By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
A typical coal power plant generates an average of 10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide... 500 tons of small airborne particles...720 tons of carbon monoxide... 225 pounds of arsenic... and 114 pounds of lead, four pounds of cadmium, other toxic heavy metals, and trace amounts of uranium which are all poisonous and carcinogenic.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- William Regal, 17, is among the students of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Manila who joined the student strike in protest of the massive budget cuts on state universities and colleges (SUCs). "Tertiary...
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle International Posted by Bulatlat.com We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, condemn in the strongest possible terms the recent and ongoing provocations being made by the US...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International says if President Aquino will remain silent about the abuse of OFWs, “it means that he is siding with abusive employers and other institutions who are gaining benefits from Filipino migrants workers.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA –Mary Grace Travilal, 42, was forced to work abroad because she and her long-time partner Felix Catajay, 62, could no longer afford to send two of their four children to college. She left behind a “beautiful relationship,”...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Migrante International, the largest overseas Filipino workers organization, said the US Department of State report on terrorism was very ‘malicious’ when it cited that the Abu Sayyaf Group, a bandit group which has been...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Land reform is a question of social justice. It is at the heart of the conflict in Luisita.” – Renato Reyes of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.
Sidebar: A Mother’s Quest for Justice
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com HACIENDA LUISITA, Tarlac – She is not JV Basilio’s real mother. But they cared for each other like those related by blood. And from the time that the bullets pierced and killed JV during the infamous Hacienda Luisita massacre,...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
When the session resumed on November 8, members of the House of Representatives were being asked to vote on the proposed budget. ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio stood up and asked if they could still look into the amendments that were considered and included in the final version of the bill. The request, however, was denied.
Groups to Noynoy: 'Philippines Not For Sale!'
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“US troops have no business in Hacienda Luisita except to join the armed forces in stepping up the militarization and perpetuate a climate of fear as protesting farm workers persist in their demands for land," Gabriela Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan said, "We want the US troops out of Luisita and out of the Philippines.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"Since (we) are still stockholders and beneficiaries of the subject land, we have the right to information on such matter and HLI is under obligation to disclose whatever nature or kind of agreement it has entered or it intends to enter into with Wahaha with the assistance of DTI," the statement of Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita read.
By ANGEL L. TESORERO Bulatlat.com Dubai, UAE – Three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died and one remains in critical condition when a fire razed a makeshift room built on the rooftop of a 3-story building in Al Satwa, Dubai early Saturday morning (UAE time),...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
After experiencing heavy deployment of AFP troops, the peasants of Hacienda Luisita are bracing for the entry of US troops who would be conducting 'trainings' inside the hacienda.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
A minor’s refusal to join the CAFGU resulted in him being beaten up and threatened by soldiers. And he is not alone in his ordeal.
Thousands of farmers from various provinces in Southern Mindanao held a protest-march dubbed “Martsa alang sa Yuta ug Hustisya!” (March for Land and Justice!) at Rizal Park, Davao City on October 22. Led by the Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas-Southern Mindanao Region, farmers threw eggs with red paint at a poster bearing President Benigno Aquino III's face, calling him a total failure for not having the heart nor the political intent and morality to uplift the plight of hapless farmers in the region.
MANILA -- In a privilege speech on September 23, Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello said there is no hard evidence, here and abroad, that the Conditional Cash Transfer program has brought "people out of poverty." He added that the CCT is "a coordinated strategy of pressure...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"No matter how much the Aquino government spends on the CCT, reducing poverty in the country still boils down to adequate social services and jobs creation, and more importantly, a ‘national development strategy’." – Kadamay
Sidebar: Akbayan Reps, 19 Others Flip-Flop, Sign Resolution Supporting CCT Program
arrying lit torches, thousands of peasants and agricultural workers from all over country converge in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform office in Quezon City on Wednesday, marking the third day of “Lakbayan ng mga Magsasaka Laban sa Hacienderong Rehimen ni Aquino” (Long March of Farmers Against the Hacienda Regime of Aquino).
By Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two overseas Filipino workers were not accepted in Bahay Kalinga, a shelter for runaway OFWs managed by the Philippine embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They were told that they need to get an endorsement from embassy case officers first....
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