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By MARYA SALAMAT
The union-busting and illegal dismissals, said the union president, started since they formed a union for the radio network’s Manila operations.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Eight combat battalions of the Philippine Army, the Philippine National Police and Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) are concentrated in the first and second districts of Quezon, harassing civilians, and wreaking havoc on the lives of the rural folk.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“There’s no room for complacency at this point in our fight – we have to push for actual and immediate land distribution.” – Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Jeffrey Cabintoy, then busboy at the Hapag Kainan restaurant inside the Ever Gotesco mall in Quezon City when Jonas Burgos was abducted, readily pointed to Major Harry Baliaga jr. as the man who told him not to intervene when they forcibly took Jonas five years ago.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Their land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests.
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By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The government is passing its obligation to the private sector to reduce its social spending.” – Health Alliance for Democracy
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By MARYA SALAMAT
Progressive organizations, business and transport leaders are dismayed at the fact that the government, up to now, has no system to monitor or explain how the oil companies profit and how much. Neither does it have a benchmark for defining excessive profits and penalties for such.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"This atrocity against those who consistently protect the environment and help alleviate the plight of the poor only shows how the AFP and its chief, Pres. Aquino tolerates, encourages, and considers as policy the Martial Law-like trampling of our rights…" – Rural Missionaries of the Philippines – Southern Mindanao
By MARYA SALAMAT
Farmworkers are urging Mr. Alfonso Yuchengco, owner of RCBC, to hound the president and his relatives instead, “because they are the ones who cheated him by luring his bank into an onerous deal."
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We must continue to rage against rape especially if the accused is a public official who use and abuse their power to inflict violence." – Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luz Ilagan
By JOAN GARCIA
Defend Ilocos, a broad network opposed to mining, filed for a Writ of Kalikasan before the Supreme Court to put a stop to magnetite mining in the Ilocos region saying that previous mining operations have already caused massive beach erosion and flooding.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“We cannot have too much hospitality and too much diplomacy all at the expense of Filipino women.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Under the new wage system, companies get more freedom to tinker with workers’ wages in the guise of raising productivity levels.” – EILER
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
What farmworkers need is land; they legally own Hacienda Luisita and the recent SC decision affirmed that. They should be given all the help they need to make the land fully productive again.” – UMA
“We know that our enemies are human rights violators who respect no one but it is important to file the case if only to show that the government is violating its own laws.” – Morong 43
By MARYA SALAMAT
The increase in underemployment rate from 18.8 percent in 2010 to 19.3 percent in 2011 – which translates to more than 186,000 – shows that it is low-quality jobs which account for the slight increase in employment under Aquino.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aquino has granted only “measly wage hikes, promoted contractualization even more, made demolitions of urban poor communities more brutal, and colluded with the oil cartel.” – KMU
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By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
Since 2009, militarization has caused the closure of schools and disruption of classes in the rural areas of Mindanao.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Philippine government’s pronouncements on improving human rights have been mostly talk, and not much action.” – Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch
By BULATLAT STAFF
Flipino working people mark this Labor Day as a "day of reckoning" as the Aquino government continues to frustrate their long-standing demands. Follow Bulatlat.com's live coverage.
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