In less than a week, two journalists of the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) were shot in separate incidents by motorcycle-riding gunmen in broad daylight. Both of them died. BY KAREN PAPELLERO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 In less than a week, two journalists of the Radio Mindanao…
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Salungguhit: Cloak of Secrecy, Act of Treachery
The negotiations on the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has rightly raised suspicions on the government’s sincerity in forging peace in Mindanao. (Photo by Flon Faurillo)
WA’s Largest Union Lodges Case for OFW vs Employer
In a singular case on behalf of a Filipino overseas worker (OFW), Western Australia’s largest union the LHMU (Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union)* has filed proceedings against the OFW’s employer in the WA State Industrial Relations Commission. It is alleged that the employer Susan Law of TPL Executive Search Limited has underpaid Fe A. (full…
Workers, Urban Poor Skip Meals to Cope with the Crisis
While the poor try everything from skipping meals to walking hours to the workplace just to cope with the economic crisis, all the government does is to distribute dole outs. BY THE CENTER FOR TRADE UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 Rosa, 55, is a garment worker…
MoA on Ancestral Domain: It’s Not Over, Yet
The strong backlash ignited by the MoA deserves a second look by the MILF leaders. A lesson that can be drawn is the fact that the war for self-determination involves not only taking arms and talking but also a political war to win the broadest support for the just and historic struggle of the Bangsamoro…
Women Workers in Shoe Factory Decry Sexual Harassment, Low Wages, Union Busting
It was not in the job description but kissing the drunk owner of an 18-year-old rubber boots and shoes factory in Muntinlupa was the first thing women workers had to do when they report for work at six in the morning. They lined up not just to have the timecard punched. They lined up to…
The Youth’s View of the 2008 State of the Nation Address
The Arroyo government has been dismissing surveys showing that the satisfactory rating of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is at an all-time low of –38 and that majority of Filipinos think that the SONA is untruthful. Do these reflect the views of the people? The following are write-ups from two high school students, which was sent to Bulatlat.…
Long Live the Great Legacy of Sen. Lorenzo M. Tañada
I am deeply pleased and highly honored to join the Tañada clan, friends, the various organizations and institutions and the broad masses of the people in celebrating the 110th birth anniversary of the great Filipino patriot Sen. Lorenzo M. Tañada, champion of national independence and democracy, principled statesman, brilliant legislator, civil libertarian and fearless militant against oppression, be it the Japanese fascist invaders or the homegrown fascist dictator Marcos.
Back where I started
In UP medical school and in the Philippine General Hospital, I learned firsthand that the physical ills of our people will never be decisively healed without healing first and foremost the ills of our chronically debilitated and crisis-ridden society. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 The…
Benguet Folk Unite vs Large, ‘Destructive’ Mining
Some 156 representatives from the 13 municipalities of Benguet province gathered on Aug. 7 in a conference to discuss community issues and concerns on large and destructive mining and share experiences and lessons from successful struggles, which resulted to the formation of the Benguet Mining Alert and Action Network or BMAAN. The conference resulted from…
Guihulngan, Almighty: Photos from Another View
Guihulngan City, a 4th class city in Negros Oriental, is majestic, breath-taking, beautiful. Beneath this physical beauty, however, lie stories crying to be written and told to the world. TEXT AND PHOTOS BY TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 This is Guihulngan City, a 4th class city in…