Day: April 27, 2010

About 5,000 delegates from different provinces in the Cordillera, Ilocos Region, Cagayan Region, NCR, Central Luzon and Mindanao, and indigenous peoples advocates from Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Canada, France, Germany and Australia participated in the successful celebration of the 26th Cordillera Day celebration held last Sunday, April 25, at Melvin Jones, Burnham Park, Baguio City. Organized…

Greenpeace today submitted letters of demand to presidential candidates to push them for their commitments to protect the country’s water sources. Greenpeace bikers delivered the letters, along with images of drought affected areas in the country, in a tour of the headquarters of the nine presidentiables. “The country’s experience with the current drought as well…

A former freelance radio reporter on 14 April 2010 was shot dead in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental. Initial police reports indicated the killing to be election-related. Ozamis City is approximately 782.87 kilometers from Manila. Edwin Sigue, a councilor of barangay San Antonio who used to sideline as a radio reporter, was driving his jeepney along…

By Flon Faurillo Bulatlat.com The government calls overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) “Bagong Bayani” (New Heroes), as they keep the economy afloat with their remittances. But at what cost do they ensure the country’s survival? Amid joblessness and the high cost of living in the homeland, they risk life and limb working even in countries like…