By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA - Massive environmental degradation and landlessness of peasants in the country side are some of the issues that artist Jerry Matagsico witnessed. He united with other visual artists to bid goodbye to outgoing president...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Same old names, same old problems dominated the May 2010 elections, but there is reason to hope in the determination voters and teachers showed to make it work.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat MANILA - Merlinda Aquino, 40, has been contacting the Philippine embassy in Riyadh for help. She wanted to escape from her project manager who has been verbally abusing her and return home to the Philippines. But instead of a rescue...
By CHERYLL FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com PANABO CITY — It is supposed to be celebration time for members of progressive partylist groups Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Anakpawis, Kabataan, and Act Teachers. After all, they still managed to win seats in Congress in...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Like many students, Bea Samson, 17, maintains a blog where she can express her opinion, her thoughts and her ideas. Criticisms on school policies are among the many things Samson blogs about. And it was also the very...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
”For so many years, the government has failed to regulate tuition increases because of the Education Act of 1991 which grants free rein to school-owners to hike their tuition, consistent with the policy of deregulation," said Rep. Raymond Palatino of Kabataan Party.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Peasant leaders are challenging president-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino to act on the case of the farmers of Sitio Buntod in Hacienda Yulo. The violent dispersal of the barricade of the farmers of Hacienda Yulo is the first attack against peasants since the election season began during the start of the year.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
They only learned about what happened to their kin Joselito when they chanced upon his co-worker in a social networking site. After being given the runaround by the Department of Foreign Affairs, they were finally informed that the Philippine embassy in Saudi Arabia is handling the case. That is the last information the government has given them
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA - Ampatuans implicated in the massacre of 57 people - 32 of whom are journalists - may be behind bars, but it does not mean that they are powerless. On April 27 a warden of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology warden...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The Commission on Elections constituting itself as a National Board of Canvassers for the senatorial and party-list elections has already proclaimed the 12 winning senators, but the winners in the party-list elections would have to wait until all election returns have been canvassed.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
While the 24 percent turnout in the overseas absentee voting during the 2010 elections is higher than the 16 percent turnout in 2007, this is still way below the 65 percent turnout in 2004.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"We came to observe a clean, democratic elections, but I cannot conclude that it was," said Justine Kiwanuka, a delegate of the People's International Observers' Mission.
MANILA -- The transmission of election results did well in Quezon City High School in Kamuning, Quezon City. The transmission of results only took one to two minutes per transaction. The Board of Elections Inspectors told Bulatlat on Monday night that there were no major problems encountered with the Precinct Count Optical Scan machine, unlike in other areas.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
With reports from CIELO EUNICE FLORES
Reports reveal more problems toward the end of election day.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The May 10 elections have officially began. As expected, the first five hours were far from smooth.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO, ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO, ANNE EDNALYN DELA CRUZ and ALEXANDRA GARBRIELLA FRANCISCO
With reports from PAGBABAGO! PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE
There are 61 candidates for senator, and yet only a few have been covered by the media. Thus, only the old names - those running for reelection or making a comeback - are making it to the top 12.
By IBON FEATURES Posted by Bulatlat.com The May 1, 2010 question: What hope has labor in the 2010 polls? IBON Features | May 2010 | Many hope that the elections will usher in reforms and alleviate the worsening plight of the Filipino people, including the country's...
By CIELO FLORES
Candidates who signed the covenant commit to review and work to repeal existing laws that exploit OFWs and to propose new policies that will further protect the rights and welfare of Filipino migrant workers.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The counter-insurgency operations of the government have reached the campuses, harassing students involved in movement for reforms and societal change.
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