“Task Force Abono, with the blessing of the Aquino administration, consciously maneuvered to absolve Arroyo and her minions from the plunder of the fertilizer fund scam.” – Antonio Flores, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
Ni E. SAN JUAN JR. Bulatlat.com —“Everyone in the planet is under total surveillance today.” –Edward Snowden —“Nothing is meaningless….” –Sissi, sa pelikulang The Princess & the Warrior Gising ka na ba? Anong gumagapang na hayop sa silong? Bakit makulimlim? Naramdaman mo ba? Masakit ba? O nakakikiliti? Malambot ba? O matigas? May kumakatok ba? Nariyan…
Closely guarded by her employer, beaten up, insulted, and denied rest days for nine months, OFW Rowana Uychiat finally got the opportunity to report to the Hong Kong police the abuse that she had been enduring when her employer’s family left for Macau.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective News agencies reported that a pending bill banning political dynasties has finally passed the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms and is due for plenary debates at the House of Representatives. According to the proposed bill, a political dynasty exists when “two or more individuals who are related within…
MANILA — Workers of NXP Semiconductors in Cabuyao, Laguna picketed yesterday the main gate of the Light Industry Science Park I to protest the allegedly illegal dismissal of 24 union officials and to call for the resumption of their collective bargaining negotiation. Around 300 workers from NXP, from other companies inside and outside the industrial…
KALIBUTAN: The Pantaron people’s struggle is a legitimate and just defense of Lumad land, life and the environment.
NXP Semi-conductors, Inc. accused the workers of holding an ‘illegal strike’ because they refused to work on April 9, 17, 18 and May 1, all government-declared holidays.
“We don’t think the killings will stop unless the Aquino government takes necessary steps to punish the killers and masterminds.” — Luis Teodoro, CMFR
The NDFP believes that genuine agrarian reform and national industrialization are key measures in addressing the roots of the armed conflict, but the GPH refuses to discuss these saying that climate change is the country’s biggest problem.
