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By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main story: Approved 2012 budget skewed vs peoples’ needs MANILA -- Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino criticized the Congress-ratified 2012 national budget of P1.816 trillion ($41.61 billion) as “unhealthy and ignorant”...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – She has been waiting for years but justice still remains elusive. Erlinda Cadapan, mother of the missing UP student Sherlyn Cadapan who has been missing since June 26, 2006, would never tire in her quest for justice. On...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Small Filipino businessmen reportedly concede that it is not wage which is eating up a huge chunk of their profits, but energy costs.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA -- "Just compensation" when referring to agrarian reform is an oxymoron. All agrarian reform programs of Philippine presidents provide for "just compensation" for landlords whose lands are taken by the government for...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The farm workers of the Hacienda Luisita and officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) do not see eye-to-eye with regard the implementation of a recent Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court recently issued a...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “The Department of Tourism is treading on dangerous waters. Marketing the Philippines as a destination for divorcees is practically synonymous to marketing the Philippines as a destination for sex tourists.” This was...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"In Durban, it’s time for governments to listen to the people, not the polluting corporations.” – Greenpeace
With demolition threats, no Christmas for urban poor
(Photos by Janess Ann J. Ellao)
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Urban poor residents living along BIR road in Quezon City remain vigilant after a recent demolition threat in their community. "We were informed that a demolition team would arrive in our community (last Nov. 28) to...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG NORTHERN DISPATCH BANGUED, Abra – Residents of Mankayan, Benguet who attended the Benguet, Abra, Mt. Province, Ilocos Sur (BAMPIS) Mining Summit held here expressed fears that the plan of Goldfields Far South East to build additional walls to...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG NORTHERN DISPATCH BAGUED, Abra – “I am very glad to see many people here. It means that we are not the only ones fighting against corporate mining.” This is how Dominga Gaspar, member of the Barangay Council of Gambang, Bakun, Benguet, started...
Workers call on people to emulate Andres Bonifacio
(Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea)
Ni Sonny Mallari Bulatlat.com It was no ordinary image in black and white… Of desecrated body and trampled soul, Of flesh mangled into pieces by modern-day beasts. Of empty head carved into a gory dungeon, Of nightmares and broken dreams. A revolting colorless...
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