“What is happening in our country today is that the feelings of the people are already kindled. Once the wind of truth blows, it will ignite the fire.” – Jun Lozada, NBN-ZTE scam whistleblower
“We are disgusted that the government is quick to take away our hard-earned income and is just as quick in funnelling our income to support the lavish lifestyles of politicians.”
A 17-year-old told Human Rights Watch that Philippine soldiers beat him up to force him to admit he was a rebel fighter. He said he eventually lied and said he was with the MNLF so that the beatings would stop.
“It is unfortunate that another accident involving a faulty scaffolding happened only three months after the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) published Department Order No. 128-13 amending the rule on scaffolding in the 1989 Occupational Safety and Health Standards.”
Priority Development Assistance Fund, Special Purpose Fund, President’s Social Fund, and now DAP, stop mocking us, they’re all pork and they reek of the same stench of corruption.” – Ferdinand Gaite, Courage
“The authorities do not know that recycling plastics is the only livelihood we know. If they will dislocate us from our home and source of livelihood, it will only bring us to a more impoverished living condition,” Shirley Carillo, leader of the local organization Samahan ng Magkakabitbahay sa Waterhole, said.
Ni Therresa Baniquid Bulatlat.com Nakanganga na naman si Juan Nang siya ay maisahan Nitong mga kawatan Mga magnanakaw sa kaban. Halagang nalustay di biro Nakakalulang bilyong piso Sinangkalan mga pekeng NGO’s Nakinabang ay iilang tao! Yaman ay pinghati-hatian Nasilaw sa salapi ng ating yaman Ngunit nasaan mga hunghang Mga taksil sa Inang bayan! Tingnan ‘yong…
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective What started out as a corruption scandal allegedly involving five senators and 23 legislators from the House of Representatives, together with Janet Lim-Napoles, covering the period 2007-2009, has now erupted into a full-blown mess affecting the Aquino government. First came the Commission on Audit report, which revealed irregularities in the…
Former National Treasurer Leonor Magtolis-Briones estimated that President Aquino’s pork barrel fund amounts to P1.3 trillion ($30 billion), almost half of the proposed national budget of P2.6 trillion ($60 billion).
“Justice begins when we speak, release and acknowledge the truth in solidarity and community. One Billion Rising for Justice is an invitation to break free from confinement, obligation, shame, guilt, grief, pain, humiliation, rage and bondage. It is a call to bring on revolutionary justice.”
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA