and social services.” – JC Alejandro, League of Filipino Students
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – For Rosalinda Sauro, 50, you do not have to be a driver to feel the effects of ceaseless oil price hikes. This president of a local chapter at Kapalaran Village, Quezon City, of the Gabriela Women’s Partylist (GWPa), said most...
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