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By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Migrante-Middle East said they receive reports of OFWs who died under questionable and vague circumstances on an average of two cases every month.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
After giving a testimony regarding his abduction and torture by the military, the victim, after a few days, disappeared again only to resurface later to file a case against the NPA and a human rights group that assisted him.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Although the environment gradually became an international concern since the early 70s, the Earth Summit 20 years ago signaled that the world is already alarmed over the state of the environment. This was followed by the Kyoto...
Run 'hounds' Palparan (Photo by Fred Dabu / Bulatlat.com)
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld President Benigno Aquino III came to power in June 2010 with “special relations” – the Philippines serving as a neocolony of the US – already entrenched 64 years after the “grant” of independence. Before him,...
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...
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
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...
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.”
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
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- It's a sure sign that national elections are just around the corner: the Benigno Aquino III government is calling for a P6-billion ($139.5-m).increase in the budget for the controversial conditional cash transfer...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- An agriculturist from the environmental political party Kalikasan Partylist is calling on the Benigno Aquino III government to address what she said was the problem of massive coconut scale infestation in Southern...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Somehow, we see a ray of light after more than a year since we filed the civil case. We hope this would continue until we find justice.” -- Gary Liberal, one of the Morong 43
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Parties have agreed to continue meaningful discussions of concerns and issues raised by both sides on June 14 and 15, 2012 in Oslo, to pave the way for the resumption of the formal talks in the peace negotiations in order to resolve the armed conflict and attain a just and lasting peace.”
By CAREY L. BIRON, Inter Press Service | Report Truthout June 17, 2012 The United States is set to far surpass previous records for defence sales this year, according to U.S. officials. "Despite the global economic strain, demand for U.S. defence products and...
By FINELA MEJIA Northern Dispatch QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur — “Let us bind together, tight as a rope, so that we can bring down the big mining companies,” said Ama Felipe Anaas during the Quirino Environment and Human Rights Summit. With the theme “Protect the Mountains,...
By GINA DIZON Northern Dispatch PASIL, Kalinga — Elders of Balatoc, Colayo and Guinaang from this province expressed their fears of the likely effects on the environment of Chevron’s proposed geothermal plant. Elders decry the little information being given about...
By BRANDON LEE Northern Dispatch LAGAWE, Ifugao — Members of the Ifugao Peasant Movement (IPM) complained of military presene in their villages during a dialogue with Governor Eugene Balitang, May 24. Modesto Hangoy, a farmer from Gumhang, Tinoc said soldiers...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — “You were never welcomed in the city, [you] are not above the law and should not act as a peacekeeping force here,” Baguio City Vice Mayor Daniel Fariñas reminded the Cordillera Peoples Liberation Army (CPLA) in...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
At around 8: 30 a.m. of June 15, RCBC guards, together with 20 men, threw stones at the farm workers.
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