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Philippines Urged to Protect OFWs as Protests Spread in Middle East

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International said the government's "slow, dismaying and disorganized action" in repatriating overseas Filipino workers who were trapped in strife-torn Libya should not be repeated in other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, where protest actions against governments intensify. | Sidebar: OFW Recalls Danger in Libya, Denounces Neglect by Philippine Government | FULL COVERAGE: Anti-government protests in Libya and elsewhere

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Mar 12, 2011

Labor Leader Shot Dead in Cavite, 41st Killed Under Noynoy

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Celito Baccay, 31, a key leader and organizer of the union in Maeno Giken, a Japanese-owned manufacturer of steel, iron and stainless steel products, was shot by gunmen at point-blank range. A week before the incident, Baccay turned down a promotion offered by the management that would have disqualified him from the union. This, according to his wife, angered the management.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Mar 11, 2011

Philippine Rice Industry in Peril, Says Agriculturist

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The rice industry is in peril as production of the staple food in the Philippines has been declining in the last two years, an agriculturalist said in a recently released report.

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 11, 2011

Kin of 5 Slain Journalists File Raps Vs. Philippine Gov’t Before UN Body

By RONALYN V. OLEA
The families of journalists Dennis Cuesta, Maricel Vigo, Juan Pala, Fernando Lintuan, and William Yap Yu said that the Philippine government violated the right to life of their loved ones under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Philippines is a signatory to the ICCPR. They filed the complaint on March 4.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Mar 11, 2011

NPA Blames Military for Botanist’s Death, Refutes Encounter Claim by Army

By RONALYN V. OLEA
The NPA said its guerrillas were not in the area where Leonard Co and two others were killed. It said it did not venture into the area because it was disadvantageous. “It is too heavily guarded by the 19th IB, the police, paramilitary and private security guards. Why would the NPA put itself at unnecessary risk when there are far better options for launching a tactical offensive?"

Ronalyn V. Olea | Mar 11, 2011

Farmers, Fisherfolk Push Congress to Impeach Ombudsman Over Ignored Complaints

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A certification from the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court showed that “no criminal/civil case had been filed” against former agriculture secretary Cito Lorenzo and former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante, in connection with the P728-million fertilizer fund scam. “Clearly, Gutierrez did not lift a finger to take action against the officials tagged in the fertilizer fund scam,” Danilo Ramos of farmers’ group KMP said.

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 10, 2011

A Century Later, Filipino Women Continue Struggle for Change

View Slideshow 100th International Women's Day

Anne Marxze Umil | Mar 10, 2011

40 Days After Deaths of Eton Workers, Families Reel from Loss

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“You cannot put a price tag on lives. What the families want is justice for their relatives and guarantees that what happened in the Eton construction site would not happen again. We cannot just let Eton Properties and its contractors and subcontractors escape blame and accountability as families continue to mourn. ” – Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER)

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 10, 2011

Advan Women Workers Gain Victories Through Collective Action

By RONALYN V. OLEA
They were sexually harassed; they had no union; their pay never went above the minimum wage; and their 13th month pay was cut in half. When they formed a union, the management tried to undermine it. But everything turned out for the better when the workers, who are predominantly women, collectively staged protest actions from noise barrage, to work slowdown and finally a strike.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Mar 10, 2011

Manila Preschool Teachers Against Contractualization

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Manila preschool teachers are all in favor of the nationalization of the kindergarten program, but they are vehemently against the Department of education’s plans to hire new teachers on a contractual basis.

Sidebar: ‘Yes’ to Universal Kindergarten, ‘No’ to Contractualization of Kinder Teachers – ACT Teachers

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 9, 2011

Employees Expose Labor Rights Violations in Bacolod Hospital

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“The hospital claims to be a Christian Institution. It even carries the slogan 'Cure the sick and care for every individual who works for the common good of all.' Too bad the slogan doesn’t apply to the employees.” – Our Lady of Mercy Specialty Hospital Employees Union

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 8, 2011

Martial Law Victims Question Unclear Basis for Distribution of Marcos Compensation

By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA
“We started this as a political issue, wanting to prove that there were thousands of victims during Martial Law. Now, they are turning the compensation issue into an economic one, and the lawyers have full control.” – Judy Taguiwalo, UP professor and martial law victim.

