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By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On Valentines Day, more than 800 women, men and children shook Upper Session Road as they joined one billion people around the world rising to end violence against women and children. Members of different sectoral...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Early morning of Feb. 12, Makabayan senatorial bet Teddy Casiño “ran” before the Senate office in Pasay City to kick off the first day of the 90-day election campaign period. “My run for a senator position is not for me....
By RONALYN V. OLEA
More than 5,000 trooped to Tomas Morato in Quezon City to “dance, strike and rise” not only against physical forms of abuse such as battering and rape but also against “state-instigated violence” and the “rape of the country’s sovereignty and patrimony.”
Women's organizations accuse foreign troops of abusing women through their euphemistically-termed "R&R". At the Philippine 'One Billion Rising' event last February 14, even the billboard suggests the same. (Boys Scout Circle, Quezon City)
Thousands of men, women and children join the culmination of One Billion Rising campaign, a global movement to end violence against women, in Tomas Morato, Quezon City. Elsewhere in the country, similar activities are held in 24 other cities.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star That the Philippine economy grew by 6.6% in 2012 is good, although disputable, news. The better news is that the report has spurred a common call — from institutions and economists of varied persuasions — to...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino displayed calculated illogic when he attempted to dismiss calls for the abrogation of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in light of the grounding of the USS Guardian, a...
By JHESSET THRINA ENANO
“The Visiting Forces Agreement led to this situation in the first place. Without the VFA, we call it ‘invasion.’” – Dr. Giovanni Tapang, Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Sambayanan
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Even before the campaign period started, the administration’s senatorial slate called Team PNoy has begun taking potshots at the opposition called Team UNA. Their opening salvo, which was led by no less than the president, seems to...
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Aquino’s rhetoric of change and growth cannot hide the reality of worsening conditions, joblessness, poverty and hunger for the majority of our people.” – Kilusang Mayo Uno
By MARYA SALAMAT
Opposition to the Tampakan mining project of SMI-Xstrata has claimed the lives of four people. And yet, the Aquino government continues to side with the mining giant as it attempts to override the ban issued by the local government.
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Read also: Aquino govt engages locals in war to allow destructive mining in their ancestral domain By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “It is devious and foolish for Malacañang to approve the Tampakan mining project,” Clemente Bautista of green group Kalikasan...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It will be a huge street party and we will have lots of fun,” Monique Wilson, Philippine coordinator of the global campaign, said while pointing out that they will also have serious political demands like an end to Oplan Bayanihan and the labor export policy.
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- A 25-year-old charcoal maker in Lagangilang, Abra was taken and held by soldiers for nearly three days. According to the Abra Human Rights Movement (AHRM), Meymar Alcantara, a charcoal maker, went to a nearby...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia which covers the province of Ilocos Sur led the Catholic faithful, other religious denominations, environmentalist groups and other organizations in a prayer rally against...
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- Legalization of prostitution will not ensure the protection of women and children from sex trade and other exploitation, Innabuyog-Gabriela said. This is the reaction to the statement of an...
This, after the Department of Social Welfare and Development-XI refused to release the 10,000 sacks of rice committed by Sec. Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman even after the leaders had presented and submitted their distribution plan on Thursday, February 7.
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Some members of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines-affiliated Philex labor unions and local government officials performed a cañao ritual in front of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Natural...
Read also: Broad alliance urges Manila Mayor Lim: Restore, not reclaim, Manila Bay By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Since last year, various groups from all over the Philippines who are resisting government plans to implement public-private reclamation...
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Further reclamation of Manila Bay will greatly endanger the fragile marine ecosystem which contributes to food production and mitigates the disastrous effects of calamities and floods in nearby areas.” – People’s Network for the Integrity of Coastal Habitats and Ecosystems
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