House Bill 5259 is an act seeking to establish evacuation centers in two to three barangays that is “big enough to accommodate the target population, strong enough to withstand natural calamities and situated away from waters and landslide-prone areas.”
Year: 2020
No work suspension for Laguna BPOs despite harmful ash fall
Gabriela Women’s Party called out the action, reminding BPO firms that the current ash fall is “an occupational safety and health issue.” GWP cited Republic Act 11058, or the Occupational Safety and Health Law, which states that workers have right of refusal to work without threat or reprisal if an imminent danger exists in the workplace.
Forces of nature
By DEE AYROSO
Safe
By DEE AYROSO
ABS-CBN’s ongoing struggle for franchise renewal
The new decade poses possible threat to ABS-CBN as the broadcast corporation’s franchise expiration approaches in less than two months, and with President Duterte’s ongoing tirades against the network’s franchise renewal.
Taal volcano spews ash, residents evacuate
Currently, evacuation efforts are underway in the towns of Talisay, Balete, and San Nicolas, Batangas, while flights to and from NAIA have been temporarily put on hold. About 8,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate so far.
Fisherfolk group denounces militarization of coastal community, set to protest Bulacan airport project groundbreaking
Fisherfolk community leaders decried the alleged encampment of a certain military unit in their coastal community in Bulakan, Bulacan weeks before the groundbreaking of San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) Bulacan airport project.
The complicated relationship between Iran and US imperialism
Soleimani’s assassination clearly has no basis in any rhetoric of “self-defense” from the Pentagon. He was another casualty in an effort by the US to exert political control in the region, and assert dominance over its sphere of influence.
Sining ng Oportunismo at Hamon ng Paglubay sa Kamangmangan
Ang sining ng oportunismo tulad ng sining ng realismo ay pagtatanghal ng tunay at pang-araw-araw na buhay. Ang pagtatanghal ng sining ng oportunismo ay pag-akda at reproduksiyon ng pasismo. Isang hamon ito sa mga artista at manunulat upang lubayan ang rebisyonismong pangkasaysayan at kamangmangan. Ni ABET UMIL Bulatlat.com Nagagamit ni Brillante Mendoza ang kasikatan niya…
Viv-akh!
By DEE AYROSO
Wife of political prisoner decries inhumane treatment
By 3 p.m., Badayos finally got inside the inspection area. Two female jail guards asked her to lift her shirt and she was frisked from the breast down. She was then asked to pull her pants and underwear down to her knees. She was instructed to bend forward and hop three times. One of the guards placed a mirror between her legs and asked her to emit a cough. It was only then she was allowed to go.