By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Coca-Cola Philippines has marked its 100th year anniversary with the launching of its happiness truck, making the dreams of lucky Filipinos come true. But ironically, the company is being accused by its workers of spreading unhappiness among them with its attacks on labor rights. In a press conference,…
Day: March 20, 2012
Flor Contemplacion’s death anniversary marked with rally vs US-NATO wars of aggression
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Members of global alliance of Migrant Filipinos Migrante International marked the 17th year death anniversary of Flor Contemplacion with a protest action held on March 17 at the Chino Roces Bridge (former Mendiola Bridge). This time, they are protesting against the US wars of aggression and deployment…
House labor committee set to approve P125 wage hike bill
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Finally, after more than a decade, the proposed legislated wage hike bill in Congress has seemingly got a promised approval of the House labor committee. The pending House Bill 375 in Congress is seeking to legislate a P125 across-the-board wage increase nationwide. The said bill was first filed in…
Campus radio turns grassroots voice
By KARA SANTOS Inter Press Service Reposted by Bulatlat.com MANILA — Since it first hit the airwaves more than 50 years ago, the University of the Philippines (UP)’s campus radio has evolved into a community broadcaster, serving as the voice of the people. DZUP 1602 Khz, the UP’s radio station, does not just air the…
Let’s give it to them
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com There have been mixed reactions from the public regarding the National Day of Protest last March 15. While in the main, people are more aware and supportive of protest actions against oil price increases compared to before, still, there were some who expressed either indifference or negative reactions. In the “man-on-the-street”…
For cultivating own land, Luisita farm workers ordered arrested
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In another twist in the long-standing agrarian dispute at Hacienda Luisita of the Cojuangco-Aquino clan, a Tarlac court issued warrants of arrest against the farm workers for cultivating the land for survival.
Children not spared from brutal rights violations
By RONALYN V. OLEA
This year alone, four children have been killed. – Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Migrante hits “Noynoying” on important OFW issues
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Manila — If President Benigno Aquino III has a list proving that he has not been “noynoying” or being idle and lazy in Malacanang as what progressive peoples’ organizations have been asserting, the alliance of migrant organizations and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) also has their own list proving Aquino…
Anti-poverty commission has no stake in coco levy fund issue – farmers group
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Manila–The peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Kaisahang Pambansa ng mga Magsasaka sa Koprahan (Koprahan) have called attention to the Aquino administration’s formation of a coco levy task force that it placed under the supervision of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). The group insisted that the…
7-year old girl killed by military in Panay, father and son abducted in Samar
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The two children were playing inside their house when an M203 grenade hit their house killing Rhodelyn instantly.
Mining confab declares: “Philippines is not for sale”
By DONNA RABANG PETA Northern Dispatch www.nordis.net TAGAYTAY CITY – Concluding with a declaration that the “Philippines is not for sale”, delegates to the Third People’s Mining Conference here, shared their resolutions and declarations at a multi-sectoral joint protest action in Mendiola, Manila to commemorate the passage of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 on…