‘Pres. Duterte and FM Kono did not discuss their accountability and Japanese fruit company Sumifru in the violation of workers’ rights.’
Include Sumifru workers’ woes in Japanese official’s agenda, Duterte told
Marya Salamat
Solons call for official commemoration of Philippine-American War
Despite the people’s success in bringing home the Balangiga bells, much need to be done to cure ourselves of historical amnesia. — ACT Teachers Partylist
Hail to the (Endo) King!
Sy may indeed be a hardworking man. But so are his conglomerate’s employees. With Sy’s determined use of neoliberal policies such as contractualization, the fruits of tens of thousands of his employees’ hard work go largely to his companies’ profits. Here lies the unheralded side of his Forbes-topping net worth, the secret to his centavo to billion peso taipan tale and why labor groups are raising their placards to hail the Endo King.
Workers to Comelec: Let Manggagawa Party-list run in 2019 polls
The MANGGAGAWA Partylist asks the COMELEC to act toward ensuring the main objective of the partylist system is met — allow marginalized groups such as the workers to expand their political participation .
‘DFA should have ensured passport data is incorruptible, readily accessible to gov’t’
“There are technological solutions it could implement to prevent data corruption.”
Environmentalists, fisherfolk denounce DENR’s ‘fake’ rehabilitation of Manila Bay
‘There is no real rehabilitation if the Manila Bay ends up with profit-driven corporations.’
No safeguards to ID theft due to passport fiasco – IT expert
“There are many ways those ‘hostaged’ passport data may be used to the disadvantage of the owners of the data.”
State workers protest delayed salary increase, blame squabbles in Duterte admin for delay in hike
State workers blame the delay in budget approval on government officials “asserting their selfish interest and also on wrong budget policies.”
In the Philippines, women play big roles in opposing mega-dam projects
With global warming and climate change, normal or extra-strong typhoons are becoming more disastrous than ever, offering more pressing reasons not to destroy the remaining forest and watershed to build unnecessary mega-dams.
In the Philippines, a dam struggle spans generations, inspires songs of unity for the environment
By MARYA SALAMAT This is one of the reports in a series produced by Bulatlat.com with the Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) Media Fellowship. The series aims to report on linkages between gender, ecological conflicts and climate change. MANILA — Two proofs stand out today showing how long and how determined…
People’s response to mining plunder
by PAUL CHRISTIAN YANG-ED This is the 4th in a 4-part analysis of mining in the Philippines today. Read also the first three: Part 1: Fool’s gold under Duterte Part 2: Digging deeper into the global mining context | 4 ominous trends in global mining Part 3: Mining in the Philippines: The steep price our…