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.
BY ROBERT REICH The Financial Times/Truthout Posted by Bulatlat| Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16,2008 It is an election year and the US economy is in peril of falling into recession or worse. Not surprisingly, Washington is abuzz with plans to prevent it....
Edited by Brad Simpson National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 242 (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB242/index.htm) Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 As Indonesia buries former President Suharto who...
POEA Memorandum Circular 04 that is supposed to protect OFWs would only enable the government to pass on its responsibilities to employers who would, in turn, pass the additional costs to OFWs. Also it would discourage employers from directly hiring OFWs and...
Despite the ongoing peace negotiation between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the ceasefire agreement signed by both parties, peace still remains elusive in Mindanao. BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ...
Two hundred contractual workers of the Korean-owned Hanjin Garments, Inc. staged their first strike. But the police tried to violently disperse their picket line three times, the most recent attempt was last February 6, which resulted in injuries to more than 30...
The treaty symbolizes the second invasion of the country by Japan and that senators may choose to be patriots or collaborators when they vote on the controversial agreement, said Arnold Padilla of the No Deal coalition. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol....
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 U.S. troops were present during the Feb. 4 assault by combined Army and Navy elite forces on Barangay (village) Ipil, Maimbung, Sulu that killed eight non-combatants, including an Army...
Sa patuloy na pag-unlad ng 24/7 na negosyo at ng dami ng somnambulistang manggagawa, tandaan din na 24/7 na bukas ang Mercury Drugstore at ang emergency unit ng mga ospital sa natitiyak nating pagdami ng magiging casualty ng lokal na hanay ng worker ants sa...
Since the last quarter of the previous year, different local government units and other civil society organizations in Ifugao have been engaged in a concerted effort to preserve the rice terraces and promote the Ifugao culture. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat...
Three Army reservists based at the Athletic Bowl here allegedly mauled four students, including the son of the mayor of Sagada, Mountain Province, on Jan. 26 at the Melvin Jones ground here. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat HUMAN RIGHTS...
Prior to the specter of a U.S. recession, the Arroyo government had been making much of the historically unprecedented but unsustainable appreciation of the peso. She’s been crediting it to her fiscal managers and “good economic fundamentals.” But Labog says these...
Here lie the fundamental problems of the Arroyo regime's approach to the energy sector. First, the quick-fix oil tariff cut, in reality, has an insignificant impact on ordinary oil consumers. It did reduce diesel prices by P1 per liter but the prices of other...
Kung ang mamamahayag ay bahagi ng balita, siguradong makokompromiso ang kanyang kredibilidad dahil iisipin ng kanyang mga mambabasa, tagapakinig o tagapanood na siya ay hindi obhetibo. Pero iba na ang pagkakataon ngayon. Kaming mga mamamahayag ay naging bahagi na...
After four suspensions and rescheduling of their case hearings and perceived partiality of the Suffolk Criminal Courthouse, the Filipino nurses charged with patient endangerment and their lawyer are confident that they will be cleared of what they called...
Police and Justice Department officials face a P10 million class suit filed by over a hundred journalists and three media organizations for the illegal arrest of their colleagues after the Manila Pen siege by rebel soldiers November last year and the succeeding...
Most bureaucrats see their positions as both a power and a privilege shielded by immunities instead of as a public service that involves accountability. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT AND GOVERNANCE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 1, February 3-9,2008 Ed San...
Rating to result in more debts, says think-tank The Philippines’ fiscal crisis remains and could come to a head in 2008 despite the upgrade given by international ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service. The likelihood of this will increase the more adverse impact...
The Arroyo administration's hype over its full-year 2007 economic growth cannot hide its many economic failures. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 1, February 3-9, 2008 The Arroyo administration's hype over its full-year 2007 economic growth...
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