By Noel Sales Barcelona Contributor The head of Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) filed today a motion to quash the libel case against him. Courage President Ferdinand Gaite has been charged with libel by...
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Despite the controversies surrounding the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill pending in Congress, the Reproductive Health Action Network (RHAN), an alliance of non-governmental organizations, is confident it will be passed. The RHAN said they...
BY BULATLAT A women's organization has congratulated the workers of Bleustar Management and Marketing Corporation (BMMC), which makes and distributes Advan shoes and rainboots, for their victorious strike. The victory resulted in the recognition of their union, the...
BY BULATLAT An organization of US-based Filipino activists has warned Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that not everyone in the Filipino-American community will welcome her visit there this week. Arroyo will be attending the 63rd United Nations (UN) General Assembly in...
BY BULALAT Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May Fist Movement) said the wave of oil price rollbacks is only 'a smokescreen to the continued exploitation of the oil companies.' Elmer Labog, KMU chairperson said the people deserve bigger price cuts. The group said...
BY RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat Human rights group Karapatan deemed lame the Court of Appeals (CA) decision on the writ of amparo for two missing students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan and their companion Manuel Merino. In a decision Sept. 17, the 11th Division of the...
BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila)—A photojournalist of the People’s Journal spent his weekend at the Baguio City Jail for a simple vehicular accident row. Charged with grave threats, People’s Journal photojournalist Cesar Reyes already...
BY THE NORTHERN DISPATCH BAGUIO CITY -- Another activist has been reported missing by his family. James Balao, a member of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), was reported missing since Sept. 17. In a statement, the CPA said the family was expecting Balao’s...
BY BULATLAT Members of the union of the Bleustar Marketing and Manufacturing Corporation (BMMC) and GABRIELA staged a picket in front of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to demand for an investigation of sexual harassment cases allegedly committed by...
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat September 17, 2008 Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas II called on the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) managements to publicly disclose any and all of its investments in the...
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat September 17, 2008 Archbishop Antonio S. Ledesma, SJ, DD, of the Cagayan de Oro, member of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) said their group will offer facilitation services for the resumption of peace...
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat September 17, 2008 A group of government employees said that the funds of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) are in ‘grave danger.’ The Confederation for Unity, Recognition and...
BY BULATLAT September 15, 2008 - 2:18 p.m. Relatives of political prisoners and members of Tagaytay 5 held a protest in front of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) today around 10:30 a.m. They demanded the release of all political prisoners in the...
BY BULATLAT September 11, 2008 - 1:47 p.m. Detained Pastor Berlin Guerrero was ordered released to the custody of his lawyers this morning by the Court of Appeals (CA). A United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) pastor, Guerrero was abducted May 27, 2007...
Bulatlat.com September 10, 2008 - 7:56 p.m. An environmentalist group based in Southern Mindanao blamed large-scale mining for the landslide in Brgy. Masara in Maco, Compostela Valley province. The landslide claimed 30 lives and displaced nearly 5,000 residents....
Bulatlat.com September 8, 2008 – 1:53 p.m. A delegation of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) held a dialogue with the negotiating panel and consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), Sept. 2, in Utrecht, The Netherlands....
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