Has the distribution of land at Hacienda Luisita been completed as declared by President Benigno Aquino III and the Department of Agrarian Reform? No, and here’s why. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – After the April 24, 2012 Supreme Court ruling ordering the distribution of land to the farm workers of Hacienda Luisita, many…
QUESTION EVERYTHING? Mong Palatino? Bulatlat.com First of four-part series Second part | ‘We Should Legalize Everything’ and Other Shocking Sound Bites of 2013 Third part | Wrecking Ball and other Objects that Made News in 2013 1. Taiwan-Philippines diplomatic row. The crisis was triggered by the tragic killing of a 65-year-old Taiwanese fisherman by members…
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld THE CAMPAIGN to rid the country of the pork barrel system has brought to the fore, like the proverbial worms in the woodwork, the many forms of this abomination, not just the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and its immediate predecessor, the Countryside Development Fund (CDF), collectively dubbed “Congressional…
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld THE Dec. 16 Metro Manila bus disaster in which 22 people lost their lives and 20 more were injured was far from unique. On the same day, in Badian, Cebu, a drunken bus driver lost control of his vehicle while negotiating a curve and killed several people,…
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star A week before Christmas, news reports on the country’s economic prospects — coming from the government, the Bangko Sentral, and two international credit-rating agencies — are uniformly upbeat: the economy will not only stay within growth targets, but the Philippines will “outperform” its Southeast…
He was one of the founders and was the first president of the Organized Labor Associations and Line Industries in Agriculture (OLALIA-KMU), a nationwide federation of workers unions established since 1987.
A deadlock was reached in the negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement after TV5 management refused to include in the talks its policy to declare certain positions as redundant.
“The contributors you will get to know here all responded to our team’s call on social media to submit pieces for a visual and literary anthology on Haiyan/ Yolanda, proceeds of which will go to community reconstruction efforts.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective The Aquino government is using every opportunity to hard sell the increasing presence of US troops in the country. Right after Typhoon Yolanda caused massive devastation in central Visayas provinces and US troops were sent to help in relief efforts, Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario was quoted in news…
“There is no truth to the claim of the government that these employees or their positions are not needed because the education sector is evidently understaffed right now.” – Benjamin Valbuena, ACT
“For us families of the disappeared, unless and until Palparan is arrested and faces the court, President Aquino becomes part of the cover up to protect the Butcher. He thus, becomes part of the continuing crime of enforced disappearance and should be liable under the Anti-Enforced Disappearance Act.”