By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — Public school teachers led by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) were disappointed because President Benigno S. Aquino III did not show-up at a dialogue they requested to air their issues and complaints regarding the Government Security Insurance System (GSIS). ACT Secretary-General France Castro said that…
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Budget Cut on Legal Assistance for OFWs, Illegal – Migrante
By BULATLAT MANILA — An overseas Filipino workers alliance called on the House of Representatives to oppose Malacanang’s proposal to slash by half the budget for legal assistance to OFWs in distress. “It seems that OFWs can no longer rely on (President Benigno S. Aquino III),” Migrante International chairperson Garry Martinez said, “If we are…
Cordillera Reds Flatly Reject Localized Talks
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY– Communist rebels in the highland Cordillera region flatly rejected calls by the military for localized peace talks insisting “it is unnecessary” because there is a national level negotiation. Also brushing aside as “just empty talk” 401st Infantry Brigade commander Col. Eliseo Posadas’ promise to guarantee the safety of Cordillera…
With Mining Revitalization under Aquino Gov’t, Benguet Groups Vow Fierce Opposition
By ALDWIN QUITASOL NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted By: Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — With the continuing entry of mining corporations in Benguet, the Benguet Mining Action Alert Network (BMAAN) vowed to further safeguard their homeland against development aggression projects. The BMAAN is composed of indigenous peoples, peasants, church workers, industrial workers, officials from the local government units…
Economic Growth Remains Unstable, Unable to Create Jobs
Bulatlat.com The 7.9% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) is welcome at least for appearing to be mainly driven by domestic investors, according to research group IBON. Net foreign capital inflows in the first five months of 2010 were earlier reported to be 68% lower than in the same period last year. However, the group…
Aquino’s Reaction To Facebook Criticism Shows “A Disturbing Trend of Intolerance” – Anakbayan
Bulatlat.com “Major repression in response to major incompetence” This was the reaction of youth group Anakbayan to moves by the Aquino administration to suppress anti-government criticism in the popular social networking site Facebook. Following the atrocious handling of Tuesday’s hostage-taking which resulted in the death of eight Hong Kong nationals, President Noynoy Aquino’s official Facebook…
KMU Hails Labor Secretary’s Decision on ABS-CBN Workers’ Case
Bulatlat.com Labor center KMU (May First Movement) hailed today Labor secretary Rosalinda Baldoz’s August 13 decision giving a nod to the petition for certification elections filed by ABS-CBN’s contractual workers, calling it a “positive development in the struggle against contractualization.” The decision affirmed the existence of an employer-employee relationship between the workers and the company…
Community Health Workers Hold 10th National Assembly
Bulatlat.com Despite the intensifying persecution of health workers in the Philippines- the most prominent and recent victims of which are 43 health workers who are still languishing in prison today- health professionals and volunteer Community Health Workers (CHWs) from all over the country gather in an assembly “meant to reaffirm their dedication and commitment to…
LFS Slams $434-Million US Grant to RP, Calls It A Carrot Stick
Bulatlat.com “The new $434-M compact grant given to the Philippines by the US government-sponsored Millennium Change Corporation (MCC) is nothing but a carrot stick to further Washington’s greater inroads into the Philippine economy under President Aquino,” said Terry Ridon, national chairperson of the League of Filipino Students (LFS), in reaction to the reported elation of…
Gabriela Solons: Anti-Women, Anti-Worker PAL Management Should Be Held Accountable
Bulatlat.com Gabriela Women’s Party yesterday threw its support to the 1,600 strong protesting Philippine Airline flight attendants, two-thirds of them are women. “No woman deserves to have her reproductive rights taken away from her by her employer,” Gabriela solon Emmi de Jesus stated after a consultation in Congress with a representative from FASAP, the PAL…
Grassroots Communities Key to Addressing Climate Change — Environmentalist
While the debate on carbon emissions and credits rages, an alternative solution is being offered by a woman professor and environmentalist: Live well by emulating the practices and coping mechanisms of grassroots communities. By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY –- Living well might can be one of the appropriate solutions to the climate crisis,…