Even international experts recognize the conservation of biodiversity in the NPA-controlled areas.
Green guerrillas
Month: March 2017
Kudos to El Salvador for standing up for the environment, for its people
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective In a move worthy of praise from environmental activists all over the world, El Salvador became the first country in the world to pass a law banning metal mining. Indeed as Lina Pohl, the environment minister of the smallest Central American country, declared: “It’s a historic day in El Salvador.…
Progressives salute martyrs, living heroes of armed struggle
“Apatnapu’t walo, at di matalo-talo.”
UP profs, students buck unprecedented cuts in liberal units
“We’re just being retooled to become cheap labor.”
The sacadas’ journey to freedom from exploitation
How many sacadas must be exploited in Hacienda Luisita and other sugar plantations in the country to produce sugar made bitter by their sweat and tears?
Housing authority to process urban poor occupants in Bulacan
Kadamay declares “initial victory” for #OccupyBulacan.
Appellate court stops Mary Jane’s written testimony
Court of Appeals stops what could have been Mary Jane Veloso’s first-time testimony on her ordeal.
Why the climate crisis won’t be solved without a massive increase in forest protection
Forests are the only systems we have that can suck carbon out of the atmosphere within the time frame necessary to save humanity.
Artists offer music, poems in honor of development workers
“They try to bury us. They didn’t know we are seeds.”
Lack of social services hinders women’s full development
“Ninety percent of the housing needs for 2012 to 2030 are on the lower-end cost, meaning it should be economic, socialized, and subsidized. More than 1.45 million housing units need to be state-subsidized for families who cannot afford the high cost of units being offered by the real estate companies.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL…
NPA frees soldier captives
MANILA — The New People’s Army (NPA) released on March 24 two soldiers it captured over a month ago in Lupon, Davao Oriental. Rene Doller, 34, and Carl Marc Nucos, 24, are both from the 72nd Infantry Battalion. They were captured by the NPA on February 14. The said soldiers were turned over to Davao…