As support for the striking workers at the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC) continues to pour in, soldiers have decided to increase their presence in the area but using as an excuse the sightings of New People’s Army rebels in nearby areas where the strike was being held. BY ABI T. BENGWAYAN Northern Dispatch Posted…
Category: Bulatlat Perspective
New ‘Illegal’ OWWA Funds Transfer Bared
In the run-up to the 2004 presidential election, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received flak from several overseas workers’ groups for the transfer of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Medicare Fund from the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). It turns out now that this was not the only disbursement of…
The Falsehood Commission
Mrs. Arroyo’s Truth Commission is likely to turn into a total war against truth, first because the very government accused of wrong-doing will in effect investigate itself; second because it is likely to be used to exonerate its creator; and third because it will be used to persecute Mrs. Arroyo’s accusers. Truth can only be…
The Holok: An Indigenous Pest Control System in Ifugao
Pest management in the Cordillera came from extensive practical and traditional knowledge developed over years of observing natural processes. Called Holok, it entails comprehensive understanding of the entire rice production system and makes use of more than 20 indigenous plants. BY MONTA?OSA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER Northern Dispatch (Nordis) Posted by Bulatlat.com Part 2: Contemporary…
The Holok: An Indigenous Pest Control System in Ifugao
Pest management in the Cordillera came from extensive practical and traditional knowledge developed over years of observing natural processes. Called Holok, it entails comprehensive understanding of the entire rice production system and makes use of more than 20 indigenous plants. BY MONTA?OSA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER Northern Dispatch (Nordis) Posted by Bulatlat.com Part 1: Rice,…
Believe It or Not!
Government’s constant tampering with economic indicators serves to conceal its failed policies that have worsened the country’s economic situation. By IBON Media and Publications Posted by Bulatlat.com Government recently revealed once again how its economic data cannot be trusted to provide a true picture of the country’s economy. Last week, the country’s trade deficit figures…
Cha-Cha: The U.S.-Elite Conspiracy
Not only is there a confluence of domestic interests to which Constitutional amendments would be politically and economically advantageous. The United States, a far from disinterested observer of events in its neo-colony, also favors and regards Constitutional amendments as critical to its economic interests. By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance Posted by Bulatlat.com…
Gloria Must Go, Youth Say in Survey
Even prior to the public statement of 10 Cabinet members that the President should resign, the sentiments of the youth are already for her removal from office. A recent youth survey shows that the youth find the President as largely an ineffective leader due to her inability address vital national concerns. By Carl Marc Ramota…
‘No Resign, No Remit’
OFWs press for Arroyo’s ouster Two major migrant workers groups launch “No Resign, No Remit” campaign to press for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat Bulatlat.com “No Resign, No Remit.” Migrante International and Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP) jointly issued this statement as their members met July 5 to launch Outrage,…
The Impact of OFWs’ Remittances on the Philippine Economy
For the last 30 years, the Philippine economy, and all administrations from the time of the dictator Marcos to the present, have been propped up by the remittances of overseas Filipinos. This means, the country’s economy is saved from eventual collapse by the remittances of Filipinos working and residing overseas. By Lualhati Roque Executive Director…
Financial Storm Brewing
The most recent calls by the country’s business elites for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down only underscore her far-reaching failures as an economist. Coming on top of mounting popular unrest because of the people’s worsening condition over the last 4½ years, they herald a looming financial meltdown if Ms. Arroyo does not resign. BY…