The Race to 2010
Benjie Oliveros | Jan 5, 2009
CARP Extension to Worsen Landlessness Problem
CARP Extension to Worsen Landlessness Problem
Members of the progressive party-list bloc at the House of Representatives walked out of the session hall, December 17, as their colleagues adopted Joint Resolution No. 19. They said they decided not to be a party to the landlord-dominated House of Representatives’ “pretensions, and deception of the Filipino peasantry and the people” in extending the ‘bogus’ Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which was further emasculated with the removal of the compulsory acquisition scheme.
In the Miserable Depths of Poverty
In the Miserable Depths of Poverty
As 2008 nears its end, many Filipinos conclude that their dire plight got unbearably worse this year. More and more urban poor families speak with anguish about their impoverished state while adamantly stressing the need for “radical change”. BY JEFFREY OCAMPO...
Peace Advocates Welcome Video of NPA’s Prisoner of War
Peace Advocates Welcome Video of NPA’s Prisoner of War
An interfaith group deemed as a positive step the release of a video footage of a prisoner of war (POW) held by the New People’s Army (NPA). BY DAVAO TODAY Posted by(Bulatlat.com) The Interfaith Movement for Peace and the Release of Cammayo and Tumol (IMPACT)...
How Important is the MOA-AD on the Moro People’s Quest for Right to Self-Determination?
How Important is the MOA-AD on the Moro People’s Quest for Right to Self-Determination?
Just how important was the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) to the Moro people? BY GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today Posted by(Bulatlat.com) DAVAO CITY—Just how important was the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) to the Moro people?...
‘Philippine Gov’t Lacks Political Will to Solve Human Rights Problems’
‘Philippine Gov’t Lacks Political Will to Solve Human Rights Problems’
An independent regional non-government organization said the Philippine government lacks the political will to solve the human rights problems of the country.
Laid off OFWs in Taiwan Duped by Malacañang
Laid off OFWs in Taiwan Duped by Malacañang
Retrenched overseas Filipino workers from Taiwan went to Malacañang hoping to receive assistance from the government. Instead, they were used for Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s photo gimmicks, and went home empty handed. BY ANGIE DE LARA AND RONALYN OLEA MIGRANT...
Militant Peasant Group Marches to Congress for GARB not CARP
Militant Peasant Group Marches to Congress for GARB not CARP
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Kilusang Mambubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Peasant Movement of the Philippines) Chair and Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) Rep. Rafael Mariano welcomed the leaders and members of Kalipunan ng Samahang Mambubukid ng Kabite (Kamagsasa-Ka or...
Creating Historical Milestones: Overseas Filipino Workers and Australian Unions
Creating Historical Milestones: Overseas Filipino Workers and Australian Unions
Australian unions are turning out to be at the forefront of the fight for OFWs brought into Australia under the Liberal government’s notorious S457 visa scheme. Filipino migrant workers in turn are making history in Australian labour records. BY ANIBETH DESIERTO...
To the Hilt
To the Hilt
Any ruling regime should quake at being accused -- much more proven -- as one that cannot be trusted to execute foreign-funded projects reasonably “free” of corruption. The fact that the World Bank has taken official notice, enough to investigate and to suspend the...
DOJ Hit for Opposing Medical Request of Political Detainee
DOJ Hit for Opposing Medical Request of Political Detainee
BY BULATLAT The Department of Justice opposed the medical request of political detainee Randall Echanis, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP-Philippine Peasant Movement) said. Echanis is the KMP deputy secretary general for external affairs. He was arrested...
UN Envoy to Attend Counter Assembly to GMFD
UN Envoy to Attend Counter Assembly to GMFD
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants will attend the International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR), a counterpart assembly to the Global Forum and Development (GMFD). Migrants' groups will take the opportunity to bring to the...
QC Residents, Government Workers Stage Picket vs. Proposed Business District
QC Residents, Government Workers Stage Picket vs. Proposed Business District
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat Members of the Concerned Organizations Opposed to Transfer, Layoff, Demolition and Privatization for Quezon City Central Business District (Contra-CBD) staged a picket rally at 5 p.m. today along Philcoa in Quezon City to oppose the...
Rollbacks Smokescreen to Oil Firms’ Profiteering – Labor Group
Rollbacks Smokescreen to Oil Firms’ Profiteering – Labor Group
BY BULALAT Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May Fist Movement) said the wave of oil price rollbacks is only 'a smokescreen to the continued exploitation of the oil companies.' Elmer Labog, KMU chairperson said the people deserve bigger price cuts. The group said...
Rights Group Says CA Decision Lame; Mother of Missing UP Student Holds Arroyo, AFP Liable
Rights Group Says CA Decision Lame; Mother of Missing UP Student Holds Arroyo, AFP Liable
BY RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat Human rights group Karapatan deemed lame the Court of Appeals (CA) decision on the writ of amparo for two missing students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan and their companion Manuel Merino. In a decision Sept. 17, the 11th Division of the...
US Bankruptcies, A Portent of Worse Things to Come
US Bankruptcies, A Portent of Worse Things to Come
The bankruptcies of five global financial services firms based in the US are not yet the worst that could happen. There is yet no end in sight to the current convulsion of the crisis in the US. If things do not bode well for the US, more so for the Philippines....
‘Rise Up!’
‘Rise Up!’
PHOTO ESSAY BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 Anger. Student leaders from various colleges and universities present their reasons for calling for Arroyo’s ouster. They simultaneously tore apart papers with Arroyo’s face. Alternative...
Union, Women’s Group Storm DoLE, Seek Probe of Sexual Harassment Cases
Union, Women’s Group Storm DoLE, Seek Probe of Sexual Harassment Cases
BY BULATLAT Members of the union of the Bleustar Marketing and Manufacturing Corporation (BMMC) and GABRIELA staged a picket in front of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to demand for an investigation of sexual harassment cases allegedly committed by...
Wheels of Justice or Wheel of Fortune?
Wheels of Justice or Wheel of Fortune?
The taint in the judiciary’s integrity stems not only from the CA scandal; it likewise emanates from the questionable decisions of the courts, as well as the obvious influence of the Arroyo government in its decisions. But, of course, there are, once in a while,...
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