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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...
“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."
“The heavy oil spill, which occurred during the height of super typhoon Yolanda, is not a fortuitous event nor an act of God, but a result of sheer criminal negligence and gross incompetence of the Office of the President, other key departments of the executive branch of the government and the state-owned Napocor which operates Power Barge No. 103, the source of oil spill.”
Union grieves for murdered Hacienda union chief Originally posted Oct. 30, 2005 “Ganun si kapitan. He would risk everything for us. It can only be those who feel threatened by him and the union who would want to kill him.” Thus said a Hacienda Luisita worker of...
“Ruthless impunity and agrarian unrest hang over Hacienda Luisita. It’s like President Aquino is setting the stage for more bloodshed.” – Florida “Pong” Sibayan, Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala)
Also read BACK STORY| Hacienda Luisita Workers: Bloodied but Unbowed
Kids who are already exploited due to poverty and oppression are deliberate targets of Armed Forces of the Phils' operations in hapless communities its suspect as under the control or are supportive of the revolutionary movement.
Typhoon Yolanda destroyed lives and properties of as much as 10 million people in Eastern Visayas, but this “other Yolanda” represented by simultaneous price hikes “will affect most if not all Filipinos.” – Banking and Financial Unions
(Pamamaalam kay Mandela) Ni RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com Nagpapasalamat ako Sa iyong paglaya mula sa karamdaman Sa panahong hindi makatayo, makalakad, makasayaw Sa walang patid na pag-aalala ng pamilya, ng iyong bayan, ng sangkatauhan Ikaw na rin ang...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Tomorrow the South African people, to whom he dedicated his lifetime struggle for freedom, justice, and peace — and his millions of supporter-admirers all over the world — will give Nelson Mandela a farewell...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Unless the Aquino administration rouses the Philippine National Police from its lethargy and forces it to find and investigate the killers of journalists; unless it lights a fire under the Department of Justice to...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling that the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) is unconstitutional (Alcantara vs Drilon), announced only through a press release by the Court’s spokesperson, was hailed...
Ni LIONELLE DUQUE TAN Bulatlat.com Sardinas sa umaga, Sardinas sa gabi, Hindi nakakasawa, Bagkus nakakasuka! Nakakasuka ang pambababoy sa isda, De-latang may balot ng mukha, Ni Mayor, Ni Congressman, Ni Gov, Ni Sec. Sila'y na-delubyo, Delubyo ng kahangalan, Sila'y...
“Forming local task forces every time a journalist is killed is hardly comprehensive action to address a larger problem of weak law enforcement and a tolerated culture of impunity." – Bayan Muna
In its April 24, 2012 decision, the Supreme Court mandated the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to implement the land distribution of Hacienda Luisita to farmworker-beneficiaries. It was only in July this year that Ambala learned of Tadeco's claims over hundreds of hectares of land.
“It is simply callous and insensitive for big business and the government to connive and bring forth this pestilence to the people just weeks after our nation suffered from Typhoon Yolanda, and mere days before Christmas.” – Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon
“By awarding the POC modernization project to the private investor, the Aquino administration had just signed the death sentence for public orthopedic hospital care.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Prices of oil products and LPG have been increasing monthly this last quarter. The latest increase in LPG was the heftiest, jacking up prices by P140 – P157 ($3.18 to $3.56) per 11-cylinder tank. Also electricity rates would...
“First they tried to get rid of the Philippine Children’s Medical Center. Now they want to get rid of plants and trees. What is next? Pushing for the transfer of government offices like the Philippine Science High School and the Office of the Ombudsman to make way for even more commercial expansion?” – Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate
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