Month: May 2009

By CJ KUIZON Regions Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat DAVAO CITY — The health department hopes to decrease by 75 percent the number of mothers who die during childbirth by increasing its pool of skilled birth attendants in the region. The Department of Health (DOH) has secured national funding for the Maternal Newborn, Child Health…

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Countercurrents.org International Posted by Bulatlat What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to the service of powerful interest groups? A president who does a good job for the ruling interest groups is paid off with…

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Migrant Watch Bulatlat MANILA — Ruben de Leon, 25, an overseas Filipino worker in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, woke up on May 25. Last year, in September, he lapsed into coma after being hit by a car driven by a 16-year-old Saudi national. De Leon’s mother Marissa appealed to the Department…

Tuition in the Philippines has increased by as much as 90 percent. As a result, the dropout rate has worsened over the years as school-aged children are compelled to work and help their parents earn a livelihood. And there seems to be no stopping schools from turning students into milking cows.

Related story: For Poorly Paid Public-School Teachers, a Daily Struggle to Make Ends Meet

By CAROL PAGADUAN-PARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat The founding assembly of the Pagbabago! People’s Movement for Change became the unintended launching pad for self-declared presidential wannabe, Paquito Yu, Paq for short. Actually, he is the group’s satirical mascot, the amalgamation of all that the people find laughable, irritating and downright pathetic in…

By HOWARD ZINN Progressive.org International Posted by Bulatlat We are citizens, and Obama is a politician. You might not like that word. But the fact is he’s a politician. He’s other things, too—he’s a very sensitive and intelligent and thoughtful and promising person. But he’s a politician. If you’re a citizen, you have to know…