By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com TIMES ST. Quezon City — Carolina Batarina’s husband left her to fend for their five children a few years ago. Since then, she has been raising their children on her own, trying to make ends meet with the meager income she earns from renting a few rooms in her…
Day: April 17, 2012
State employees protest vs joint US-RP military exercises
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Other story: Daybreak rally, protest caravans greet US-RP Balikatan exercises MANILA — Government employees held a protest action against Balikatan, a joint military exercises between the United States and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Some 4,000 U.S. troops are set to arrive today, April 16, 2012. “Government employees…
In/Flash mob sa SM at kung bakit lehitimo itong protesta
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Nagawa ang hindi nagagawa sa SM, ang pinakamalaking mall franchise sa bansa: ang hayag na politikal na protesta laban sa isyu ng corporate greed nito. Wala naman gaanong natinag nang magwelga ang kanyang manggagawa (1980s at 2000s) dahil sa panunupil sa labor union nito, maging sa opresibong kontraktwalisasyon at kondisyon sa…
Street Shooter: Serenade
As buses whiz by beyond the police line and trains pass overhead, these children appear to serenade the police who were preventing them from protesting the oil deregulation law. (Sitio San Roque, Quezon City) — in Quezon City, Philippines.