By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya of the Department of Transportation and Communications is again at the center of another scandalous issue – after the MRT/LRT breakdowns and mishaps – this time for the laglag or tanim bala scam. The scam involves the planting of bullets in passengers’ bags then extorting money…
Day: November 5, 2015
Farmers, indigenous peoples thumb down expansion of oil palm plantations
The Philippine Coconut Authority’s (PCA) 2014 to 2023 road map has identified about a million hectares of potential oil palm farms. Ninety eight percent of these areas are in Mindanao.
Exposed by Wikileaks: The US Empire According to Itself
… US officials callously or, sometimes, almost indifferently decided on courses of action that resulted in deaths, often on a substantial or even massive scale.
‘Remorseless’ Palparan justifies disappearances as part of counterinsurgency
“He spoke with a forked tongue even on the witness stand, and remorselessly justified his worn-out anti-communist bigotry to sanction his and his men’s actions amounting to heinous rights violations and crimes against humanity.”
Mary Jane recruiters to be arraigned for human trafficking on Nov. 11
“Mary Jane keeps on asking why it is taking so long. She asked why government lawyers representing Tintin (Maria Cristina Sergio)’have so many excuses, which has led to the delay of the case proceedings.”