The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and ACT Teachers Party-list held a protest action in Mendiola Monday, on the eve of the school opening in the country.
As part of the victory and thanksgiving celebration of Gabriela Women’s Party in relation to the success it achieved in the May elections, a restaging of the satirical fashion show Project RunAway was held on Friday at the Amoranto Theater in Quezon City. Project RunAway Season Finale not only tackled the anomalies in the recently concluded national elections but also focused on the challenges the Aquino administration will face. The show is an allusion to Noynoy’s 'daang matuwid' campaign slogan, a dare for him to take the lead by action, not by abstract rhetoric.
MAGUINDANAO -- Despite the rain, voters in Tugaig, a village in Barira town, continue to line up. ‘See these people? They line up to vote. But will the politicians do to them after being elected? They will ignore them,’ says a woman beside me.
By CARLOS H. CONDE
Despite the promise of order that computerization brings, the conduct of the elections in Maguindanao province and other areas in Mindanao leaves much to be desired.
MAGUINDANAO -- Hundreds of people line up outside Buldon Elementary School since early morning to vote. While no untoward incident occurred, it’s a bit chaotic here as voters jostle to enter the voting precincts. "Magulo pero masaya," says Kabiba Tomawis, a voter.
“AES stands for Automated Elections Sabotage,” declared Gabriela Women's Party Representative Luzviminda Ilagan, referring to the resulting technical foul-ups during COMELEC tests of the PCOS machines a few days before elections.
Datu Piang, MAGUINDANAO -- Workers unload election equipment at the Datu Piang town hall in Maguindanao. In some areas in the province, delivery of PCOS machines was a problem. Reports said this morning that Comelec people were prevented from delivering these machines to Buldon, a farflung town in Maguindanao.
By ANNE EDNALYN DELA CRUZ
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines endorses Makabayan senatoriables Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza, who they believe, will uphold rights of journalists and the youth. Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino intends to amend the Campus Journalism Act of 1991.
On Monday, Machine and manual count results did not tally in the clustered precincts in Cembo Elementary School for the mayoralty post and the Sangguniang Panlunsod.
Joint coverage by Bulatlat.com and Kodao Productions of Labor Day activities, May 1, 2010. Free live streaming by Ustream Labor Day...
By ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO and CRISTINA TUPAZ Bulatlat.com MANILA—Members of the Malacañang Press Corps, together with progressive and human rights groups, marked the fifth month of Ampatuan massacre that killed 57 people, including 38 media men. Wearing black shirts,...
Video Documentary: Noynoy's Luisita
By PAULINE GIDGET ESTELLA
With reports from Kristine Abigail Lingbaoan
Doctors of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH)who applied for a leave of absence (LOA) in protest of the UP Board of Regents’ (BOR’s) “unceremonious” removal of Dr. Jose Gonzales as the PGH director experience harassment.
In this video commentary, Bulatlat.com destroys the myth of the "untainted" Noynoy Aquino. For decades, the Aquinos and the Cojuangcos have stolen from the farmers and workers of Hacienda Luisita, using every trick in the book, as well as brute force and violence to retain control of thousands of hectares of land that they do not own to begin with.
Video: Relatives, Supporters Slam Failed Transfer of Morong 43 to Camp Crame
By D. L. MONDELO
"Noynoy Aquino is surrounded by agents of the US and the Arroyo regime who have been major partners of Arroyo in adopting and implementing policies that are detrimental to the national and democratic rights and interests of the Filipino people."
(First part: Sison: ‘Villar Offers Relatively Better Program; Noynoy to Frustrate Land Reform’)
April 14, 2010 Press Release Youth groups Anakbayan and Kabataan Partylist staged a noise barrage in Quezon City today in protest of the recent round of oil price hikes. They further challenged the presidentiables to finally put an end to the seesaw trend of oil...
Bulatlat.com The illegal arrest and continued detention of the “Morong 43” in a military facility represent serious threat to the civil liberties of the Filipino people, Bishop Nereo P. Odchimar, D.D., president of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines...
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