Raymund Villanueva | Mar 8, 2011

Human Rights Issues to Hound New AFP Chief

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The youth group Anakbayan is not holding its breath that the new administration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will do wonders to the country’s human rights situation. In the meantime, the group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and Karapatan want the new military leadership to deal with the extrajudicial killings of activists.

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 8, 2011

Rights Delegation Brings Issue of Continuing Killings, Other Violations to UN

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Karapatan has documented 40 victims of extrajudicial killings since Aquino took office at a rate of one victim of extrajudicial killing per week. The group, together with other human rights advocates, will call the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council on this issue.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Mar 7, 2011

Special Report: Visayan Groups Push For Community-Oriented Renewable Energy

By KARL G. OMBION
Finding it difficult to cope with the spike in prices of oil and rates of electricity? These NGOs have been working with their partner communities in developing renewable energy sources to power their needs and their development.

Bulatlat Contributors | Mar 5, 2011

Cutting Back on a Meager Budget to Cope with Soaring Prices

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Menyer Ligmon’s family budget of $8 a day is spent for one and a half kilos of rice, $0.46 for the snack of each of her six children, who are attending school, $0.46 for one fourth kilo of sugar, $0.46 for kerosene gas for her lamp for one week .. and the rest for noodles and vegetables, cooking oil, salt and the cheapest milk for her two-year old child.

Anne Marxze Umil | Mar 5, 2011

Elizabeth Principe, Upholding the People’s Interests Across the Negotiating Table

By D. L. MONDELO
For Beth, it was a long, long journey to Oslo, literally and figuratively. The road to peace, she says however, is even longer, more difficult to traverse and full of potholes.

Bulatlat Contributors | Mar 5, 2011

Child Soldiers or Victims?

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The children of political activists and human rights workers who fallen victim to extrajudicial killings are orphaned, their young lives marred and damaged by the experience of losing their parents to state violence. As for the child victims of extrajudicial killings themselves, their brutal killing at the hands of the military prove the extent of the AFP’s impunity—not even the most innocent are spared.

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 5, 2011

Nurses Press Government for Jobs, Decent Pay and Outright Ban of ‘Volunteer for a Fee Training’ Scheme

By MARYA SALAMAT
"If you take the proper nurse to patient ratio in this country more than 364,000 nurses are actually needed…but owing to the volunteer-for-a-fee practice of private health facilities, compounded by the low government budget for health,.. the Philippines finds itself today in a situation where it has seemingly surplus nurses but it also has a pressing need for their services."

Marya Salamat | Mar 5, 2011

Pro-People, Pro-Environment Mining Bill Proposed in Congress

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
An essential aspect of the bill is the reorientation of the country's mining industry based on the principles of social justice, respect for people’s rights and welfare, environmental conservation, defense of national sovereignty and patrimony, national industrialization, and agricultural modernization.

Ina Alleco Silverio | Mar 2, 2011

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Philippines Urged to Protect OFWs as Protests Spread in Middle East

Labor Leader Shot Dead in Cavite, 41st Killed Under Noynoy

Philippine Rice Industry in Peril, Says Agriculturist

Kin of 5 Slain Journalists File Raps Vs. Philippine Gov’t Before UN Body

NPA Blames Military for Botanist’s Death, Refutes Encounter Claim by Army

Farmers, Fisherfolk Push Congress to Impeach Ombudsman Over Ignored Complaints

A Century Later, Filipino Women Continue Struggle for Change

40 Days After Deaths of Eton Workers, Families Reel from Loss

Advan Women Workers Gain Victories Through Collective Action

Manila Preschool Teachers Against Contractualization

Employees Expose Labor Rights Violations in Bacolod Hospital

Martial Law Victims Question Unclear Basis for Distribution of Marcos Compensation

Human Rights Issues to Hound New AFP Chief

Rights Delegation Brings Issue of Continuing Killings, Other Violations to UN

Special Report: Visayan Groups Push For Community-Oriented Renewable Energy

Cutting Back on a Meager Budget to Cope with Soaring Prices

Elizabeth Principe, Upholding the People’s Interests Across the Negotiating Table

Child Soldiers or Victims?

Nurses Press Government for Jobs, Decent Pay and Outright Ban of ‘Volunteer for a Fee Training’ Scheme

Pro-People, Pro-Environment Mining Bill Proposed in Congress

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