KMU, Gabriela picket Crame for political detainees’ release
“The arrest and detention of Adelberto Silva, Rosanna Cabusao and Isidro de Lima are illegal and most unjust.”
KMU, Gabriela picket Crame for political detainees’ release
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Batangas fisherfolk want to reclaim their community
Batangas fisherfolk want to reclaim their community
After a year of living on the streets, Balakbakan fisherfolk want to return to their homes.
IP education woes motivate teachers to volunteer
IP education woes motivate teachers to volunteer
"It must be the will of God that your schools continue to serve as we see new teachers volunteering."
Impending gold mining in Batangas threatens center of world marine life
Impending gold mining in Batangas threatens center of world marine life
An international study in 2005 identified the Verde Island Passage as the “center of the center” of the world’s marine shorefish biodiversity.
In defense of negativity and rah-rah activism
In defense of negativity and rah-rah activism
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino If you think activists are too negative, then would you rather prefer the silent optimism of the apathetic? If unimpressed by the political value of streetnoise activism, would you follow the uncritical collaborationism as...
Group decries killings, harassment in demolition sites
Group decries killings, harassment in demolition sites
Kadamay said 16 urban poor leaders had been killed under the Aquino administration. The latest victim, Benilda Santos, was shot dead in Quezon City on May 22.
Solons say no to another VFA
Solons say no to another VFA
“The US will not defend us against China, nor will Japan.” – GWP Rep. Luz Ilagan
Amending the Charter: More of the same?
Amending the Charter: More of the same?
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Even some members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate were themselves surprised by House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte’s and Senate President Franklin Drilon’s announcement that they would convene both...
A new stab at solving the housing backlog?
A new stab at solving the housing backlog?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star After 23 years of the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 (RA 7279), the backlog in providing housing units for those needing them has burgeoned to at least 5.5 million today; the number is projected to...
Anong Diyos kaya?
Anong Diyos kaya?
Ni RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA “Mayroon raw ho yatang mga tumutol sa K to 12 na nag-rally kanina. Humigit-kumulang raw ho dalawampu sila. Pero iyong banner ho nila, tiglilima. Yung tao ho baka magreklamo ng unfair labor practice dahil limang bandera ang pina-tangan sa...
GMA 7 talents launch work stoppage, protest vs. contractual labor
GMA 7 talents launch work stoppage, protest vs. contractual labor
Members of the Talents Association of GMA (TAG) staged the work stoppage and the June 5 protest action in response to the management’s withholding of their salaries.
World Environment Day | Groups protest DMCI projects
World Environment Day | Groups protest DMCI projects
“The Filipino people must demonstrate on World Environment Day our commitment to protect our natural heritage and ecology by opposing DMCI’s coal-fired power plant in the globally-renowned ecological treasure that is the province of Palawan.”
Tanduay workers fighting for what is due them
Tanduay workers fighting for what is due them
“We love our jobs that’s why we want to have security of tenure as regular workers.”
GMA-7 talents urge public to light candles vs. contractual labor
GMA-7 talents urge public to light candles vs. contractual labor
“We believe that even though we are a small group, we can be a formidable force that can mobilize every contractual worker in the country to stand up for labor justice.”
Tanduay strikers persist in fight for regularization despite harassment
Tanduay strikers persist in fight for regularization despite harassment
"Why did the police not arrest the goons for their violence earlier? Why did they handcuff the workers and treat them like criminals instead?"
MRT: the fallacies and folly of privatization
MRT: the fallacies and folly of privatization
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective What the government does, corporations can do better and more efficiently. Competition will bring down the prices of services, which were formerly provided by government. Besides, government-owned and controlled corporations...
Group calls BBL deliberations ‘a mockery of right to self-determination’
Group calls BBL deliberations ‘a mockery of right to self-determination’
“Self-determination is a democratic process and exercise defined and conducted by the people themselves, free from intervention, manipulation and dictate of the ruling elite based on their vested interests.”
IPs to DepEd: Don’t close schools we built
IPs to DepEd: Don’t close schools we built
“We have been waiting all our lives for the government to build a school in our communities, but now that we are able to build schools with our own perseverance, why do they want to close it?”
NDFP chief negotiator faces ‘trumped-up charges,’ another consultant arrested
NDFP chief negotiator faces ‘trumped-up charges,’ another consultant arrested
“The Aquino regime has emerged as the worst violator of the Jasig by harassing Jalandoni with an invalid and improperly served subpoena and threatening to arrest and imprison him on trumped up charges of non-bailable common crimes.”
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