By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two staff members of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)-Southern Tagalog were taken by soldiers and policemen, August 5, and remain missing to this day. In a statement sent through email, NDFP-Laguna said Jesus Abetria, 50, and his staff, Restituto Galicia, 27, were abducted by members of…
Day: August 13, 2012
Three thousand San Francisco janitors prepare for a strike
By David Bacon TruthOut Report SAN FRANCISCO, CA (8/9/12) – The national confrontation between janitors and some of the world’s richest property owners has arrived San Francisco, where on Wednesday over two thousand building cleaners shut down the city’s main artery, Market Street, in a huge march. Later twenty-seven workers and supporters were arrested in…
Rainbow unions
Several same sex couples are wed by the Metropolitan Community Church Quezon City in a Grand Holy Same Sex Wedding last June 29.
Politika ng relief operations, pilantropiya’t redempsyon
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Nagiging standard routine na itong kalakaran: magpapabaya ang gobyerno, iaasa sa at mamamayagpag ang pribadong negosyo (kasama ang iligal na pagmimina’t pagtrotroso, at kalabisan ng real estate developers) ang pagpapaunlad (re: komersyalisasyon) ng infrastruktura at publiko serbisyo, magkakabagyo (kailangang labis ang efekto sa Metro Manila para magkaroon ng pambansang dimensyon…