In today’s commercialized culture, love is often expressed through gifts of 18-karat gold rings, pendants or necklaces. The means employed in the extraction of the gem, however, are far from romantic. By EDWIN C. MERCURIO Bulatlat.com TORONTO, Canada – Hidden from the watchful eyes of the North American and European public, the operations of transnational…
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Igorot Leader Arrested in N. Ecija, Groups Decry Political Harassment
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various groups called for the immediate release of a leader of indigenous peoples who was recently arrested in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. Ernesto Bubod, 54, a Kalanguya-Igorot and vice chieftain of Sitio Maluyon, Brgy. Villarica, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, was taken by five armed men in plainclothes who posed as…
Repatriated OFWs from Madagascar are also entitled to financial assistance – migrants‘ group
By SHARMAINE VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com After a malaria outbreak in a worksite in Madagascar, an island located in Africa, Filipino workers (OFWs) from one of the largest international nickel-cobalt mining factories scrambled to be repatriated to ensure their health and safety. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the multiplication of malaria parasites in the red…
‘Deadline: The Reign of Impunity’ to Stir Up Audience on Media Killings
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The film Deadline: The Reign of Impunity is brutal as it is truthful and brave. It is the first film to depict media killings in the country. The figures are a cause for alarm: 144 journalists murdered since 1986 with 104 killed under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration. Four…
Students from UK Travel to The Netherlands for Prof. Sison’s Lecture
By D.L. MONDELO Bulatlat.com UTRECHT — A busload of forty two students taking up masters degrees and five academic supervisors from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom came to Utrecht, The Netherlands to listen to a lecture by Prof. Jose Maria Sison on Philippine and international politics, on April 6 at the NDF…
Teacher-lawmaker Calls for Immediate Release of Hostages in Agusan del Sur
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com ACT Teachers Party-List Representative Antonio L. Tinio has called on the Aquino administration to exhaust all means to ensure the safe release of 14 teachers, students, and school personnel abducted by armed men last April 1 in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. On April 1, at least six heavily armed…
Scientists and Farmers Protest Against IRRI’s Vitamin A Genetically-Modified Rice
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Genetically-modified rice with vitamin A, anyone? Thanks, but no thanks. Scientist and agriculturalist group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) is against the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) latest product, the so-called “Biofortified Golden rice,” a rice variety that has been genetically-modified to produce more beta-carotene…
Colleagues Mark Death of Human Rights Defender
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com April 5 marked the birth of a woman who is accused of violating human rights and causing the death of another woman who died defending human rights. As former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo celebrated her 64th birthday on April 5, family and friends of student journalist and woman human rights…
Superstar Coco Workers Picket Plant in Maa to Protest Union Busting, Harassment
By Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY– Some 300 workers and their families from the Superstar Coconut Products Inc. held a picket rally in front of the company plant in Barangay Maa on Apr 1 to denounce the company’s bribery, intimidation and harassment. According to the workers, the company is doing all these to force the rank-and-file workers…
Government Tried to Quell People’s Protest Vs Oil Overpricing
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA –The March 31 nationwide People’s Protests against oil overpricing pushed through as scheduled last Friday, despite government efforts to quell the protests through threats of franchise cancellations and possible use of police force, as well as through misrepresentation of the nationwide protests as a “transport strike”, which was duly reported…
Political Prisoner Slams Oplan Bayanihan, Filing of ‘Trumped up Charges’
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A political prisoner criticized the Aquino administration’s new counterinsurgency program, describing it as a “sugarcoated bullet.” Randy Felix Malayao, a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), said that legal offensives against critics and activists continue to be part of the new administration’s counterinsurgency strategy.…