By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Professor Judy Taguiwalo of the University of the Philippines made an urgent appeal through Facebook on behalf of two women political detainees, from among the Morong 43, who are pregnant but still languishing in jail at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan. “As a former detainee during the…
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‘Stop E-Passport Fees Increase, Probe Anomalous Contract’ – Migrante
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The largest OFW group urged President Benigno S. Aquino III to stop the increase of the e-passport fees in the light of allegations of corruption in the procurement contract by the Department of Foreign Affairs. “We thought that there would no longer be any corruption,” Migrante Internatonal…
Mother of OFW Killed in Kish Island Recollects Good and Sad Memories of Her Son
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Perlita Carmen, 55, considers Mark Lloyd as the sweetest and most thoughtful among her five children. And every time she recalls that fateful day when Mark left to work abroad, Perlita feels like crumbling to death. It was her last memory of her son who was “full…
Hacienda Yulo Farmers Warn of Hunger Strike if Aquino Fails to Stop Conversion of Canlubang Estate
Hacienda Yulo farmers in Barangay Canlubang, Calamba City in Laguna today warned President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III of a brewing indefinite hunger strike if Malacanang fails to act on their three demands submitted barely a week after Aquino assumed the presidency. The three demands submitted to Malacañang by Hacienda Yulo farmers identified with the…
Anakbayan Slams “No-Rally Zone” at Times St.
By BULATLAT Youth group Anakbayan denounced today the declaration of President Noynoy Aquino’s house in Times Street, Quezon City as a ‘no-rally zone’ come July 26, when he would deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). The declaration was made by the Quezon City Police District last July 21, which claimed that it…
Complaint Filed Against Team of Doctors, Engineer Who Exposed Hazards of Aerial Spraying
By BULATLAT In an attempt to derail the campaign to ban the aerial spraying of pesticides in Southern Philippines, a complaint was filed against those who conducted a scientific study commissioned by the Department of Health (DOH) on the impact of aerial spraying in an adjacent banana plantation on the residents’ health. Dr. Romeo Quijano,…
Two Public School Teachers Killed, Another Survives Attack in Masbate
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Two teachers, where one is a member of the leftist group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), were killed in just the first 10 days of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, bringing the number of extrajudicial killings under his watch to four.
Military Operations Disturb Peace in Rodriguez Village, Peasant Detained
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Military operations that target civilians in communities did not end with the Arroyo administration. it is still continuing as what is happening in Barangay Pura, Rodriguez, Rizal province just outside Metro Manila.
OFW Killed in Kish Island, Embassy Officials Urged to Investigate
By Bulatlat.com An overseas Filipino worker who was in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf on a tourist visa was killed on July 1, a chapter of Migrante International in Saudi Arabia reported recently. The victim was waiting for his re-entry visa for the United Arab Emirates when he was killed. “We received this very…
Teachers Urge Aquino to Resuscitate Education System
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Because of what teachers call as the “the lost decade of Philippine education” during the Arroyo administration, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers is calling for urgent and bold measures.
Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies
By MARYA SALAMAT
Forming his team to set the direction of change or political payback? So far, except for Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, the Cabinet of Pres. Benigno Aquino III is a mixture of key figures in his campaign, representatives of big business, and old hands of the former Arroyo administration.