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.
Despite being slapped with libel charges, Antonio Tinio, chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said his group will continue to expose what they deem as 'exploitative and illegal' policies of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) under the...
Media insists that the proposed law is “anathema to democracy” while lawmakers contend that it is a measure to counter the tendency among journalists to resort to “trial by publicity.” BY AYI MUALLAM Pinoy Press Posted by Bulatlat The debate over the Right of Reply...
The number of Generals surrounding the President of the Philippines raises questions about the nature of the regime. What is the relationship between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the military, which includes all branches of the Armed Forces of the...
Students from various state and private higher education institutions held a series of protests against another impending round of fee hikes for the coming school year. In the midst of the global financial crisis, students argued that increasing the cost of...
Following the release of the 2008 US State Department report on the Philippines, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) called on the Obama administration to cut military and other aid to the Arroyo government. Released February 25, the US State Department country...
Seven out of ten Filipinos want Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo out of Malacañang, a survey showed. A survey by independent think-tank IBON Foundation revealed that 66.7 percent of respondents believe that Arroyo should be removed as president. Yesterday, Arroyo said...
BY BULATLAT OZAMIZ CITY - Misamis Occidental broadcaster Ernie Rollin was shot dead early morning Monday in Oroquieta city while on his way to work in a radio station here, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines reported. His live-in partner...
BY BULATLAT An environmental group denounced the attacks against four anti-mining advocates, including a Benedictine nun, in Davao Oriental. Four members of Panalipdan- Davao Oriental were allegedly subjected to illegal search, illegal detention, harassment,...
BY BULATLAT A party-list lawmaker said the government must go beyond its ‘band-aid solutions’ to the economic crisis. Anakpawis Representative said the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) package of solutions consists only of ‘band-aid solutions’ and does...
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan – New Patriotic Alliance) slammed the Arroyo government for ‘conveniently placing the future of the negotiations on the custody of convicted rapist Daniel Smith in the hands of so-called American treaty experts.’ Executive...
“The seriousness of this crisis is such that we cannot expect any solution within the system and certainly not from the US administration, certainly not from the G-20 because within that group, except for a couple of exceptions, is the dominant Washington consensus of the neoliberal agenda, ” said Michel Chossudovsky, a progressive economist and academician.
“In the Philippines, this crisis will be extremely severe because it is imposed upon an existing situation...of dependency, lack of sovereignty, crisis of the real economy, and poverty of the large majority of the population."
For Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May 1st Movement) executive vice chairman Lito Ustarez, free skills training programs for workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may seem helpful, but are not what the country needs to enable those who are losing their jobs to cope with the global financial crisis.
BY BULATLAT Heightening the campaign to stop the use of the Social Security System (SSS) funds for the P330 billion economic stimulus package, groups held a nationally-coordinated petition signing and picket protests in front of the offices of the SSS in major...
BY BULATLAT Amid the economic crisis, a legislator called on the the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to provide guidelines to stop any tuition increase for school year 2009-2010. Bayan Muna Representative Teodoro Casiño expressed this to CHED officials at the...
BY BULATLAT Activists and religious groups in Davao City welcomed Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, the whistleblower on the controversial National Broadband Network-ZTE deal. Lozada is the speaker of today's forum dubbed "Truth, Honesty, and Good Governance" organized by the...
Peasant organizations Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) and the Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA, Union of Agricultural Workers) condemned the abduction, arrest and detention of their colleague. BY BULATLAT HUMAN...
If members of the Social Security System (SSS) opposed the use of their P12.5 billion fund for the P330-billion economic stimulus package of the Arroyo administration, Filipino migrants too are against the use of P250-million Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
BY BULATLAT Another activist was shot dead this morning in Calatagan, Batangas. Wilfredo Gonzales, 52, Bgy. Bucal, Calatagan, Batangas was gunned down while driving an Elf-truck, around 6 a.m. today by two motorcycle-riding men, human rights group Karapatan...
The elders of Cordillera expressed support for the bill seeking to provide free health care for senior citizens in government hospitals. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW REGIONS Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – The elders of Cordillera expressed support for the bill seeking to...
Experts have described the recession as a "supercrisis", which could be long and deep. Its impact on poor and underdeveloped economies like the Philippines is just starting to unfold. Obviously, emergency employment through a stimulus package as well as labor...
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