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Political prisoners, relatives, rights advocates launch hunger strikes, fasts

Political prisoners, relatives, rights advocates launch hunger strikes, fasts

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The Aquino government must immediately respond to their just demands if he truly adheres to justice.” – Fe Salino, Selda-Southern Mindanao

Sidebar: While Arroyo gets special treatment, sick political prisoners barely survive

Sidebar: Political prisoners stage different forms of protest

Benjie Oliveros | With the ‘Compromise Agreement’, Hacienda Luisita Farmers Are Back to Where They Started

Benjie Oliveros | With the ‘Compromise Agreement’, Hacienda Luisita Farmers Are Back to Where They Started

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com The Hacienda Luisita agrarian dispute has been hitting the headlines recently. And it is not because the land has been distributed to the farmworkers in fulfillment of the 1957 loan agreement between the Cojuangco family and...

Is the Worst Really Over at PAL? Not Quite, as Workers Brace for More Turbulence

Is the Worst Really Over at PAL? Not Quite, as Workers Brace for More Turbulence

By MARYA SALAMAT
The dialogue brokered by government did not address the root causes of the unrest raised by the pilots who resigned. Instead, PAL will continue to implement its massive spin-off and contractualization schemes – approved by the Arroyo regime, not yet rescinded by the Aquino government -- that will affect thousands of PAL’s cabin and ground employees.

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