South Manila residents oppose reclamation project (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea)
FREEDOM ISLAND, Parañaque City -- Fishermen take a rest after delivering their catch to the local public market. Photo By Ronalyn V. Olea (Bulatlat.com)
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the nine years (ending in 2010) that I served as legislator in the House of Representatives, I devoted considerable time and efforts to three advocacies: 1) human rights and peace; 2) national independence...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld If peace could be won through press releases and other public announcements, the Bangsamoro should be exercising their right to self-determination and enjoying genuine autonomy by now. The Government of the...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Around 6,340 living-in patients, 56,000 out-patients, 1,713 health workers, and 20,000 residents will be affected by the planned sale of Welfareville, aside from the promotion of preventive mental health care, in the name of Public-Private Partnership projects.
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Filipinos have a love-hate relationship with their countrymen in other climes. It’s a relationship defined by class boundaries, in that most Filipinos love them while some don’t, and even despise them. Those...
By MARYA SALAMAT
As of the latest round of talks, the peace panels of the GPH and MILF are still proceeding from different perspectives and premises, especially on essential points.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"The poor are kept in endless cycles of poverty and are denied emancipation."
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"This is all artificial." – Dr. Jean Lindo, Kalikasan Party, No to Coal-Davao
By LYN V. RAMO
The Army captain enticed the young, poor teenage girls with gifts and trips, until he had his way and the girls’ future were forever shattered.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The Task Force on Urban Conscientization (TFUC) of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines condemned the recent military harassment on urban poor families residing in its shelter. Last March 26,...
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY– “Katrina”, 16 was a bright high school senior at the Cabiten National High School in Mankayan town, Benguet. She is an honor student and according to her family, an obedient child. But her bright future was marred by a...
Revolutionary workers celebrate 43rd anniversary of NPA (Photos by Marya Salamat )
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The 74th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Air Force led by a Lt. Vitalico Sacoso and based in Sitio Malamig, Brgy. Sto. Nino, San Francisco, in Quezon Province is being charged of illegally arresting three youth...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"How can they say that they are for peace and development when they are terrorizing us?"
Main Story: Inaction on oil price hikes, a ‘huge case of corruption’ – Alliance Against Oil Price Increases By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – ‘While we are drowning in misery, they are swimming in luxury… We are like in a FPJ movie, we are being badly beaten...
By MARYA SALAMAT
"While drivers are being forced to grapple with reduced income and the people with higher fares and costs of goods, the government and the oil companies are swimming in profits and VAT windfall.”
Sidebar: Coalition against oil price increases invites public to join noise barrage on March 30
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"The Cojuangco-Aquino clan is the mastermind of this brutality; they view the camp-out at Balete village as symbol of farmworkers’ unity in upholding their rights to the land.” – AMGL
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Manila-Employees of the Philippine Postal Corporation are up in arms against the new administration led by former Bulacan governor Maria Josefina Mendoza de la Cruz over its rationalization program. The two biggest employees...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"Somebody needs to speak about the human right situation -- the disappearances, the detention of political prisoners, the tortures and the over all lack of legal security Filipinos face. This is a big challenge for the Philippines, and these need to be addressed."
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