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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have again hit a snag. The GPH is blaming the NDFP for putting the release of its consultants as a...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“In Bukidnon, TNCs conspire with the traditional landlords in grabbing vast tracks of land, and in evading agrarian reform programs.” – Danilo Menente, Kasama-Bukidnon
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Branding political prisoners as criminals and heaping upon them common crime charges conveniently hide the political nature of their acts; allow the government to shamelessly declare them as common criminals not motivated by a higher goal, thereby violating these prisoners’ rights even more.” – Angie Ipong, Selda secretary general
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com In the market place, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make a difference. [...] Ad campaigns are necessary for competition; IBM's ads are everywhere. But good PR educates people; that's...
QC residents hold rally before anti-poverty agency.
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Hundreds meet Oakland City Hall, California to join the Occupy Wall Street.
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The Christians for National Liberation (CNL), an allied organization of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and composed of revolutionary church people from the Catholic and Protestant churches, is one with all revolutionary and progressive forces in...
Letter to the Editor 14 October 2011 The Philippines has historically endured gross environmental destruction caused by mining plunder: from the recorded 1982 Maricalum mining disaster in Negros Occidental, 1996 Marcopper mine-tailings dam collapse in Marinduque,...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Jurgette Honculada, a member of the GPH panel, said, “For peace talks to go back on track, the CPP-NPA-NDFP should disavow armed struggle.”
By David Bacon TruthOut News Analysis Last week President Obama broke his campaign commitment and put three free trade agreements up for a vote in Congress. Business interests, ecstatic at the prospect, promise they'll bring us jobs. Experience tells us, however,...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"It is very alarming that the Aquino government opts to collude with mining firms and multinationals in implementing a military solution in order to continue operations and pursue profits at the expense of our communities.” – Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luz Ilagan
By MARYA SALAMAT
The House of Representatives approved a P200m ($4.6m) addition to the DOH budget and P400m ($9.2m) for government-owned and controlled corporation hospitals, as a result of the intense campaign of progressive health groups for a higher health budget.
Letter to the Editor 14 October 2011 President Noynoy Aquino’s recent directive to state universities to raise tuition to cover funding gaps is a grave misunderstanding of public higher education. Quality education “at all levels” is a citizen’s right in the 1987...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Progressive partylist groups in the House of Representatives voted 'no' to the 2012 appropriations bill, saying that the national budget is "anti-poor'' and that it reveals "government neglect and the absence of...
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Expect paying more for your electricity this month as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has recently allowed Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to increase its rates yet again. Meralco said power rates for October are expected to...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Migrant groups have launched an on line campaign for the scrapping of the Aquino government’s affidavit of support (AOS) requirement for those going to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The AoS is a documentary...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"Aquino is of no help to poor people like us even if he has the authority over all government agencies in the country, like a father to his family. So far, he has done nothing but to make sure he looks good before the eyes of the public "
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Groups slam inadequate government assistance to farmers affected by typhoons MANILA -- Even as the floods in northern Luzon started to subside, peasants from Guimba, Nueva Ecija said it would take some time before...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“There is a real danger that a single family in Casiguran, Aurora will reap the majority of the benefits of the influx of money from the foreign investments into the special economic zone (SEZ) owing to the way the composition of the Board of Directors of APECO is crafted under RA 10083.”
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The New People’s Army’s well-executed raids last Monday on three mining firms in Claver, Surigao del Norte razing a smelting plant, 28 heavy equipment, 132 dump trucks and nine barges, but not physically...
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