By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The global boycott against giant transnational food and nutrition company Nestle Corporation continues as a high profile protest is slated to take place on Saturday, May 21 in the United Kingdom. Through alerts on Facebook and other social networking sites, organizers of the protest led by anti-milk formula group…
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The long road to justice for union leader Ka Fort continues
A six-year span of time could make a child out of an infant after he or she is able to crawl, stand, walk, run, read, write and even tie shoe laces. However, the nearly six-year-old campaign for justice for the killing of Diosdado “Ka Fort” Fortuna has long been taking baby steps when a flawed report almost pushed the campaign back to square one.
Cordillera elders form pact against mining, militarization
Main Story: The people of Lacub’s continuing struggle for land By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com In commemoration of Cordillera Day 2011, around 70 elders representing the different indigenous groups in the region sat together and discussed the issues that they are facing. Each tribe was given an opportunity to speak about their problems- most of which…
NDFP asks UN Special Representative on Children to look into human rights violations against children in Samar
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A few weeks after the visit of United Nations Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy in the Philippines, the the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) called on her office to investigate an incident that took place last March 4 in Matuguinao, Samar. According to the…
Profits of Big Three Oil Cos. more than total income of RP’s poorest families – Ibon
By Bulatlat.com MANILA — The profits of the Big Three oil firms are rising as rapidly as the increasing oil prices, with a record of at least Php141.7 billion in profits in the last decade. This is more than the combined income of the country’s poorest 2.36 million families– amounting to Php114.3 billion in 2009,…
Government employees expose Malacañang’s ‘fake salary hike announcement
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Empty lies and pure rhetoric. According to the Confederation for Unity, Advancement and Recognition of Government Employees (COURAGE) , these are what comprise Malacañang’s post-Labor Day announcement. On May 1, Palace spokespersons said that President Benigno Aquino III has approved a salary adjustment for government workers and that it…
Farmers in Eastern Visayas bear brunt of military’s anger over setbacks
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Many Filipinos who have never been outside Luzon may very well wonder where Samar is. Many may even be stymied if confronted with queries as to where Eastern Visayas is in the Philippine map. In any case, both the region and the province are seldom featured in…
Merci’s resignation outcome of vigilance – progressive groups
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Progressive groups welcomed the resignation of Merceditas Gutierrez as ombudsman, calling it the outcome of vigilance and the determination to hold officials accountable.
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The ‘kalbaryos’ of the people
By JONELLE MARIN and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com CORAZON DE JESUS, San Juan City — Noah Andaliza, 22, was forced to leave Barangay (village) Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City when he was still 7 years old. Poverty pushed his parents to send him to live with his aunt in Samar. After his…
OFWs from Madagascar shocked by difficulty in getting assistance from government
By JANESS ANN J.ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Overseas Filipino Workers from Madagascar did not expect that their struggle to get what is due to them is by far harder back home. “I was relieved when I was finally repatriated. I know that OFWs have contributed substantially to keep the country’s economy afloat and that the…
Global day of action against nuclear power reactors held
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, the Philippine chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) led a program in Quezon City to remind the public of the devastation that can be wrought by nuclear power plants. The action was part of the Global Day…