By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The plans of the Aquino government to turn the Philippines into a gambling and gaming capital in Asia are laden with corruption, a progressive lawmaker and a multisectoral alliance said. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño and the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) are calling for the immediate suspension…
Day: November 20, 2012
Coconut farmers reject solons’ proposals on coco levy fund
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A coconut farmers’ group said the proposals of Representatives Emil Ong and Ben Evardone, Sen. Ralph Recto and the National Anti-Poverty Commission regarding the use of the coco levy funds will benefit traders and corrupt bureaucrats, not the small coconut farmers.
Filipino activists slam US-led Israeli bombing of Gaza
Filipino activists slam US-led Israeli bombing of Gaza (Text and photos by Janess Ann J. Ellao / Bulatlat.com)
Activist gets back at judge, prosecutor for ‘fabricated’ charges
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – For the first time, a public prosecutor and a judge have been charged with administrative complaints for ordering the arrest of a Bacolod-based activist in 2010. Romulo Bito-on, coordinator of Makabayan coalition, filed the complaint against Second Assistant Provisional Prosecutor Estefanio S. Libutan Jr. and Regional Trial Court…
Kin file complaint against soldiers for mutilating bodies of slain NPA fighters
By SID NATIVIDAD Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) once filed a case against the Abu Sayyaf back in 2007 for the alleged decapitation of slain Marines in Basilan. Five years later, another complaint has been filed not by the AFP but against them, allegedly regarding a similar atrocity, this time…