By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Like the previous administrations, President Benigno S. Aquino III did not break from the dictates of the United States of America, Renato Reyes, Jr. secretary general of umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), said as the country marked Independence Day, June 12. Carrying banners “Down with imperialism!,”…
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Sis. Alice Sobreviñas, peace advocate
“The road to peace, like the road we took to reach Buneg, is long, sometimes coiled, narrow, dark and stormy, but a road we travel each day to bring a spark of hope for our nation, for our fellow countrymen, for the present and succeeding generations.” By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com At 73, Sister Alice…
Bukidnon farmers hold camp-out in front of Central Mindanao University to protest harassment
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A university in Bukidnon continues its campaign to drive away some 800 farmers and their families from their land. Farmers led by the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus Farmers’ Association (BTL) and the BTL Women’s Association continue to fight against the attempts of Central Mindanao University (CMU) in Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon to evict…
Pamalakaya demands relief for fishkill-affected fisherfolk,dismantlement of all commercial fish pens
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com An activist fisherfolk alliance is deeply disappointed with the “Star for All Seasons” and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has expressed disappointment over Santos’ cold response to its appeal that the Batangas local government release economic aid for the thousands of…
Dolefil hikes profits by repressing progressive union, said a labor federation
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: Veteran labor federation slammed ECOP’s calls for tripartism as dangerous and deceptive The management of Dole Philippines Inc. recently inked a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the workers union in Dole’s largest integrated plantation and cannery in the world. “Given the agreed upon wage increases, the Dolefil management’s…
DepEd program K+12 will only reinforce Labor Export Policy—League of Filipino Students
By ERIKA CALEJA Bulatlat.com Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro is determined in pushing the K+12 (Kinder plus 12 years) program, which is also called the K-6-4-2 model. This would result in one year “Universal Kindergarten”, six years of elementary education, four years of junior high school that will be known as Grades 7…
The ‘Politics of US Occupation,’ correcting a historical misrepresentation
A video documentary review By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com The “Politics of US Occupation” by Richard Concepcion, a thesis for his Masteral in Fine Arts at the American University School of Communication last year, is a video-documentary that begins and ends with a rock guitarist playing, yet spans in between a procession of graphic black and…
Former political prisoners assert, Marcos is no hero
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A “ paradox,” that is how the human rights group Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda) described the recommendation of Vice president Jejomar Binayto give full military honors to the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. Selda is an organization of former political prisoners. President Benigno…
Urban Development and Housing Act merely meant to delay demolition of urban poor communities
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — For urban poor communities, a threat of a demolition is a threat to their lives and their livelihood. Naturally, they would fight it, by all means possible and whatever is at hand, including picking up rocks, bottles, and, in other circumstances, “t-bombs” (or plastic bags filled with…
Media outfit accused of diverting profits at the expense of workers
Also read Journal union fighting for rights despite bribes, union-busting activities By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Harold Concepcion, president of the Journal Employees Union (JEU), only had P300 ($6.94) in his wallet when he was interviewed by bulatlat.com. Like his co-workers at the Philippine Journalists Inc., publisher of People’s Journal, People’s Tonight and…
Journal union fighting for rights despite bribes, union-busting activities
Their wages and benefits have been kept low; their past union presidents have been bought; but their awareness about genuine trade unionism has kept them fighting. See related story: Media outfit accused of diverting profits at the expense of workers By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Media workers of the Philippine Journalists Inc. (PJI),…