By CHRISTINE ANNE T. CABANATAN Bulatlat.com Ilang taon na ang lumipas, nang tayo ay sakupin Ngunit bakit tila nais yata nila itong ulitin? ‘Kakapal ng mga mukha, di na nahiya Anong akala n’yo sa amin, mga utak-biya? Pati ang West Philippine Sea, nais nyo pang nakawin ‘Di kami makapapayag, kaya ang dapat sa inyo ay…
Day: June 13, 2015
#BulatlatAsks: Can you feel that PH is independent?
With poverty, suppression of rights and a government that is weak against foreign powers, how can one say that the country is free?
Elections: They’re all about money
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Do those television advertisements trumpeting the virtues of individuals who have either announced their intention to run for elective office in 2016, or whom many assume will be candidates next year — or even those who keep saying they’re not interested — constitute what’s usually referred to…
The only deterrent to China’s aggression: Taking a cue from Vietnam
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In recent months, China’s flurry of reclamation work and building of military installations on several of the islets and reefs in the disputed portions of the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea have set alarm bells ringing about China’s aggressive design to claim almost the entirety of the area as…
Revisiting labor contractualization
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star A year ago I discussed in this space how labor contractualization — where firms hire workers for short-term, non-regular employment without the benefits accorded by law to regular workers — has been a bane to Filipino workers since 1989, ironically, I said, under the…
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