Green group calls for justice for slain French environmentalist
“Justice is so elusive in the Philippines.”
Green group calls for justice for slain French environmentalist
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Compostela Valley woman leader dies from gunshot wounds
Compostela Valley woman leader dies from gunshot wounds
Teresita Navacilla, leader of an anti-large-scale mining group, is the fifth activist killed this month.
‘Don’t rob them of their youth’
‘Don’t rob them of their youth’
“What greater injustice could there be than to be robbed of one’s youth? To be jailed for one’s beliefs?”
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‘Global markets are irrational’
‘Global markets are irrational’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The 2008-2009 global financial and economic crisis – euphemistically billed as the Great Recession – has hardly been licked. Yet financial reportage and analyses in the past week, and the financial-business...
Mutually using Mamasapano
Mutually using Mamasapano
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Partisan politics was all over the Senate “reinvestigation” of the Jan. 25, 2015 Mamasapano incident in which 67 people -- 44 men of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), at least 17 Moro...
Another activist assaulted in Compostela Valley
Another activist assaulted in Compostela Valley
Alex Josol is the second victim in two days to be attacked in Pantukan town, and a "Palparan battalion" is suspected to be behind it.
Palparan to be charged for Manalo brothers kidnapping
Palparan to be charged for Manalo brothers kidnapping
“To call it a ‘long overdue decision’ is an understatement. Raymond Manalo has been denied justice many times over, and this Ombudsman decision, while it establishes accountability through prosecution of Palparan et al, is also a testament to the failings of the current justice and social system.”
Court denies Palparan’s plea for bail, again
Court denies Palparan’s plea for bail, again
Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan failed to get the court to grant him temporary release.
Seniors speak out on veto of P2,000 pension hike
Seniors speak out on veto of P2,000 pension hike
“Ordinary employees and workers like us who are now pensioners contribute greatly to the SSS funds yet in our twilight years, we, pensioners, are in dire need of means to purchase our own food, medicines, and other household needs. We deserve better treatment from the SSS."
Clamor for SSS pension hike growing stronger
Clamor for SSS pension hike growing stronger
KMU called on pensioners and all workers and Filipinos to join the January 30 activity at the Quezon City Memorial Circle titled “Sama-Samang Sigaw” (Collective Outcry) which is expected to be the biggest gathering so far of those clamoring for a pension hike.
Compostela Valley leader wounded in attack
Compostela Valley leader wounded in attack
A leader of small-scale miners opposed to open-pit mine in Pantukan survives a gun assault.
Did the reopening of the Senate Mamasapano probe accomplish anything?
Did the reopening of the Senate Mamasapano probe accomplish anything?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective The Filipino people were taken for a ride once more in the recent reopening of the Mamasapano Senate probe. It did not bring us any closer to the truth. And as Senator Grace Poe has concluded, what it has accomplished is...
‘2015 tougher for workers, unionists’ – labor NGO
‘2015 tougher for workers, unionists’ – labor NGO
Violations of workers’ and urban poor people’s civil and political rights intensified in 2015.
Congress passes bill making election service voluntary for teachers
Congress passes bill making election service voluntary for teachers
"We dedicate the passage of this law to the memory of Filomena Tatlonghari, Nellie Banaag, and other teachers who gave their lives while serving in elections.”
‘Comfort women’ want Japan’s apology, not VFA
‘Comfort women’ want Japan’s apology, not VFA
“Emperor Akihito’s state visit, prompting the Visiting Forces Agreement between Japan and the Philippines, betrays Japan’s real intentions to bully Asia militarily.”
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