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Month: May 2013
A candle and a prayer
B@Kti PhowZ
ni Mark Angeles Bulatlat.com Jejemons, kortodo varsity jacket at mesh cap. Namataan ko silang gumigiri sa gitna ng mala-disyertong kalsadang nagliliyab sa alab ng Mayo Uno; sa hanay ng mga bultong may adornong duguang banner at placard. Nagmamartsa, nagdya-jog, at nagtsa-chant ng, “sHOd itAaZ! PrexO ibbA!” at “Imp3RY4li$Mo, IbgzK LOlZ! pyudAL1sMo, Ib9zK! BuRUkR@t4 Kp1t4liSm0, IBgzk!”…
P-Noy gov’t muddles GPH-NDFP peace talks
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Because it wasn’t ready or was unwilling to negotiate a comprehensive agreement on social and economic reforms that would have segued to negotiating an accord on political and constitutional reforms, then to an agreement on cessation of hostilities, the P-Noy government has muddled the…
To struggle is to hope
Progressive partylists cite solutions to low wages, unemployment
“No nation can prosper while its population wallow in unemployment and the government’s remedy for the problem is to herd its people and leave them to their fates abroad.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
Lethal mix
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Journalists and politicians have always had an uneasy, troubled, and troubling relationship, whether in those countries that are, or which claim to be democracies, and even in dictatorships. But in this country where politics rules both during and between elections, the relationship has sometimes been lethal. The…
May Day: Up close and personal
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise This columnist took to the streets yesterday, May Day or Labor Day. It had been quite a while since I had joined a major rally of workers having been sidelined by immune deficiency and other ailments. The heat, humidity, swirling bacteria-laden air and crowds were formidable deterrents. But President Benigno “Pnoy”…
OFW kin join workers on Labor Day, call on gov’t to stop labor migration policy
“How can the Aquino administration have the gall to assert that the Philippines is a ‘tiger economy’ when we continue to drive workers out of the country because of joblessness, low wages, lack of basic social services and unending price hikes?” – Migrante
Workers identify contractualization as their biggest enemy
There are many forms of contractualization in different industries.
GPH-NDFP peace talks, on the verge of collapse?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines seem to be on the verge of collapse with the recent announcement of Alexander Padilla head of the GPH panel. He was quoted saying that the Aquino government could no longer wait for…