“World churches renew ties with the poor (Photo by Janess Ann J. Ellao)
Day: March 23, 2012
Noynoying
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com What was perhaps intended as a form of protest that would land at least a photo in newspapers and a video clip in the evening news became viral locally and internationally. Noynoying is trending in Twitter, and, according to an article in ABS-CBN News online, it has 3,685 likes on Facebook…
Oil price hikes: Oil cartel’s attacks on the people’s economic rights, deepen the Moros poverty situation (LTE)
Letter to the Editor March 23, 2012 Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go through our editorial process and do not reflect our policy or position. The continuing oil price hike imposed by the three big oil companies, Shell, Caltex and Petron,…
The Philippines deserves more from mining (LTE)
Letter to the Editor Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment March 11, 2012 Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go through our editorial process and do not reflect our policy or position. The world is not divided between pro-mining and anti-mining camps…
Back Story: Urban Development and Housing Act merely meant to delay demolition of urban poor communities
By By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Now 20 years in effect, the Urban Development and Housing Act is touted to solve housing and urban congestion while protecting the urban poor’s rights and welfare. But since last year it did not bar from happening the most violent demolitions of urban poor communities in history.
Doing nothing about doing nothing
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld You know what they say about protesting too much, but that’s what the Aquino government has been doing since student activists coined the term “Noynoying” to mean “not doing anything despite the need to do something.” Malacañang has mobilized its huge stable of photo- and videographers to…
Unjustly accused and detained
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In the fabled Land of Yellow where the President lays claim to the democratic mantle by being progeny to parents who fought a dictator, there lies hidden in the crowded, dank and dark crevices of the realm some 350 plus political prisoners. Officially denied as existing; labelled as terrorists…
Kasiyahan bilang birthright: Magnum ice cream
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Heto na naman ang bagong gitnang uring aspirasyon. Sa halagang P50 pesos, isang guilty pleasure. At may tiyak na panuntunan ng pagkonsumo nito: may Magnum Manifesto na nanghihikayat ng “pleasure as birthright,” may “How to enjoy the new Selecta Magnum ice cream,” may bahaging nilalamlam ito sa loob ng pribadong espasyo,…
Teachers push for bill prohibiting contractualization
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The progressive teachers party-list group is calling for a ban on contractualization of teachers in the public sector. ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio filed House Bill (HB) 6006, which prohibits the hiring of teachers through contracts of service or job orders in public schools. “Contractualization has…
Family abducted, presented as rebel returnees in Samar
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Artemio Labong and his son Jeffery were first abducted by the military; then his whole family was taken under duress and was presented as rebel returnees.
1 in 3 Black Men Go To Prison?
The 10 Most Disturbing Facts About Racial Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Justice System In light of these disparities, it is imperative that criminal-justice reform evolves as the civil rights issue of the 21st century. By Sophia Kerby The American Prospect March 17, 2012 This month the United States celebrates the Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965…