By MARYA SALAMAT
On average, 90 trade unionists and activists per year become victims of filing of criminal charges since the Aquino administration took over. This is more than double the yearly number of cases from 2004-2009.
Day: March 16, 2013
Campaign against human trafficking launched
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
On March 17, members and supporters of the Stop the Traffic network will gather at Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City to form a human chain to “symbolize the people’s resolve to end the problem.”
Ang Kwenta ng Buhay ni Iska
Ni LARA AUSTRIA 1,500. 1,500 kada unit ang matrikula sa UP. Samantalang 25, 25 kada metro kwadrado ang upa ng Ayala sa Technohub kada buwan. 600. 600 per unit ang matrikula ni Iska sa STFAP Bracket C. Samantalang 600, 600 kada araw lang din ang kita ng amang taxi driver na hahatiin sa pagkain, pamasahe,…
Kabataan, Piston partylists complain about being singled out by Comelec
Piston Partylist and Kabataan Partylist, two groups known for being critical of the Aquino government’s policies, are being threatened with cancellation of their registration and possible barring from this coming mid-term election.
Aquino urged to send ‘mercy mission’ for OFW Joselito Zapanta
The family of Joselito Zapanta, an overseas Filipino worker who was recently granted a three-month reprieve from being sentenced to die, is asking for help to raise the much-needed $1.1 million blood money.
‘Historic moment’ unlikely in GPH-NDFP talks
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The GPH has deliberately refused to comply with its commitments in agreements forged with the NDFP, despite the full knowledge that compliance would immediately break the impasse and cause the resumption of the formal talks of the GPH and NDFP Negotiating Panels.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
Iskolars ng Bayan nearing extinction
It is bad enough that students from poor families, who graduated from the country’s deteriorating public school system, would have to compete against students from the country’s version of ivy league schools: expensive private schools mostly run by Catholic congregations.
Sa Batang Ayaw Pangalanan
Ni Raymund Villanueva Bulatlat.com (Para kay Kristel Tejada, 16) Lumimlim ang araw, ang hangi’y humaligmig Nang mabalitaan ang iyong pagtawid Sa kawalang suliranin, sa kabilang daigdig Iniwa’y mundong panandaliang naantig Simbilis ng kidlat, sing-tulin ng hagibis Naghugas-kamay ang mga salarin Walang kasalanan silang malilinis Silang buhay mo’y laon nang itinigis Tulong nila’y sa trabaho’t sweldo’y…