By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Four years ago, William Bugatti, a Cordilleran human rights worker, was shot dead by suspected elements of the 86th Infantry Battalion after attending a hearing of political prisoners in Ifugao. Last March 2, another environmental and indigenous people’s rights activist was murdered. Ricardo Mayumi, 52, was shot dead by…
By DEE AYROSO
“Overseas Filipinos continue to leave the Philippines under the labour export policy, driven by many social and political problems, such as poverty, lack of jobs, landlessness, the lack of accessible health care and other social benefits.”
“Migrants are facing uncertainty that is why it is imperative for them to organize themselves not just to protect their rights and welfare but also to understand and link their issues to the socio-economic problems of Philippine society.”
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Thirty-two years since the first EDSA People Power and the celebrations continue to lose its spirit, and the crowds that attend it. I am referring, of course, to the official government celebrations. It is natural for the collective memory of the Filipino people about EDSA People Power to start fading.…