Press Release February 28, 2010 Nasugbu, BATANGAS – Three weeks after the illegal arrest of the 43 health workers in Morong, Rizal, several farmers and leaders of the militant peasant-group Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK) have reported cases of harassment by alleged military intelligence service. This new wave of [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010PRESS RELEASE February 28, 2010 The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) reiterates its strong denunciation of the illegal arrest, continued illegal detention, coninuing physical and spychological torture, harassment and inhuman treatment of forty-three (43) Philippine health workers who were abducted by the Philippine military in the morning of February 6, 2010 in Morong,Rizal, Philippines. [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010NEWS RELEASE February 28, 2010 DAVAO CITY – Bayan Muna councilor bet for the 1st district Joel Virador hits the camp of retired Major General Jovito Palparan and ANAD Partylist Representative Jun Alcover for their continued vilification campaign against progressive partylist groups. Virador, Bayan Muna Vice President for Mindanao, said the groups represented by Palparan [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010NEWS RELEASE February 27, 2010 Urdaneta, PANGASINAN – Makabayan senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo today revived calls for the decommissioning of the San Roque Dam, citing the devastation it had caused last year, among other failures. Ocampo was in the province to campaign along with other NP bets for national [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010By ZACH CARTER Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The Nobel Prize-winning economist argues the banking industry “failed in their core societal function,” helping lead to the great economic crash of ’08. Zach Carter: How did we get here? Joseph Stiglitz: Well, there are so many pieces that contributed to our getting here that it’s hard [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010By JOHN NICHOLS Commondreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat.com President Obama and congressional Republicans arrived at the White House health care summit with talking points — not just for the summit itself but for the after-summit jockeying to claim the upper hand coming out of a session that always had more to do with messaging than [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010PRESS RELEASE February 27, 2010 Cagayan de Oro City, MISAMIS ORIENTAL – “GMA doesn’t need emergency powers to address the present power shortage in Mindanao because she has enough powers to be able to do something regarding the issue.” This was according to the 3rd nominee of Bayan Muna Partylist, Atty. Joven Laura. “The government [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010By KHADIJA SHARIFE Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com The water is crystalline, the sand is whiter than white, and elegantly bent palm trees sway in the breeze. This is how the Seychelles markets itself: as “another world.” Tourism is the mainstay of this heavenly island, averaging 20 percent of GDP and 60 percent of foreign [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010PRESS RELEASE February 27, 2010 Cagayan de Oro City, MISAMIS ORIENTAL – Military men in fulll battle gear have been going from one house to another in different municipalities in Sorsogon City since last week in the pretext of conducting a survey among the communities. But according to people interviewed, what the military is conducting [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010NEWS RELEASE February 27, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Executive Vice President Carl Marc Ramota today enumerated schools that are not implementing the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) anti-‘no permit, no exam’ policy memorandum. Ramota said that the list is based on the compiled complaints of parents and students to Kabataan Partylist and NUSP’s (National Union of [...]
UP, artists reiterate call for release of Ericson Acosta (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea and Fred E. Dabu)
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