An anti-crime crusader, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Church leaders and academic personalities share one thing in common: they support the battle-scarred striking workers of the Hacienda Luisita against its owners, the Cojuangco and Aquino clans. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com An anti-crime crusader, a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Church leaders and academic personalities share one thing…
Janess Ann J. Ellao
The Hazards of Toiling for the Cojuangcos
A lost foot, a lost job and a threat to lose his home. This tale of a sugar mill worker at the Central Azucarera de Tarlac brings to fore the miserable conditions that bug the work force of Luzon’s largest sugar refinery. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com It was 30 minutes past midnight on Feb. 7,…
Battleground Gate 1 78 days – and still on strike
Gate 1 of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac, where seven lay dead after the Nov. 16 carnage, remains as the battleground between the Cojuangcos and the striking sugar mill and farm workers. This is where hundreds of battle-scarred strikers have held their ground since Nov. 6 and even non-striking workers say unless this gate is…
Cordillera Groups Hit ASEAN Anti-terror, Agri Pacts
Cordillera-based organizations denounced the agreements on anti-terrorism and agriculture made at the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu. BY PAM ANICETO AND KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Reposted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms from Manila) – Cordillera-based organizations last week denounced the agreements on anti-terrorism and agriculture made at the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu. Cordillera…
The Korean Peninsula: U.S. Military Aggression and Pyongyang’s Response
The presence of a socialist country in East Asia has been a threat to U.S. economic hegemony in the region although it has also served as a magnet that would justify U.S. military supremacy in the guise of “preserving democracy and free market.” By BOBBY TUAZON Bulatlat A peninsula in East Asia, the Korean Peninsula…