While the International Seafarers’ Action Center (ISAC) Philippines Foundation, Inc. and other seafarers’ groups such as the progressive Filipino Seafarers’ Movement (FSM) are pushing hard for the ratification of the 2006 Maritime Labor Convention (MLC), the...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Retrenched workers and those in danger of being retrenched, as well as long-time contractual workers gathered today at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City to launch an association that, they say, would defend their...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat The multi-secrtoral group Bagong Alyansang makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance), together with other cause-oriented groups and individual petitioners, filed today a motion for reconsideration on the custody of L/Cpl....
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Members of the groups Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK or Movement of Women Workers and GABRIELA staged a protest action against retrenchments this afternoon at the Boy Scouts' Circle along Tomas Morato Avenue in Quezon...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly A basic problem is that the economic stimulus program is mainly targeting the private sector for job creation. Businesses will not begin to hire until they see more profits to be made. But the government’s efforts to make private...
Trouble at Treasury The Obama Team has a big problem on its hands; Timothy Geithner. Geithner was picked as Treasury Secretary because he is a trusted ally of the big banks and has a good grasp of the intricacies of the financial system. Geithner has assembled a...
Since he took office, President Obama has instituted many changes that break with the policies of the Bush administration. The new president has ordered that no government agency will be allowed to torture, that the U.S. prison at Guantánamo will be shuttered, and...
BY SR. STELLA MATUTINA, OSB DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat I am Sr. Stella Matutina, a member of Order of St. Benedict (OSB) assigned in Dawan Parish, Mati, Davao Oriental. This year will be my second year of staying here in the Philippines. Previously, I was...
STATEMENT OF CONTEND-U.P. 6 February 2009 DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Let us call it for what it is: political repression. Dr. Clemen Aquino, Chairperson of the Department of Sociology of U.P. Diliman, has yet to explain why her department has decided not...
BY BULATLAT AUCKLAND – A group of New Zealanders and Filipinos advocating human rights in the Philippines has condemned the filing of new murder charges against labor lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr. and five union organizers. The new murder charges come barely a week...
BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO Bulatlat In this time of crisis, a Christian youth group has called called on church-run private colleges and universities to freeze tuition hikes. The appeal was made by the Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP) weeks before...
BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO Bulatlat The warrant of arrest issued against Inspector Redempto Acharon, main suspect in the killing of Davao-based radio broadcaster Dennis Cuesta, was lifted by the very judge who issued it. Dennis Cuesta was shot by two motorcycle-riding...
BY BULATLAT The multi-sectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) has called on the Arroyo administration to to immediately regain custody of convicted rapist L/Cpl. Daniel Smith and to sack Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo...
With the beat of gongs, rhythm of tongatong, tambi, saggaypo, and kubing, and of course with the progressive Salidummay lyrics, the Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti Kordiyera (DKK) has been a channel for safeguarding the Cordillera cultural heritage and promoting cultural...
Cultural worker, actor and art activist Fernando “Nanding” Josef talks about globalization and cultural imperialism. He insists that both are detrimental to the indigenous arts and culture of the Filipinos. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat CULTURE For...
BY DEAN BAKER Center for Economic and Policy Research/Truthout INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat The January employment report showed the economy losing 598,000 jobs in the month. In addition, there were sharp upward revisions to the job loss figures for the prior...
Obama, Mitchell and the Palestinians The cowardice of our presidents and of our Congress keeps Israel in the driver’s seat so far as continuing the occupation. Brutality is the natural product of an occupation that is necessary to keep the land they’ve stolen from...
"Too Big to Fail": A Bailout Hoax Using the “too big to fail” scare tactic, the U.S. government has kept a number of terminally ill Wall Street gamblers on an expensive life-support system that is estimated to cost taxpayers $8.5 trillion [1]. In light of the fact...
By resurrecting General Palparan and attempting to absolve him of his crimes, Malacañang is banking on the public’s short memory and its strong repugnance for and condemnation of the drug menace in order to clear the GMA regime as well for its coddling and...
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