An independent research institute said that Filipino women are most affected by the economic crisis.
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DOLE Urged To Go Beyond ‘Band-Aid Solutions’
BY BULATLAT A party-list lawmaker said the government must go beyond its ‘band-aid solutions’ to the economic crisis. Anakpawis Representative said the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) package of solutions consists only of ‘band-aid solutions’ and does not correspond to the intense impacts of the economic crisis on locally-employed and overseas Filipino workers. Solutions…
Krisis-tala
Sa krisis-tala na ito, walang superhero na Kristala o Krisis-tala na makakatubos sa kolektibong kinasasadlakan. Ito ang panahon ng politikal na pagkilos, pagpapatibay at pagpapalawak ng hanay. Tanging sa politikal na pagbabalikwas mabubura ang in-on na krisis at talang nandito na. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Matingkad na ang epekto ng global recession…
Meri Krisismas
NI MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat Bahaw ang kalantog ng latang tambol Maingit ang kalansing ng mga yuping tansan Malat ang tinig ng mga nangangaroling “Pasensiya na kayo, kami rin ay namamasko…” Meri, Meri Krisismas! Maasim na ang ipinamudmod na hamonado Inaamag na ang makunat na binolang keso Lumalangoy sa sabaw ang fruit salad Natusta…
Crisis Talks to Confront Dueling Demands*
Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies will confront dueling demands for action when they gather here Saturday in the highest-level acknowledgement so far that the global economy is in crisis. The most spectacular and damaging financial crisis in more than half a century has spurred a flurry of measures and proposals to stabilise markets,…
Women’s Group Protests Price Hikes
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Posted 2:40 p.m., April 25, 2008 Braving the heavy rain, members of the women’s group GABRIELA staged a rally along Nicanor Reyes Steet in Manila at around 10:30 this morning to protest the continuing increase in prices of goods and utilities. The protesters shouted, “Gutom na ang masa, Patalsikin…