Even as the grief and rage over the spate of killings in Surigao del Sur has yet to wane, another Lumad activist was slain in the neighboring province of Agusan del Sur.
Day: October 2, 2015
Deconstructing the phenomenal AlDub fever
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective On September 26, the episode that featured the first date of Alden Richards and Yaya Dub in the All for Juan and Juan for All segment of popular noontime show Eat Bulaga, the hashtag #AlDubEBforLOVE reportedly drew in a record-breaking 25,652,800 tweets. AlDub has garnered a broad segment of followers…
Then & Now in APEC-induced ‘development’
“Joblessness has become more widespread, wages have become more depressed, contractualization has become more rampant, and trade-union rights have become more repressed. Juan and Juana dela Cruz became poorer and more frequently hungry.”
APEC govts’ designs on SMEs, women seen as a bane rather than a boon
“Women’s supposed domination of small and medium scale businesses do not prove inclusiveness and gender equality.”