By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com President Benigno Aquino III may not like the “wang-wang” of emergency sirens, but it looks like he doesn’t mind the “bang-bang.” This was the reaction of various groups after reports came out that personal friend presidential adviser Ronald Llamas owns a high powered assault weapon, specifically an AK-47. The…
Day: October 11, 2011
President Aquino says ‘No’ to charter change, but his Liberal Party says ‘Yes’
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Ibon Foundation pointed out that increasing FDIs have actually been accompanied by increasing unemployment, increasing labor export, falling real wages, shrinking domestic manufacturing and more volatile growth.
Labor groups slam SC turnaround on flight attendants’ case vs PAL
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Anakpawis Party Rep. Rafael Mariano said the SC’s reversal of its ruling on the FASAP case completes the “triple whammy of attack'” against PAL pilots, cabin crew and airport workers by various courts, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Malacañang.
France Castro: teacher, friend, activist
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“I see how these poor students suffer from poverty; many of them have nothing to eat and no money to buy paper. If I leave the country, I would only add to the shortage of thousands of teachers needed to teach these poor students.”
Santa residents assert protection of their natural environment and resources
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com ILOCOS SUR – 386 kilometers north of Manila, the town of Santa, Ilocos Sur boasts of being in the center of the Ilocos Range, Abra River and the China Sea. If one is traveling from Manila to Vigan, there is no shortage of eye candy when passing through Santa: the green…