Ni KARL PAULIE ESCUDERO ANARETA Panglima ka na pala Masama mang isipin Pero inasahan ko na rin Na mayroon pang susunod sa kanya At malamang, sa iyo Panglima ka na pala Sa ganitong sistema Na ang edukasyo’y kailangang Ibenta at ilako Nakakasuka Pero, normal lang daw Tangina Walang tayong takas Walang tayong lusot “Bakit? May…
Day: March 5, 2016
Foreign chambers: Gov’t actions ‘great’ but slow
Six years ago, when President Aquino was still campaigning for the presidency, his platform had already adopted the recommendations of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce, which were formally presented to his administration in a 400-page paper titled “Arangkada Philippines.” This week the JFC issued its fifth assessment of the government’s performance on those recommendations…
Aquino vs Marcos reprised
With the 2016 elections as subtext, a reprise of the decades-long war between Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. and Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr. that culminated in Aquino’s assassination in 1983 is currently being fought between their respective offspring. Benigno “Noynoy” S. C. Aquino III and Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. have been at loggerheads primarily because…
Job security, decent pay still women’s top demands, says study
“Empowering women means providing them economic opportunities: by creating regular, reliable, and respectable jobs, as well as by giving decent living wages.”
Women’s group bids goodbye to PH ‘Garbage Man’
“After almost six years, the cry of the people, particularly of women, for jobs and justice, food and freedom persists.”
TV5 union, management in deadlock over wage, labor rights
The management wants to implement a two-tier wage increase, with only 50 percent being guaranteed and the other half dependent on the company’s and employee’s performance.
Money makes the campaign wheels go round
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective So you want to become president? The question is: how much? And it is not about how much (or how desperately) does one want to become president. It is essentially a question of how much does one have to run a credible, competitive campaign. To get a good picture of…