By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Stress comes every day. My partner would often complain that I am workaholic. I cannot blame him. I always find myself having a long To Do list. After finishing some tasks, more come. In addition to writing assignments and legwork, there’s domestic work, too and motherhood duties. Although I do…
Day: September 30, 2013
Gov urges probe of Benguet officials for misuse of public funds
By KIMBERLIE N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan urged a speedy and impartial investigation on the alleged involvement of Benguet officials in the misuse of pork barrel and Malampaya funds. “We welcome the probe so that we will know who really misused public funds because it really deprived the…
Conflict wouldn’t have lasted long, and could have saved lives, in Zamboanga City
The National Ulama Conference of the Philippines in the Zambasulta Region said his group and civil society organizations offered viable options to break the standoff sooner between the MNLF followers of Misuari, and state security forces in Zambo.
Bragging Rights: Eight Exceptional(ly Dumb) American achievements of the 21st century
By Tom Engelhardt Tomdispatch.com “But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death, and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act. That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional. With humility, but with resolve, let us never lose…
Status of the resistance movement: growing, deepening, succeeding
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Truthout So much has been accomplished by Occupy and other social justice movements in the past two years that it is incredible the corporate media and their pundits do not report on what is happening around them. Despite the lack of corporate media coverage, the movement is deepening, creating…