“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 for positions have begun a year ago. The candidates for president and vice-president have already…
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 iilan lang ang nakikinabang. Pamaraan na dapat isaalang-alang, Sa mga kabataang naghahanap…
“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 other. This is newsworthy but not really new. Supporters and critics of the armed…
“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.”