By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com What has happened to the Aquino administration’s commitment to address issues connected to climate change? In the aftermath of two killer typhoons Pedringa and Quiel, a lawmaker is demanding that President Benigno Aquino III issues a report on the accomplishments of his administration’s Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Program.…
Day: October 8, 2011
DFA ‘s plan to shut down 12 embassies, ‘insensitive to OFWs’
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We already have a shortage of Philippine posts abroad as it is. It is unfortunate that the Aquino administration is attacking embassies and consulates as part of its austerity measures. These same posts, despite their weaknesses and frequent failure to protect OFWs, are still what consists of a support system for OFWs abroad.” — Garry Martinez, Migrante International
2 activists in Panay threatened by suspected state agents
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two activists based in Iloilo City were harassed by suspected state agents, human rights group Karapatan reported. In separate incidents, Ma. Geobelyn Lopez-Beraye, 37 and Diogene Primalion, 39 were both warned by suspected state agents of being charged with criminal offenses and/or forcibly disappeared. On August 15, Primalion,…
On World Teachers Day, teachers ‘chalk walk’ to Malacañang
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — “We are overworked but underpaid, but even so, I never think of quitting my job,” said Michelle Silva, a teacher of five years at the Demetrio Tuazon Elementary School. On this year’s World Teachers Day, Silva, like other hundreds of teachers from across the country, joined the…
Street Shooter: Nightwalk
A son dutifully takes his elderly father to a walk along the busy streets of Kowloon. (Nathan Road, Kowloon)