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By AlterMidya The full text of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement was finally disclosed last week after years of being negotiated in utmost secrecy. The public, including the US Congress itself, were kept in the dark on the details of the...
“I was accompanying 36 students of the Misfi academy when this happened. They also brought the students with me. We were interrogated.”
“Long live our collective action. Our struggle for a better health system in the country continues.”
“Cementing this kind of neoliberalism requires repression and we’ve seen that repeatedly.”
"The Aquino administration is resorting to wantonly abusing the rights of our people. It is the height of hypocrisy.”
The group vowed to defend their land, life and natural resources against what they call as capitalist plunder, exemplified in APEC policies.
“Here in Manila, the Apec leaders meet, while we, the indigenous peoples, are being shooed and driven away. We have the anlasiw to show our strong unity as fighting people from Northern and Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and Mindanao. We will continue to unite against the US-Aquino regime.”
“Our family is hurting that we cannot be with Nur-Aiza. We long to be with her again.”
KALIBUTAN By LEON DULCE Third of four parts First part: A deluge of crises: the roots of our climate vulnerability Second part: Polluters not paying: privatization as root of the energy crisis Fourth part: A world to win: people’s actions on climate change The...
“The fateful incident may be a distant memory for President Aquino and the Cojuangco-Aquinos but Filipinos will never forget Hacienda Luisita massacre.”
'Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will only further impose a more inhumane policy on wages and salaries of workers, employees and even professionals in all sectors.'
Ni KERIMA LORENA TARIMAN Bulatlat.com Mga 20 taon na mula nang ilimbag ang una kong koleksyon ng tula, may pamagat na Biyahe, nang magtapos ako sa Philippine High School for the Arts sa Mt. Makiling, Laguna noong 1996. Pagpasok ko sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (UP)...
“President Aquino, your heart is as hard as that of the Pharaoh who refused to end the oppression of God’s chosen people.”
Behind the barrage of official information from Malacanang and concerned government agencies, what did Aquino and his clan do in Hacienda Luisita?
“The US, UK, French governments, in their narrow attempt to push regime change, demonize and undermine those they deem as ‘unfriendly’ regimes and use brutal, armed extremists (like ISIS) who happen to share their opposition to those regimes. But that’s like having attack dogs you don’t exactly control.”
“As an international organization for peoples’ struggles, we stand with the indigenous peoples, the oppressed people, the workers who have a stake in supporting each other in the struggle.”
MANILA -- Revolutionary groups under the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) staged a “lightning rally,” Nov. 14, to protest the policies espoused by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Hundreds of NDFP members marched from the Carriedo...
In recent years, garlic, one of the main cash crops produced in the country, has seen a steady decline because of the entry of the bigger and cheaper garlic from China.
“This shows how desperate Aquino is to silence our calls to junk Apec, all for his masters.”
“We call on the people to remain steadfast amid the escalating state repression in time for the Apec.”
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