On February 14, 2014, women’s rights advocates gathered to rise for One Billion Rising for Justice, a global movement to stop violence against women and children. In the Philippines, women’s group Gabriela and One Billion Rising global director Monique Wilson led the campaign. They slammed the Philippine government for its criminal neglect on the Filipino people.
Despite feasibility, more and bigger renewable energy production in Mindanao are being discouraged by several factors.
“It is highly fraudulent that after the farmers paid amortization for the lands and the Land Bank paid compensation to the landowner, the DAR ordered the return of the land to the landowner.” – Samahan ng mga Magsasaka sa Batangas
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Supreme Court once again came out with a Solomonic decision: it declared certain provisions of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 as unconstitutional but upheld some as constitutional. The decisions of the Supreme Court are, at best, Solomonic because it is not immune to the political environment it operates…
“Unlike Robin Hood who stole from rich people to give to the poor, the Aquino administration is stealing from the poor for the rich and corrupt government officials.” – Ferdinand Gaite, Courage.
Ni RICHARD R. GAPPI Bulatlat.com “Nais ng Pangulo na makadaupang palad ang mga biktima ng kalamidad,’ wika ng tagapagsalita ng Pangulo na si Edwin Lacierda kung bakit hindi sa EDSA gagawin ang pagggunita sa People Power 1. Apat na araw pa lamang ang nakakalipas, nagpunta sa Malacanang ang mga survivor ng bagyong Yolanda. Nais nilang…
There is a need for a network like Luisita Watch because the tyranny against farm workers in Hacienda Luisita is not being publicized.
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com The government is always claiming that the number of poor is decreasing but it cannot deny the phenomenal growth of informal settlers across the country, especially in Metro Manila, in the past decade. According to a study cited by the government-funded Philippine Institute for Development Studies, about 5 percent of…