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By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star With her death last Monday at 87, Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only woman prime minister in office for a record 11 years (1979-1990) has re-stoked the debate over her legacy, both positive and negative, that...
Military trainings to develop interoperability are crucial for the US, especially when it is about to drag an ally to start or join its war. Also, military exercises such as Balikatan plays a role in US sales of arms.
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Edith Burgos, wife and partner of crusading, anti-dictatorship newspaperman, the late Jose “Joe” Burgos, is the personification of steadfast resolve as she files yet another motion to the Supreme Court in a bid...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Local and congressional elections are just around the corner. The ruling coalition dubbed as Team Pnoy is aiming to win it big by bagging the clear majority, nay dominance, in the senatorial, lower house, and local elections. By the...
In the morning of April 2, the day she was abducted, Gestine saw two men in soldier’s uniform on a motorcycle parked in front of her school staring at her.
Yesterday, Roque Antivo, the eight-year-old boy who was killed due to strafing by uniformed men, was laid to rest. On April 3, soldiers of the 71st Infantry Battalion Alpha Company of the Philippine Army strafed the house of a peasant family in Sitio Kidaraan,...
“Nisinggit pa gani ko, mga bata mi sir, tulo ka beses, ayha sila miundang og pabuto, dayon mitubag sila, sa ibabaw ra daw sila nagpabuto, (I shouted at them three times, that we are kids, then they stopped firing and replied that they were firing at the hills,” Alvin said, adding that he immediately went to Roque when the gunfire stopped.
(Balada ni Jonas Bustos) ni E. SAN JUAN, Jr. Bulatlat.com Habang papunta sa gawing Hacienda Luisita Niyaya ni Major Harry Baliaga na magpalamig muna Sa Ever Gotesco ng mapanuksong waytres Niyakag upang kwentuhan ng nangyari Kina Sherley Cadapan at Karen Empeno At...
“Aquino’s Comelec has been persecuting progressive partylist groups while condoning the existence of bogus partylist organizations and even tolerating their campaign violations.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
A girl waits for his father, aided by fellow Balinese, finish pushing a boat up the beach after a day catering to tourists in this world-famous destination. (Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia)
In Nueva Ecija, a woman who was about to give birth walked and crossed a river to get to the nearest birthing facility. The mother and the child died before reaching the nearest birthing station. Because giving birth at home in Quezon City is prohibited, the mother who was about to give birth was not brought immediately to the hospital because the family has no money. Her twins died.
“Comelec’s double standards in implementing election guidelines is apparent in the way it is pursuing the cases against Kabataan and Piston, while large-scale campaign violators such as candidates from Team P-Noy run free and unscathed.” – Kabataan Partylist
The 13-year-old wounded boy, Jonas, (not his real name) who is still recuperating at the Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City is now “heavily guarded” by military men of the 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army. Hanimay Suazo, secretary general of human rights group, Karapatan, told Davao Today in a text message that the family of the victim is insulted and feel harassed by this act of the military.
MANILA - Makabayan senatorial bet Teddy Casiño today, April 7, questioned the Aquino government why it is still letting recruitment agencies to monopolize the hiring of overseas Filipino workers in Hong Kong. Casiño is in Hong Kong today with Filipino household...
Kabataan Partylist challenged those who try to discredit them to show themselves in public and engage them in a healthy discussions.
MANILA – Teachers, students, workers and other sectors in the University of the Philippines (UP) staged Just Run, Run for Kristel Tejada and all Iskolar ng Bayan, April 7 at the UP Diliman. The run is the first activity of the newly formed UP Alliance for Justice...
They are being moved from one place to another; they have no stable jobs or sources of livelihood. Now, even basic social services are being denied from them.
“The new interpretation of the partylist law not only watered down the very essence of the legislation but also opened the floodgates of Congress for millionaires and traditional politicians who are using the partylist system as a backdoor to the Lower House.”
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