By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – On August 29, three students of the University of the Philippines in Cebu have been arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for supporting farmers calling for genuine agrarian reform. The three students, Melanie Montano, Remy Jade Manzon and Januelle Rontos are currently detained at the PNP…
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Residents of San Roque remain vigilant amid threat of demolition
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Residents of Sitio San Roque in Quezon City remain vigilant even after Mayor Herbert Bautista have extended the deadline for the demolition of their homes. “It is hard to be poor because we are always neglected by our government,” Pilar Angeles, 82, more commonly known as Nanay…
Kin of victims mark Int’l Day of the Disappeared by calling for justice anew
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Marking the International Day of the Disappeared, more than a hundred relatives and colleagues of missing activists gathered today in front of a mall in Quezon City where Jonas Burgos was taken. Protesters put up a signage that read: “Mag-ingat sa mandurukot. Dito dinukot ng mga militar si…
Tipping the scale
ByDr. Giovanni Tapang Prometheus Bound / Manila Times Public opinion, in theory, is the sum of all the views, attitudes and beliefs of a community on a particular topic. How society views an issue is important in politics, elections and in other spheres such as culture, fashion and the arts. Typically, through interaction and communication,…
Law prohibiting corporal punishment not enough
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – For children’s rights advocates and a group of teachers, enacting a bill that prohibits corporal punishment of children is not enough. For them, eliminating conditions that foster violence is more important. The House of Representatives recently passed on third and final reading House Bill (HB) 4455 or…
Golden rice not the solution to Vitamin A deficiency – scientist
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A US-based scientist visiting the country said genetically-modified golden rice is not the solution to Vitamin A deficiency. The golden rice, produced in 1999 by a team of scientists, was touted as the rice that could save a million kids a year. According to the World Health Organization…
Political prisoners in Oroquieta jail stage 4-day fasting
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Nine political prisoners marked the death anniversary of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., the president’s father, by initiating their four day fasting to demand for their release. Ninoy, himself a political detainee during martial law, was assassinated Aug. 21, 1983 at the then Manila International Airport. Unlike Ninoy, the…
Radio commentator murdered, 9th victim under Aquino administration
MANILA – A radio commentator was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen, Monday at Alicante village, EB Magalona town, Negros Occidental. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called for an investigation on Jimena’s killing to determine the motive of the crime and to be able arrest his killers. Niel “Lito” Jimena, 42, host…
Urban poor group counters WB positive report on CCT
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap dismissed the recent report the World Bank (WB) released jointly with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) on the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, formally known as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. Malacang said the WB-AusAID report “validates what…
OFWs in Hong Kong call on Aquino to speak out against anti-migrant hysteria
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The largest Filipino migrant alliance in Hong Kong has challenged the Benigno Aquino III administration to rethink its labor-export program and economic policies. The group said Aquino should do this as a move against “rising xenophobia and social exclusion” in the former British protectorate and other migrant-destination countries. United…
Scrap the budget for Angara’s APECO, farmers and tribespeople asked Aquino
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Why is the government funding a project that spells disaster to thousands of farmers, fisherfolks and tribal communities in five villages of Casiguran town in Aurora? That is the question repeatedly asked by leaders and representatives of peoples’ organizations as they appealed to the public, last week, to support…