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Sylvia Benedicto is a teacher who goes out of her way to support her students, a friend who teachers go to for help, an activist who fights for what is right.
Teaching is her life, passion, commitment
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‘Teachers impoverished, neglected’
‘Teachers impoverished, neglected’
“It is difficult to teach especially when there are distractions…The burden to make learning more exciting and interesting is on us, but how can we do it if the government does not even provide for our basic needs?” – Alliance of Concerned Teachers
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Benguet stops release of ‘problematic pork’
Benguet stops release of ‘problematic pork’
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The La Trinidad accounting office stopped the release of priority development assistance fund (PDAF) allocation of Benguet Representative Ronald Cosalan due to an irregularity. The Department of...
Filipino migrants’ rights advocates join high level talks on migration
Filipino migrants’ rights advocates join high level talks on migration
“Large scale migration is a symptom of underdevelopment in the sending country. The structural causes of underdevelopment driving migration and exposing migrants to vulnerable situations must be addressed.” – Migrante International
On the red-baiting of Bulatlat.com | Same old but dangerous military mindset
On the red-baiting of Bulatlat.com | Same old but dangerous military mindset
This anachronistic, malicious accusation and insinuation of a military officer, a public affairs spokesman at that, reminds us of Cold war-era politics and martial law, 41 years ago, when anyone critical of the Marcos dictatorship was branded as a communist, leftist and subversive, and therefore was subjected to arrest, detention, torture, and worse, enforced disappearance or extrajudicial killing.
Nationwide ban on herbicide gramoxone sought
Nationwide ban on herbicide gramoxone sought
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Benguet officials resolved to petition the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) to ban the herbicide gramoxone (paraquat) in the Philippines following reports of increasing cases of poisoning...
US govt shutdown spares military but hurts children and the poor
US govt shutdown spares military but hurts children and the poor
Rania Khalek: Government shutdown means halting social services while maintaining NSA spying, deportations and continuing drone strikes in Afghanistan
The plot thickens
The plot thickens
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The Aquino regime’s gross abuse and misuse of public funds through the now discredited and derided pork barrel system is becoming fully unmasked what with the disclosure of how Malacañang has been illegally...
Obama’s choice
Obama’s choice
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld With the shutdown of the US federal government, President Barack Obama has cancelled his visits to the Philippines and Malaysia but will still fly to Brunei and Indonesia. What seems to have driven the decision to...
Pork barrel scam agitates OFWs in Europe
Pork barrel scam agitates OFWs in Europe
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The revelations on the ramifications and grave misuse of the pork-barrel system — the latest of which involves the Disbursement Acceleration Program, concocted by Budget Secretary Florencio Abad Jr. and now...
‘The government has worshipped mammon, not God’ — church people
‘The government has worshipped mammon, not God’ — church people
The first activity of the newly-formed alliance of church people against the pork barrel is the simultaneous ringing of bells in churches on October 11 at 1 p.m.
Employees appeal to Aquino to donate land to children’s hospital
Employees appeal to Aquino to donate land to children’s hospital
“The Philippine Children’s Medical Center is a government hospital. The land it has been occupying is government land and the government is now asking us to pay for the land. Is that just?”
Election officers admit reforms needed
Election officers admit reforms needed
Commissioner Luie Guia said the Omnibus Election Code’s prohibition on accepting campaign donations from certain corporations does not extend to corporate officers or directors. There is also no cap on the amount of campaign donations that candidates could accept....
A few elite funded campaign of 2013 bets
A few elite funded campaign of 2013 bets
"Businesses donate to candidates not because they believe in him or her but because they see it as an investment for their business. It is part of the patronage politics." – lawyer Rona Ann Caritos of the Legal Network for Truthful Elections
Stop branding media outfits as state enemies, media group tells military
Stop branding media outfits as state enemies, media group tells military
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Now, it is not just doctors, nurses,priests and nuns, critical netizens, but also scientists and journalists, who should watch out for their safety and human rights. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)...
Kin, colleagues of ‘peoples’ scientist’ Kim Gargar press for his immediate release
Kin, colleagues of ‘peoples’ scientist’ Kim Gargar press for his immediate release
"Kim Gargar was caught in a crossfire between the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New Peoples Army while undertaking research in connection with rehabilitation efforts in Cateel town, which was severely affected by Typhoon Pablo in 2012." – Agham
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Protests and Alternatives
Protests and Alternatives
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com Rallies are sometimes caricatured as noisy and irrelevant street spectacles. Dismissed as futile ranting of a mob obsessed and afflicted with negativity. They offer only problems not solutions. They are contrasted with...
Thousands troop to Ayala for second ‘Million People March’
Thousands troop to Ayala for second ‘Million People March’
“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
Makati employees cry foul over tax misuse
Makati employees cry foul over tax misuse
“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.”
Probe military abuses of Zambo detainees including children, rights groups demand
Probe military abuses of Zambo detainees including children, rights groups demand
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.
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