By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“The national government appears to have completely neglected us and the rest of the urban poor,” one of the wounded residents said.
Police fired live bullets during clash in Parañaque City’s Silverio compound
Month: April 2012
Groups call Ombudsman to conduct investigation on violent demolitions
Groups call Ombudsman to conduct investigation on violent demolitions (Photo by Igal Jada San Andres / Bulatlat.com)
30 years after their deaths, colleagues still mourn doctors of the people Bobby Dela Paz and Johnny Escandor
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – They are called “doctors of the people,” they took the road less travelled and chose to help those severely neglected and largely ignored by the government. Dr. Remberto “Bobby” Dela Paz and Dr. Juan “Johnny” Escandor were both killed during martial law as they were working for…
Philippines tops list of world’s most disaster-hit countries in 2011
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A total of 431 natural and human-induced disasters were reported in the Philippines in the past year. These killed 1,774 people, and affected more than three million families or 15.3 million people, and caused over P26 billion in economic damages.
Demolition by fire: burning urban poor communities a government tactic?
By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES and PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY
Urban poor experiences show: “fire is a primary tactic being used by the state” to demolish the urban poor communities.
More Filipinos become internal refugees under Aquino
By RONALYN V. OLEA
‘We are endlessly building and rebuilding our lives amidst the turmoil created by military presence and ‘development’ activities in our lands.’
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Reforms on automated polls seen as doomed with IT commissioner non-reappointment
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Aquino government appears bent to push back to zero election watchdog’s efforts at enhancing the poll body’s IT capabilities.
Children of Silverio compound, traumatized but determined to defend their homes
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Children are not deaf and blind to ignore what was happening.
Maximum US gains at the least cost via VFA
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last April 18-19, invited by the Patriotiko Mindanao alliance, I joined the culminating activities in Zamboanga City of the 2012 Mindanao-wide anti-Balikatan protest billed as “People’s Caravan and Lakbayan against US Militarism and Plunder.” It was an exhilarating experience for me for two reasons:…
Disconnect
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In the 1960s the University of the Philippines’ being supposedly “godless” and its students’ being agnostics if not atheists was common lore among middle-class families thinking of where to send their children to college. Among the reasons could have been UP’s being a secular institution rather than…
After failing to install favored leader, foreign bank sacks incumbent union prexy
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Firing a highly-rated performing employee and popular union leader only shows how companies are ruthless in using low-handed tactics to weaken unions and implement their profit schemes. No industry is spared; no character of employee is taken into consideration.” — EILER