By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Kabataan says the youth have an important role in the coming elections as more than 40 percent of the voters are young Filipinos. "The youth can even dictate who they want to win in the May 2010 elections," says Rep. Raymond Palatino.
MANILA — After the brutal killings on Nov. 23, the province of Maguindanao is now under martial law. But only hours since the proclamation, the regime has faced various protests from progressive groups. On Saturday, at the Boy Scout Monument in Tomas Morato in...
Justice Remains Elusive in Luisita
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Of the 284 political prisoners in the Philippines, 257 were arrested and detained under the present regime’s Oplan Bantay Laya. In a statement, Selda said the militarist approach of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has scuttled the peace talks between the government and the Moro secessionist groups in Mindanao and the New People’s Army.
Text and photos by JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
It is important not to compromise their principles, the two “senatoriables” from the progressie sector said. Since one of their platforms is good governance, part of it is holding public officials -- either past or present -- accountable. This includes achieving justice for the victims of human-rights violations under the Marcos dictatorship.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Many of those who watched the recent premiere of the movie “Dukot” got out of the theater teary-eyed – and enlightened about the atrocious human-rights situation in the Philippines.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The Commission on Elections has reaffirmed its decision delisting the Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP) as a party-list group. But Migrante says it will not surrender, promising to take the case to the Supreme Court.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Overseas Absentee Voting was implemented in 2004 so that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could exercise their right to vote. But since then, Migrante International has been criticizing the government's insincerity in...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Their advocacy has often placed them in conflict with government officials. However, they do this not to spite the government but to remind it of its job of protecting the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)....
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
As if the trauma of losing their homes and belongings were not enough, evacuees at the PhilSports Arena, formerly known as the Ultra, faced more problems as the government seemingly backtracked on its promise to relocate the displaced families. Worse, the Pasig government allegedly had to use underhanded means to force the refugees to leave.
With their homes washed away by the flood, children in Ultra find ways to entertain themselves through improvised “toys.” (Photos by Janess Ann J. Ellao / bulatlat.com ) A sister taking care of her younger sibling as their parents leave them for a while to find...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The Arroyo administration will have to work extra hard to prove that it is sincere in addressing climate change and its impacts. Signing the climate-change bill into law is one thing – approving the operation of coal-fired power plants, which have been identified as one of the dirtiest power-generation methods, makes a mockery of it.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
One would think that, with all the billions of dollars in remittances that it rakes in, the government would be concerned enough about the plight of distressed OFWs and ensure that those who want to escape from their abusive employers abroad can easily go back home to safety.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
With the flooding after Ondoy and the blaming of poor peasants and fisherfolks around the Laguna de Bay, many in Pila, Laguna, fear that the demolition of their homes is now just a matter of time.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"The dams, particularly San Roque Dam, are supposedly designed and used to control floods. However, the floodings these infrastructures have brought us prove that they were not really designed for that function. These dams just bring profit to its proponents and more harm than benefit to the people."
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Days after Ondoy struck, the government declared that it would no longer allow these poor Filipinos to return to their shattered homes.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The Citizen's Disaster Response Center urges the passage of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Bill. But even without this law, trainings in disaster mitigation should be conducted down to the barangay level, it says.
MANILA – Aside from killing them and displacing them from their homes and exposing them to illness, tropical storm Ondoy dealt poor Filipino families severe blows that could make their lives in the months ahead much more difficult. (Read sidebar: Ondoy Pushes Tens...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com SAN MATEO, Rizal -- Marivic Cristobal has been living in Barangay Sta. Ana, San Mateo, Rizal province for almost 20 years now. She is used to a home where floodwater would easily rise from the slightest rainfall. Cristobal...
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