By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
In 2011, rights group Karapatan – National Capital Region has monitored at least one case of demolition a month, which more or less translates to at least three families losing their homes everyday due to demolition.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan – Hilaria “Violy” San Jose, 44, brought with her some of their fresh produce—rambutan, balimbing, guyabano, kamoteng kahoy and saba. “If the MRT 7 project pushes through, we could no longer have fresh fruits and vegetables,” Violy told an assembly of farmers, urban poor and…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Last May 30, President Benigno Aquino III appointed his former running mate and defeated vice-presidential candidate in the May 2010 elections Manuel “Mar Roxas” as new secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC). Immediately after, a progressive lawmaker and an activist farmers groups decried the appointment as…