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By MARYA SALAMAT
“Filipino workers are burdened by First-World electricity rates and prices and Third-World wages.” – KMU
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
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...
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...
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
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Would the request of a victim’s mother be enough for the police to investigate the alleged involvement of an Army officer in the enforced disappearance of activist Jonas Burgos? This was the question posed by lawyer Ricardo...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) in Panay lashed out against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its attempts to justify the Aquino administration's release of some P31 million ($720 thousand) to the break-away...
A beach front masseuse grabs some rest after a hard day's work, using an umbrella to shield herself from rain. (Alona Beach, Panglao, Bohol)
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...
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...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld President Benigno Aquino’s “all-out justice” slogan, coined by his tourism secretary (an advertising man before joining government), seems to be catching on. As a tagline, it aims to capture the administration’s...
Critics dare Aquino to turn 'Mine Safety Week' into reality
(Text and photos by Marya Salamat)
By MARYA SALAMAT
“With the celebration of Mine Safety Week, the mining industry portrays itself as a socially responsible industry, but in truth it is nothing but a self-serving, destructive and exploitative industry.” – Kakay Tolentino, Dumagat spokeswoman of Katribu Partylist.
MEDIA RELEASE Nov 5, 2011 MANILA -- Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) condemned today business groups’ statement of support for the Philippine Airlines management whose treatment of an ongoing labor dispute hasreportedly turned violent last week. "The employers'...
PRESS RELEASE MANILA --The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today slammed the Tan political dynasty for using Western Samar's possible recall elections to push militarization and warlordism. “We condemn the maneuver from the Tan dynasty through the...
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...
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...
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
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....
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The accountability of the CHR and Attys. Swift and Domingo cannot be ignored.” – Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño
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