By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY– Rehabilitating the Ambuklao Dam in Bokod, Benguet will not mitigate the effects of climate change, contrary to what the SN Power Aboitiz is saying, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) here said in a statement. SN Power Aboitiz in their launching of the recommissioned Ambuklao dam recently told…
Day: November 11, 2011
Mining for whom?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com One could not help but see the irony in this week. Baguio city hosted the 58th staging of the Mine Safety and Environment week from November 8-10. And it was no small affair. The gathering was attended by seven envoys: Australian ambassador Roderick Richard Campbell Smith, Brazilian ambassador Alcides Gastao Rostand…
Protests set to greet Clinton visit
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — United States State Secretary Hillary Clinton is not welcome in the Philippines. This was the declaration of the patriotic alliance Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) as it announced that it will lead protests next week coinciding with Clinton’s visit. Clinton will be in Manila on Tuesday for the…
Groups vow to intensify protest vs budget cuts
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Various groups opposed to budget cuts in state universities and colleges (SUCs), health and social services have linked-up with government employees who are fighting against the P800 million ($18 million) slash on the 2012 budget for the country’s judiciary.
Wage increase, solar energy pushed to counter high electricity rates
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Filipino workers are burdened by First-World electricity rates and prices and Third-World wages.” – KMU
Comelec employees demand for ‘equal work, equal pay’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Our present salary grading is not at par with the prevailing salary schedules for the equivalent positions compared to other workers in government. The disparity ranges from three to five grades.” Comelec Wage Fight Alliance
Pamalakaya calls for vigilance as Agri Department starts multi-billion infrastructure projects
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Billions of pesos are earmarked for irrigation and road projects, and the money will be handled by a department that critics say is prone to commiting acts of corruption. The alliance of fisherfolk Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged anti-corruption watchdog groups to look…
Bayan blames Aquino’s weak prosecution efforts for Arroyo hold-order controversy
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes said the failure of the government of Benigno Aquino III to file a criminal case against the former president has put it in a legally untenable position. Justice secretary Leila de Lima admitted that Arroyo has been granted asylum papers in the Dominican…
Solon slams CIA tracking of Twitter and Facebook as threat to constitutional rights
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The general profiling of people as ‘friend’ or ‘enemy’ on the basis of their tweets and email is definitely dangerous and must be stopped.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
Can China crack US hold on IMF?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This week in Cannes, France, the Group of 20 biggest economies or G-20 – representing 85 percent of the world’s economy, 80 percent of trade, and two-thirds of population — holds its sixth summit meeting since 2008 to deal with the global financial-economic crisis.…
All-out deception
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Philippines has a former advertising executive for tourism secretary in Ramon Jimenez. In his TV and other media appearances, Jimenez exudes confidence from every pore as he carries on in his American-accented English about his plans to turn this country into a tourist haven, mostly by…