By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – A proposed legislation to make overseas Filipino workers (OFW) pay a repatriation fee before being deployed does not sit well with OFWs. For an OFW who’s shelling out at least P20,000 ($465) for securing the requirements to be able to work abroad, having to pay another fee…
Day: June 21, 2012
Farmers say no to pro-Aquino Chief Justice
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It would be easy for the President to put a subservient CJ and put the case of Hacienda Luisita to a standoff through the issue of just compensation.” – Rodel Mesa, UMA
Is Aquino giving Macagapal-Arroyo easy way out? – progressive groups ask
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Is the Aquino government giving former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the easy way out? This seems to be the case say lawmakers as the Office of the Ombudsman has yet to act on the non-bailable cases against her. The lawmakers of Bayan Muna once more rattled the doors of the…
Aquino govt’s violations of Philippine sovereignty, the worst – CPP
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aside from allowing the US armed forces access to their former military bases, the Aquino government “allows the US FBI to interrogate prisoners in Camp Crame and use its custodial center in keeping foreign nationals it suspects of being “terrorists.”
‘Greening’ of economy, a business ploy
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The so-called ‘Green economy’ will intensify the plunder of the world’s remaining natural wealth and the privatization of critical services, technologies and products through Public-Private Partnerships and similar market-driven mechanisms.” – Frances Quimpo, Kaliakasan Partylist