Veloso family relives ‘bittersweet’ reunion with Mary Jane
“It was just like before, when we were brought there for her execution…We were in tears.”
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“It was just like before, when we were brought there for her execution…We were in tears.”
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “The United States won a significant victory on Tuesday in its effort to counter China’s rising influence in the South China Sea, as the highest court in the Philippines cleared the way for American troops to...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld As announced by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the official election season began last Jan. 10 and will end on June 8 this year. It includes a campaign period starting February and ending in May; election day...
“Where did these funds go? Why are these funds unliquidated? Clearly, there is something fishy going on.”
"With billions in investment reserve funds, increasing income from investments, and growing contributions from a widening member base, SSS is definitely poised to extend its fund life. There is no way that the state pension fund will go bankrupt just because of the pension hike."
“We dare the Senate to outdo itself and act to defend our sovereignty.”
Mary Jane Veloso spent time with her family who visited her in jail abroad.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially declared the start of the election period by the implementation of the gun ban. The official declaration may have been done recently, but the campaigning and the jockeying...
The year that was, 2015, was replete with historic moments full of victories and challenges for the environmental movement. It holds lessons and inspirations that can serve as a compass through the trials that must be hurdled in 2016.
Ni GODFREY J. DUNQUE Edukasyon ang solusyon, Pero bakit isa nalang itong ambisyon Sa mga kabataang naghahangad ng propesyon O di kaya'y isa itong malaking imahinasyon. Kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan, Susi tungo sa maunlad na pamayanan Bayan na puno ng kayamanan Pero...
“In declaring Edca constitutional, the Supreme Court kowtowed to strong pressure for more massive, more permanent US presence in the Asia Pacific.”
The decision to participate in the party-list elections is a desperate attempt to bring their issues to the electorate: the rape of forests, the plunder of resources, the torching of schools and the killing of elders.
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com News about the 47th anniversary of the Communist Party highlighted the group’s statement about the growing strength of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao on one hand and Malacanang’s dismissal of the claim on the...
“The militarist approach of the Aquino regime in dealing with the revolutionary movement and in the peace talks is the same as and as bad as Arroyo’s.” – Benito Tiamzon, Wilma Austria
“We welcome a brand new year with another victory, proving that good things come to those who fight for justice and their rights.”
“Our only wish is for the case against her recruiters in Baloc trial court to proceed faster, and for her to go home this 2016.”
“It is apparent that Chinabank and Planters Development Bank intend to ease out regular employees as certain bank functions in Chinabank Savings are already outsourced or being handled by contractual employees."
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld A Senate “reinvestigation” of the Mamasapano incident to coincide with its first anniversary on Jan. 25 this year has been proposed by Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, who claims to have new information relevant to...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last December 22, a major daily published (as full-page ad) an appeal titled “Cease all hostilities until the 2016 elections.” It’s addressed to the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Communist Party...
“It is with great grief and rage that we say farewell to such a man, who, at the last decade of his life, was refused his freedom. We hold the Aquino government responsible for this injustice done to Ka Eddik.”
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