BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – A criminal case of obstruction of justice was recently filed by professional nurses in this city against Philippine Nursing Association President Dr. Cordero for his alleged efforts to cover up the investigation on the June 11 -1 2 nursing board leakage. Cordero allegedly urged complainants…
Category: Human Rights
Man Hides for Days, Crosses Rivers to Escape Military Abduction
4 JASIG holders missing A person who says he was abducted by military men and may have been a goner had he not escaped from his captors will be presented as a witness in one of three separate petitions for writ of habeas corpus filed by human rights lawyers before the Supreme Court (SC) on…
Breast Is Always the Best – DOH
Owing to the successful advertising and promotion of breastmilk substitutes intended for infants and young children, 98.6 percent of Filipino infants are formula-fed with cow’s milk. At six to seven months of age less than two percent of Filipino infants are exclusively breastfed. By Maria G. Salamat Bulatlat.com When Tina, a first-time mother, was awkwardly…
Kalinga Folk Bury Alyce as Protest Mounts vs Death Squads
Tabuk doctors close clinics in outcry over Claver ambush Sunburnt farmers and indigenous elders joined doctors, lawyers, religious, local government officials, student youth and progressive groups in holding a protest funeral and demanding justice for the Clavers and other victims of death-squad killings and abductions. by Kimberly N. Quitasol NORTHERN DISPATCH Bulatlat.com TABUK, Kalinga —…
Cordillera Reds Vow to Punish Attackers of Claver Family
“How dare they ambush a helpless family, murder a woman of their own kin, and put in danger a child’s life?” the spokesperson of the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front said of last July 31’s attack on a doctor and his family. By Ace Alegre Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas vow…
Nurses Petition GMA to Intervene in Nursing Board Leakage
Nurses and examinees who filed the complaint about the Nursing board exams leakage are gathering signatures to petition President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to create an independent fact-finding body. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – As the Professional Regulatory Commission failed to create an independent body that would investigate the June nursing board…
Baguio Is the Riskiest City in RP, Gov’t Geologists Say
The summer capital of the country is also the most hazard-prone, with one-third of the city prone to landslides, said government geologists. BY ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – The summer capital city of Baguio is considered by government geologists as the riskiest citiy in the country, thus affirming earlier findings by the World Bank…
Laguna Factory Worker Is 725th Victim of Political Killing
By Bulatlat Bulatlat.com A factory worker in Laguna became the 725th victim of extra-judicial killings of activists since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed the presidency in 2001. The Southern Tagalog chapter of the human rights group Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples’ Rights) reported that Gilbert Hamile, 40, a factory worker of Storck Phil., Inc.…
Weathering Two Storms
The protesters of July 24, when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivered her State of the Nation Address (SoNA) this year, faced two storms. PHOTOS BY AUBREY MAKILAN TEXT BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com *PICTURE The protesters of July 24, when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivered her State of the Nation Address (SoNA) for this year, faced two…
Slain Peasant Leader’s Wife Points to Soldier as Killer
The wife of a peasant leader slain in Misamis Oriental recognized one of his assailants as someone she had seen before in the Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Brigade (IB) whose camp is situated near their farm in Tinagaan village, Salay, Misamis Oriental, the leader of a progressive party-list group in Northern Mindanao said. BY TYRONE…
Is GMA Using Talks with Muslims for Money?
A University of the Philippines (UP) professor and a leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) believe that, contrary to government claims, no peace agreement will be forged this year or in the remaining years of the Arroyo administration. The MILF leader has also accused the Arroyo administration of using its peace talks with…