Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Ang panghagip ay pagpapaigting ng kilusang manggawang may layong unyonismo kahit pa lumalawak ang bilang ng kaswal na walang ligal na akses dito. Ibang imahinaryo para sa rekonseptwalisasyon at pagbalikwas ng kaswal. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA...
The growing Visayas-wide campaign against oil exploration in the Tanon Strait Protected Seascape, which lies between Negros Oriental and Cebu, got a boost with the recent approval by the Negros Oriental Vice Mayors’ League of a resolution opposing any extension of...
"The Department of Agriculture (DA) was either lying or uninformed when it assured consumers that U.S. GMO rice has the seal of approval of international food safety agencies.” BY GREENPEACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol/ VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008 Greenpeace debunked...
NI ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008 Sa ikalawang anibersaryo ng pagdukot kina Axel Pinpin, Riel Custodio, Aristides Sarmiento, Enrico Ybañez, at Michael Masayes -- ang tinaguriang "Tagaytay 5" Nakikita namin ang...
Justice is still elusive for the 10 retrenched workers from the Baguio Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA), who were dismissed in March last year. BY CYE REYES Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LABOR WATCH Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246...
In this open letter, noted poet and literary scholar Gelacio Guillermo responds to a poem addressed to him by a U.S-based writer and professor named Eugene Gloria. Their “exchange,” among other things, tackles issues related to Philippine society and culture. Below...
She left the country full of dreams not for herself but for her family. Because of the dearth of jobs in the country and the lack of attention given to the working sector by the Arroyo government, she was tempted to try her luck as a domestic helper in Saudi...
International Labor Day was protest day for migrant workers all over the world who are continuously struggling and fighting for their rights, just wages, benefits and humane treatment from employers and capitalists. BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat...
A wage hike is urgent amid soaring rice and food prices, rising transport costs, and power and rate hikes, and businesses are fully able to grant the wage hike demanded by workers, according to independent research group IBON. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat...
Bacolod City has recently been cited as the country’s “most livable” city, based on the cost of living, accessibility of basic services, and the peace and order situation. It also boasts of numerous awards including business-friendliness. But behind the accolades...
“We the elders, leaders and peace pact holders of the tribe of Binongan, bind and reaffirm as a matter of life and death very important agreements to oppose large and destructive mines...and its ill effects on the future of the people of Licuan-Baay, the tribes of...
Indigenous peoples of Brgy. Lamag, in Quirino, Ilocos Sur have rejected an application for mining exploration, asserting their preference for traditional resource utilization. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10,...
A YouTube video entitled “The Adventures of Isko Palaban” was posted in the internet. It shows the problems being faced by the Tandem and the students of the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) from the increase in tuition and other fees to the closure of the...
Close to a hundred midwifery licensure examinees from Northern and Central Luzon hoped they would be able to take the examinations after spending tens of thousands of pesos for the review. Unfortunately, they would have to wait several months more because the...
The higher the level of corruption in a country, the greater the destruction of the environment; likewise, the lower the level of environmental sustainability. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008...
Commencement has been an occasion for personages to give their views on burning issues like independence or party-less democracy before the war and the Cold War and post-colonial issues after the war. Nowadays commencement organizers are wary about manifestations...
BY MELCHIZEDEK MAQUISO DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008 Dear Editor: Mabuhay! I'm an OFW under the live-in caregiver program working and living at the same time in Stouffville, Ontario, a northern Toronto suburb. I'm writing to...
Totoo namang mababawasan ang tubo ng mga kapitalista oras na magkaroon ng substansiyal na pagtataas ng sahod. Pero hindi ba’t kailangan ito ng mga manggagawa lalo na sa panahong ito? NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII,...
BY MICHAEL T. KLARE The Nation/Truthout Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 13, May 4-10, 2008 While the day-to-day focus of US military planning remains Iraq and Afghanistan, American strategists are increasingly looking beyond these two conflicts...
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