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By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It’s good news but it [the decision] took so long. Unfortunately, the decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court have not resulted in the surfacing of the disappeared.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, mother of missing UP student Karen Empeño
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Pity the Philippines. When China issued a not-so-veiled warning that it would use force against any "incursions" in the part fo the Spratly Islands that it is claiming, Vietnam reacted by protesting strongly. The Aquino government...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Whenever a case of an extrajudicial killing is being blamed on soldiers, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is quick to deny that its members are involved. But in this case, two of its soldiers were caught by...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The DepEd is trying to show that there is reform in the basic education system by implementing universal kindergarten. But the change is not for the better, the change is for the worse.” - France Castro of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers.
Sagada, Mountain Province -- Picture perfect!
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A piece of chalk may cost only a peso, but one piece or two a day will inevitably add up to a big enough amount. Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Party-list Representative Antonio Tinio said that many teachers in various...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The members of a coalition of 43 community-based organizations of peasant women in Northern Mindanao condemned the indiscriminate firing of guns by guards on peasants holding a protest action to fight for their right to...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The family of overseas Filipino worker Andy Dimacali is resolute that they would not let him die in vain. When asked if they are considering filing a complaint against officials, who, according to Crisanto and Dory Ann...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Human rights advocates in Samar have sounded the alarm against a new ordinance passed by Leyte provincial legislators. The local lawmakers passed Sanggunian Panlalawigan Ordinance 2011-02 prescribing the guidelines in the...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Something is indeed terribly wrong when pastors and church workers are killed, arrested and detained or go missing while they are teaching people to know, defend and fight for their rights,” Rev. Rex Reyes, general secretary of the National Church of Christ in the Philippines (NCCP), said.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com On June 13, the second Monday marking the official start of the 2011 school year, university students from various universities all over the country held coordinated protests against what they said was the failure of the...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com There would be no food security in the country for as long as it remains largely dependent on rice imports. The advocacy group Bantay Bigas renewed its call for rice sufficiency in the Philippines in the wake of the release of...
By MARYA SALAMAT
“It is as clear as day,” declared Terry Ridon, chairman of League of Filipino Students, “that it is only when US interests are served shall it extend assistance to its semi-colony.”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld IT was one of those statements that make no sense, but which some Catholic bishops are especially adept at making. Butuan Bishop Juan De Dios Pueblos said House Bill 1799, or the divorce bill, will lead to more...
PRESS RELEASE June 13, 2011 MANILA -- University students and other youths are bewailing soaring tuition and other fees at the college level a year under the administration of Noynoy Aquino, despite a last year promise by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)...
PRESS STATEMENT June 13 2011 CAGAYAN de ORO -- With the new academic year kicking-off last June 6 and this June13 in the secondary and tertiary levels respectively, students are yet again faced with various issues imposed by government institutions and school...
PRESS RELEASE June 14, 2011 Davao City --- Farmers and lumads condemned the military encampment in civilian communities in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley Province which has terrorized schoolchildren and disrupted the farming of peasant folks. “The warring...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star June 8, 2011 marked 10 years of implementation of the controversial Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), which then President Arroyo railroaded into approval by the 11th Congress and promptly signed....
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