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Media Release 23 Feb. 2013 MANILA -- National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today a case of robbery in the office of one of its federations, saying the incident is part of the Aquino government’s surveillance and harassment operations against government...
PRESS RELEASE 21 February 2013 CEBU -- The BPO Industry Employees’ Network (BIEN), a broad network of contact center professionals and employees from the country’s sunshine industry, expresses its concern for and support to the more than 200 call center agents of...
By MARYA SALAMAT
A threat to life and the environment; a green light to more human rights violations; a case of bullying by the national government on the local government, which banned open pit mining; and most likely, a case of high-stakes corruption. This is how progressive groups describe the granting of an ECC to SMI-Xstrata.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com A Gmanews.tv report revealed that a million jobs were lost from 2011-2012. The report cited data from the Department of Labor and Employment showing that the number of employed Filipinos went down to 37.668 million in October 2012...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Another unfulfilled promise to the urban poor?
By MARYA SALAMAT
The RILES Network said Aquino actually has choices for solving the LRT-1 problems, without resorting to privatization.
Video: Rise,dance, strike to end violence against women
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star An altogether different way to celebrate Valentine’s Day occurred last Thursday simultaneously in over 170 countries, including the Philippines. The unique celebration was a gigantic project. It took a year...
Ni Emmanuel I. Derecho Mula sa aklat ng 'Mga Tula Ng Maubanin' I Maluwag na sinturon na aking dala-dala, Ibinigay ng kwadradong daigdig na lona, Sa laki ang bayan ko dito ay kasya, Nagbigay sa akin ng tulugan na pera. II Hindi lang ito isa kundi ito ay walo,...
‘Stop sabotaging peace talks,’ OPAPP told (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat.com)
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Clearly, automation does not magically solve the issues perpetually hounding the conduct of the elections in the country. Instead, the AES even gives more room for doubt and electoral fraud.” – Kabataan Party-list
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The Automated Election System Watch (AES Watch) refused “to go down to the level of arguments with the prominent use of gutter language by the head of a Constitutional body – Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes.” In a strongly...
The NPA’s ComVal North Davao South Agusan Sub-regional Command said a four-day suspension of military offensives will take effect Tuesday, February 19 to 22 in the towns of Kapalong, San Isidro, Asuncion and New Corella in Davao del Norte and in Laak, Compostela Valley.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Is a crackdown in the offing? Is this part of the operations that also include the filing of absurd cases against activists?
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The issue of Tubbataha again underscores the problems with the Visiting Forces Agreement. A crime was committed against our country and yet the Philippine government could not even conduct its own investigation of the perpetrators.” – Bayan
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY—The Cordillera People's Democratic Front (CPDF) criticized the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for making a fortune out of bounty for the capture of New People's Army (NPA) members. In a statement...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The family and their counsel view the resolution, which ruled that the killing of Willem Geertman was a robbery with homicide case, as “incredibly detached and blindly oblivious to the relevant and material circumstances surrounding the cold-blooded murder.”
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – The failed 1987 and 1989 coups d’état were often mentioned at the trial of former soldiers accused in the Olalia-Alay-ay double murder. According to the plan, the murder of Olalia was carried out to generate massive protests,...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY— Sagada residents of Mountain Province as well as local and foreign tourists were surprised when soldiers belonging to the 54th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army (IBPA) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
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