By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Overseas Filipino workers and their families are up against what they say is yet another ploy to milk them for money: a whopping 150 percent increase in health insurance premiums. Migrante International and its chapters in Hong Kong and the Middle East have issued declarations against the…
Month: January 2012
Slideshow: Corazon de Jesus residents defend their homes from demolition
Slideshow: Residents defend their homes from demolition
Mga bato
Ni MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com May mga batong nakasalansan sa likod ng barikada sa bukana ng Barangay Corazon de Jesus. Nasa panig sila ng mga nangangamba na matibag ang kanilang sinisilungan pagdating ng dapithapon. Maging ang mga bato ay naghihintay— nananabik na sila ay magamit pang muli dahil saan nga ba sila nagmula kundi sa katawan…
In pursuit of justice, more groups support impeachment of Corona
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas, and other victims of the Arroyo administration believe that the removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona is a step forward in holding Arroyo accountable.
‘Arroyo should be liable for plunder not just graft, corruption’ – progressive groups
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Ombudsman, being an investigative and prosecutorial body, should take a pro-active role in the investigation of this case, rather than be a mere passive repository of evidence.”
Demolition in San Juan, among the most violent
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Residents are being forced to relocate where jobs, electricity and water are scarce. Demolitions and forced evictions automatically translate to workers having to leave their sources of income and children would have to stop from going to school.” Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luz Ilagan
Charges filed vs ex-Comelec officer linked to 2004 fraud
By Bulatlat.com MANILA — Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Virgilio “Garci” Garcillano who was implicated in the 2004 electoral fraud, was charged with perjury and falsification of public documents. Bayan Muna Reps. Neri Colmenares and Teddy Casiño filed the complaint before the Ombudsman, January 11. The charges were in connection to Garcillano’s statements at…
‘Aquino hypocritical in blaming, pushing away Pantukan landslide victims’
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Small-scale mining is not the only cause, and is not even the biggest cause, of the destruction of Pantukan’s erstwhile forest lands… large-scale commercial logging operations since the 50s and large-scale mining operations of the past 30 years have massively denuded the mountains of Compostela Valley.”
Shun homophobia
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com The news of a 19-year old teenager scalded with boiling water by his own father after the latter found out that he is gay proves just how Philippine society remains intolerant, nay, ignorant of the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT). Even as the father has been charged…
With calls vs. hunger, poverty, workers celebrate Ka Bel’s 79th birthday
Workers celebrate Ka Bel’s 79th birthday(Photo by Sheilette Untalan)
CPP denounces Aquino high-profile ‘anti-terror’ scare tactics, power-tripping and muscle-flexing
Press Release The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced the Aquino regime for employing and orchestrating high-profile “anti-terror” scare tactics as an excuse to engage in power-tripping and muscle-flexing. Orchestrated by Benigno Aquino himself, the Philippine government revealed an alleged terror plot against a large Catholic religious procession today in the center of Manila.…