Seven out of ten Filipinos rate themselves as poor, according to the latest survey of independent think tank Ibon Foundation.
Month: June 2015
It’s all a matter of self-interest
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Vice President Jejomar Binay was right when he called the Aquino administration as callous and incompetent. How would one call an administration that refuses to raise the salaries and wages of rank and file workers and employees while allowing the prices and rates of basic services, utilities and commodities to…
Revolutionary Moro group calls for intensified armed struggle
“We should open our eyes to the two-pronged approach to the peace negotiation.”
Govt workers on harassment: ‘We will not let this slide’
“Is there an undeclared martial law against us by the Aquino government?”
Cultured
‘Dinky Soliman: listen to Lumad children’ – Save our Schools Network
“It is clear that soldiers have been using DSWD’s 4Ps program to threaten parents and children not to enroll in Misfi and Salugpungan schools.”
Labor group decries harassment of official
A man who introduced himself as a soldier approached Renato Asa, public information officer of labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno, to recruit him as an informant of the military, and issued a veiled threat telling him his life is in danger if he refused.
Comfort women join protest vs PH naval drills with Japan, US
“Respect our sovereignty and right to national self-determination.”
Rosanna Cabusao, an activist, writer, women’s rights advocate, mother
“It was as if they were after Osama Bin Laden. Sa ganda kong ito? Pambihira naman.”
Friends, colleagues call for release of activist-writer, other women political prisoners
“When she was in Gabriela, Sharon Cabusao led campaigns to free women political prisoners. Now, the campaign is for her release.”
‘Morong 43’ doc belies military claims they were not tortured
For the military, torture and other heinous human rights violations are acceptable when committed against those who refuse to bow to them.