By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — In a wired press statement, the Agustin Begnalen Command of the New People’s Army in Abra Province (ABC-NPA-Abra) said that the soldiers belonging to the 503rd Brigade and the 41st Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) desecrated the bodies of eight NPA guerillas after…
Day: November 7, 2011
Palm oil plantation grabs land, harasses farmers, indigenous peoples in Misamis Oriental
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“We lost our land, our livelihood and possibly our source of water because of them,” Consolacion Payla, 66 years old and resident of Opol, Misamis Oriental
Rights violations still possible despite deployment ban in 41 countries
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — For migrants rights group Migrante International, the recent pronouncements of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) that it is banning the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to 41 countries that have not been complying to the requisites provided under Republic Act 10022 or the law amending…
Gentrifikasyon ng Divisioria at shopping
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Kilala ang Divisoria bilang lugar na bagsakan ng mga produkto. Dati ay mga gulay at prutas na inaangkat sa food bowls ng Kordilyera hanggang Mindanao, maging ng spesyalisadong tanim tulad ng bawang sa Ilokos at niyog sa Bikol. Ngayon ay dry goods na galing sa China at iba pang lugar…
Groups say CHR insiders, lawyers likely involved in Marcos compensation scam
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The accountability of the CHR and Attys. Swift and Domingo cannot be ignored.” – Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño