“We have been waiting for so long. Why do our loved ones remain in detention?”
As peace talks resume, release of political prisoners sought
Year: 2017
Kin of victims of drug-related killings file complaints vs. government
“We believe that the vulnerable poor, marginalized and exploited sectors of society must be afforded every respect of their human rights—for these are the rights of the toiling majority.”
The unending wars: Part of Obama legacy
In his farewell speech on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama tried to project confidence in America’s future, while saying economic inequality, racism, and closed-mindedness threaten national unity. He pledged to support his successor, Donald Trump, in face of the widespread fears expressed over how the volatile political outlier could mishandle the superpower’s problems and affairs.…
Conspiracy theory
Elvis Presley faked his own death in 1977, and at the ripe old age of 81 still lives today as a grounds keeper in Graceland, the home he purchased in Memphis, Tennessee at the height of his film, music and television career in 1957. The military-industrial complex — the alliance between the US military and…
Pork
Ni XEUS DELA CRUZ FOJA Nakakataba ng puso Ang pangako Ni candidate Duterte: “I will abolish corruption in government.” Sabay hiyawan ang 16 million ka-DDS. Taas-kamao. Hashtag ChangeisComing. After 6 months, “Iba si Candidate Duterte Kay President Duterte.” What’s Diokno cooking in Duterte’s Kitchen? Ibang timpla Parehong-pareho ang lasa. Kumalam ang sikmura ng mga representative…
Progressive youths to fight for ‘free public education at all levels’
Will the increased education budget equate to free college for all? Youth groups vow to make it so.
Yearender 2016 | Labor sector yet to see the end of contractualization, cheap wage policy
Change for the families of working people seems to be getting farther rather than nearer: 2017 began with government declarations of intention to raise various taxes and workers contributions such as oil excise tax, beverage tax, SSS, among others.
‘Duterte’s economic policies pro-oligarch, anti-poor’ – think-tank
“The first six months showed a tendency already that the Duterte administration is a populist administration pushing for neoliberal policies under a smokescreen of war on drugs, national rhetoric and leftist façade.”
The President’s choices
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective After declaring, during his campaign, that he would approve the P2,000 Social Security System pension hike if elected, President Duterte has obviously reneged on his promise. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s statement that people should differentiate between Rodrigo Duterte the candidate and Duterte the president did not help any. It is…
Yearender 2016 | Privatization of education continues under Duterte
Progressive youth and teachers groups welcomed the budgetary increase that will make tuition in state universities and colleges free, but criticized the expansion of the voucher system, which, they said, privatizes the public education system.
Media watchdog’s website hacked
“They are vermin, narrow-minded, misbegotten souls who mistakenly believe that they can silence critical speech and thought in their desire to force people into accepting only one worldview – theirs.” — NUJP