A multisectoral consumers’ group was recently formed to assert the people’s access to safe, affordable, quality, and effective medicines. Its first move was to criticize the loopholes in the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 or RA 9502.
As SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet, Inc announced its two year rehabilitation work on the Ambuklao Hydroelectric Power Plant, residents of Bokod also ask the company for support in livelihood and forest conservation-related projects of the area which serves as the...
The play was one of the most daring critiques of Martial Law at the time it was first staged in 1977. It was the height of Martial Law, and the Filipino people was beginning to awaken. The play “Pagsambang Bayan” (People’s Worship) helped facilitate this process of...
(First of two parts) No country in the developing world has ever reached progress and equal treatment without fighting for self-determination and choosing an independent foreign policy. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by...
(Conclusion) From the U.S. national security lens, the Philippines belongs to the "arc of instability" where social unrest, challenges to the weak regime, and "extremism" will likely increase in the short term. Thus the country will remain a major chip of the U.S....
As the letter of Fr. Rex Reyes reads, this book that we launch today is “our small contribution in the furtherance of the quest for justice for all victims of human rights violations.” I ask you now – can there be anything more than our small contribution to a...
Barely a week after labor lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr. and five other activists from Southern Tagalog were released from prison, another murder case has been filed against them. BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Barely a week after labor lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr....
An organization of lawyers has called on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and “save the Philippines from humiliation and injustice.” BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat An organization of lawyers has...
Environmental advocates, scientists, activists, members of the academe and religious sectors, peasants, fisherfolk, health professionals and personalities recently linked up to form a broad opposition against the proposed revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant...
More Than Loose Change
This man’s presence beside a pawnshop’s signboard depicts irony. (Photo by Owen Segovia Bayog)
After more than two months, retrenched overseas Filipino workers from Taiwan are still waiting for any form of government assistance. This despite the claims of the government that it is prepared to respond to the needs of retrenched workers here and from abroad...
By upholding the constitutionality of the VFA, the majority in the Supreme Court has done the Arroyo government - as well as the US- two favors. It has upheld the Arroyo government’s policy of allowing the permanent basing of US troops in the country, and it has...
Ito ang kultural na lohika ng estado ng bansa sa kasalukuyan—kung ano ang kalakaran para ipaliwanag ang kaganapang ekonomiya, politika at lipunan. Showbiz ang pangunahing retorika ng pambansang kaganapan. Nililikhang showbiz ang politikal at ekonomiyang arena, at...
The Flags of Convenience (FOC) system, or the practice of ship fleet owners of flying a different flag, is currently the biggest problem among seafarers for it has been an instrument of big capitalists profiting from the maritime industry in escaping from their...
At first glance, the latest Supreme Court (SC) decision on the petitions of Suzette Nicolas, Bayan et al and Salonga et al appears to be a welcome, if unexpected assertion of Philippine sovereignty. The SC ruled that the transfer of convicted rapist Cpl. Daniel...
Medardo “Ka Roda” Roda is probably the most loved driver in the world. On Valentine's Day, more than 350 people gathered to pay tribute to the long-time leader of Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston). BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Medardo...
The safety and welfare of the people can better be assured with alternative sources of energy which exclude nuclear options in our energy mix. We should be tapping nature's bountiful energy sources BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG)...
According to The Washington Times, nearly two dozen of President Obama's executive-level appointments have worked as registered lobbyists. BY MICHAEL WINSHIP Truthout/Perspective INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat Not even three weeks in office and President Barack...
The first question to ask about the Recovery Program is, “recovery for whom?” The answer is, for the people who design the Recovery Program and their constituency, the bank lobby. The second question is, what is it they want to recover? The answer is, another...
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