UP groups call for ‘zero votes for LP’
Protesters stormed a government agency event which had Liberal Party candidates as guests.
UP groups call for ‘zero votes for LP’
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Don’t downplay mass layoffs in Saudi, OFWs tell gov’t
Don’t downplay mass layoffs in Saudi, OFWs tell gov’t
“This is already a crisis. How does this government define a crisis? Do OFWs need to die of hunger first?”
Images| State workers score removal of benefits, low salary hike
Images| State workers score removal of benefits, low salary hike
Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea and Anne Marxze D. Umil Produced...
Zamboanga journalist shot dead
Zamboanga journalist shot dead
MANILA – Another journalist was shot dead in Zamboanga del Sur, the 31st media person to be killed under the Aquino administration. According to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Elvis Banggoy Ordaniza, 49, reporter of radio station dxWO Power99...
#BulatlatAsks | ‘Proposed wage hike will barely pay for loans’
#BulatlatAsks | ‘Proposed wage hike will barely pay for loans’
Bulatlat asked government employees what they will do if they get an additional P2,000, to be given in tranches the next four years. No one was happy about it.
State employees, health workers march against ‘treacherous’ salary hike bill
State employees, health workers march against ‘treacherous’ salary hike bill
“This is like a basketball game, and President Aquino wants to pass this law in the last two minutes of the game.”
Images | #OneBillionRising in Manila
Images | #OneBillionRising in Manila
Photos by Anne Marxze D. Umil, Fred Dabu and Ronalyn V. Olea Editing by Ronalyn V. Olea Produced...
#OneBillionRising | Women call for ‘revolution’
#OneBillionRising | Women call for ‘revolution’
“We will continue to rise, not only up to the International Women’s Day on March 8, but througout the whole year or even longer, as long as the government does not hear our demands.”
#OneBillionRising in Manila | Eve Ensler demands justice for Filipino women
#OneBillionRising in Manila | Eve Ensler demands justice for Filipino women
American playwright and activist Eve Ensler joined the #OneBillionRising events in the Philippines this year. She demands justice for the Lumad women and for Filipino women and girls who are victims of sex trafficking. Video and editing by Anne Marxze D. Umil and...
Kidney patients tag gov’t hospital ‘pusong bato’ (heart of stone)
Kidney patients tag gov’t hospital ‘pusong bato’ (heart of stone)
In a protest action, Feb. 12, dialysis patients decry the scrapping of 80 percent discount for charity patients at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.
Santiago in the land of forgetfulness
Santiago in the land of forgetfulness
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld It wasn’t exactly an auspicious start for the campaign of a partnership that even presidential candidate Miriam Defensor-Santiago herself has described as “strange.” After delivering a three-minute speech in Batac,...
Global corporations’ schemes to avoid taxes
Global corporations’ schemes to avoid taxes
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star For several years now, multinational corporations – including the biggest in the United States – have resorted to various schemes to avoid paying the right taxes. They thus defraud the governments, and the...
Media urged to do better election coverage
Media urged to do better election coverage
“There is very limited time for substantive discussions.”
Youth solon pushes for law banning ‘No permit, no exam’ policy
Youth solon pushes for law banning ‘No permit, no exam’ policy
“There is a need for us to express alarm, since this oppressive policy – which has already been the subject of congressional debates in the past – remains largely in place.”
Panayam kay Kas Chuck, baklang kasapi ng Hukbo
Panayam kay Kas Chuck, baklang kasapi ng Hukbo
Ni FIDEL GUEVARRA Bulatlat.com Buong buhay niya sa kilusan ay sa Mindanao siya naging aktibo. Taong 1996 nang magkonsentra si Kasamang Chuck sa Hukbo (Bagong Hukbong Bayan), at ang pangunahin niyang gawain sa panahong ito ay sa instruksyon o nagtuturo ng mga modyul...
Poor patients decry NKTI’s scrapping of 80% discount
Poor patients decry NKTI’s scrapping of 80% discount
The national government subsidizes only 10 to 12 percent of NKTI’s operations.
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