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Roxas appointment an asset or liability to Aquino government?
Roxas appointment an asset or liability to Aquino government?
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“There are too many people in the Palace; there is the executive secretary and the Presidential Management Staff (PMS). The chief of staff position is a bit problematic because they have to define the authority of the position." Satur Ocampo
Sidebar: Roxas appointment signals continuation of failed globalization policies
Roxas appointment signals continuation of failed globalization policies
Roxas appointment signals continuation of failed globalization policies
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com Main Story: Roxas appointment, an asset or liability to the Aquino government? MANILA – Representative of the 1st district of Capiz City, secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry, and senator are just some of the...
Taxpayers Subsidize Big Oil, World’s Most Profitable Industry
Taxpayers Subsidize Big Oil, World’s Most Profitable Industry
by: Rinaldo Brutoco and Madeleine Austin, World Business Academy Truthout The US Senate couldn't muster the votes to end $2 billion a year in taxpayer subsidies for the five biggest US oil companies. The House had already voted to block efforts to repeal tax breaks...
City worker bargaining rights under siege in Silicon Valley
City worker bargaining rights under siege in Silicon Valley
By David Bacon Truthout SAN JOSE, CA 5/17/11) -- Members of the city workers union in San Jose, the capital of California's Silicon Valley, marched Tuesday to City Hall and packed the council chambers, in a growing confrontation with Mayor Chuck Reed over proposed...
Benjie Oliveros | Why disaster strikes
Benjie Oliveros | Why disaster strikes
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis When Pagasa announced, early this week, that typhoon Chedeng might hit the country, local government officials frantically inspected and dredged rivers, canals, and drainage systems. They readied rubber boats and set up an emergency...
Peace mission in Davao reveals rights, humanitarian law violations under Oplan Bayanihan
Peace mission in Davao reveals rights, humanitarian law violations under Oplan Bayanihan
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"The killings of Rudy and his son Rudyric Dejos in Sta. Cruz and of Santos Manrique in Pantukan brought into the limelight the real face of Oplan Bayanihan and revealed what was concealed in the peace and development coating of the Aquino administration’s continuation of the wicked legacy of past counterinsurgency programs," the mission said in a statement.
Sidebar: Resistance to mining exploration gave rise to rights violations
Resistance to mining exploration gave rise to rights violations
Resistance to mining exploration gave rise to rights violations
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Main...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Taking a stand on RH
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Taking a stand on RH
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Having borne two children of my own and having struggled to do my part in raising a family while practicing my profession in the field of public health and avidly pursuing my social and political causes, I submit...
Aquino government neglects country’s tertiary education; tuition hikes reach up to 103 percent in the NCR
Aquino government neglects country’s tertiary education; tuition hikes reach up to 103 percent in the NCR
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
According to the study made by the NUSP, since 2001, the national average tuition rate per unit increased by 94.72 percent. From the average of P257.41 per unit in A.Y. 2001-2002, the average tuition rate almost doubled to P501.22 for A.Y. 2010-2011. Meanwhile, in the National Capital Region where most universities and colleges are located, average tuition rate increased by 102.7 percent.
Six month old baby Airish is an argument for the passage of the RH bill
Six month old baby Airish is an argument for the passage of the RH bill
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Airish has meningocele, meaning she has a growth next to her small head that is much bigger in circumference. If only her mother knew that she had to take a P6.00 tablet of folic acid or folate per day during her pregnancy, Airish could have been spared from having meningocele.
Groups dismayed over reelection of Philippines to the UN rights body
Groups dismayed over reelection of Philippines to the UN rights body
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan is dismayed over the reelection of the Philippines for a three-year term to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The Philippines obtained the second highest number of votes during the...
‘NFA guilty of legalized smuggling’ – farmers, NFA employees
‘NFA guilty of legalized smuggling’ – farmers, NFA employees
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
As of five days ago, the NFA awarded to the private sector the rights to import 660,000 metric tons out of the 860,000 metric tons of rice to be imported for the year, this despite news reports of sacks of rice rotting in NFA warehouses. And rice traders who import the rice would even be exempted from paying taxes.
News in Pictures: Legislators urged to support fight for justice for Ampatuan massacre victims
News in Pictures: Legislators urged to support fight for justice for Ampatuan massacre victims
A photo exhibit on the Ampatuan massacre on November 23, 2009, that claimed the lives of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists, has been mounted at the North Wing lobby of the Batasan complex. It is organized by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and the Philippine Center for Photojournalism (PCJ), in coordination with the office of Deputy House Speaker Erin Tañada. (Text and photos by RONALYN V. OLEA / Bulatlat.com)
Kin of victims of Maguindanao massacre fear that the Ampatuans have same privileges as Leviste
Kin of victims of Maguindanao massacre fear that the Ampatuans have same privileges as Leviste
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Mrs. Editha Tiamzon, wife of Daniel Tiamzon of UNTV who was killed in the massacre, appealed to Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo to allow them to visit the Ampatuans in jail.
Justice nowhere in sight, a year and a half after the Ampatuan massacre (PR)
Justice nowhere in sight, a year and a half after the Ampatuan massacre (PR)
NEWS RELEASE May 23, 2011 Today, it is exactly a year and a half since our nation was jolted by the worst incident of electoral violence in recent history and the single deadliest attack on the press ever. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press...
PH election to UN rights council called an embarrassment (PR)
PH election to UN rights council called an embarrassment (PR)
News Release May 22, 2011 It’s an embarrassment for the United Nations Human Rights Council. This was how the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan described the election of the Philippines to a fresh term in the UN Security Council, after garnering the second...
Philippines: Gays hit Pacmom over transgender slur, reproductive health (PR)
Philippines: Gays hit Pacmom over transgender slur, reproductive health (PR)
21 May 2011 NEWS RELEASE GAY and transgender rights activists cried foul at the remarks made by celebrity mom Ms. Dionisia Pacquiao in her spat with Senator Miriam Santiago over the controversial reproductive health bill. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either...
NDF-EV slams 8th ID’s US-funded “road to war” (PR)
NDF-EV slams 8th ID’s US-funded “road to war” (PR)
NEWS RELEASE May 21, 2011 Calling it a “road to war” funded by the US government, the National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today challenged the 8th Infantry Division and the Aquino government to come clean on the military's proposal for the construction and...
VFA turns 12 next week amid unresolved issues (PR)
VFA turns 12 next week amid unresolved issues (PR)
News Release May 21, 2011 The RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement turns 12 years next week amid continuing controversies on its implementation in the Philippines. The military agreement was ratified as a treaty by the Philippine Senate in May 27, 1999. It has not been...
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