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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Raymond Palatino today called on President Benigno Aquino III to make good his word that he will allot six percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to education. ?"This coming State of the Nation Address...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2010 Ten days before President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), students today walkout from their classes, marched to Malacanang, and defied President Aquino to resolve the education crisis on SONA day. “Today is a...
PRESS RELEASE July 16, 2010 “PNOY: Positively Nothing On Youth interests” As thousands of youths nationwide hit the streets today for what has been dubbed a ‘National Day of Action for Education’, Anakbayan national vice-chairperson Anton Dulce summed up the 16-day...
Discussion on President Aquino's first State of the Nation address with Sonny Africa, research head of Ibon Foundation, and Kodao Productions' Raymund Villanueva and Bulatlat.com's Benjie Oliveros. Powered by Ustream.TV Watch President Benigno S. Aquino III deliver...
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by: Bulatlat.com MACO, COMPOSTELA VALLEY – Communist guerillas who captured and released three soldiers and a militiaman in Compostela Valley in June scoffed at the deployment of more government troops from Luzon. Anvil Guinto,...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The largest OFW group urged President Benigno S. Aquino III to stop the increase of the e-passport fees in the light of allegations of corruption in the procurement contract by the Department of Foreign Affairs. "We...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Perlita Carmen, 55, considers Mark Lloyd as the sweetest and most thoughtful among her five children. And every time she recalls that fateful day when Mark left to work abroad, Perlita feels like crumbling to death. It...
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples' Struggle The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) hereby condemns in the strongest terms the US and its South Korean puppet government for a...
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle July 7, 2010 Since 2008 the major capitalist powers have wantonly used public money to bail out the big banks and corporations, thus allowing these to show profits on their balance...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Professor Judy Taguiwalo of the University of the Philippines made an urgent appeal through Facebook on behalf of two women political detainees, from among the Morong 43, who are pregnant but still languishing in jail at...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise Posted by Bulatlat The controversy over the possible appointment of former Akbayan party list Representative Loretta Ann Rosales as Chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) merits closer scrutiny. Apart from the importance...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Because the Arroyo administration left the country in a crisis of unparalleled proportions, progressive groups presented an agenda, which they deem as necessary for the nation's survival.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Residents of Casiguran municipality, Aurora province are urging President Benigno Aquino III to stop the development of Aurora Ecozone, which they said had resulted in human-rights violations. A vocal critic of the project...
Members of the group under the Water for the People Network (WPN) trooped to the office of the Metropolitian Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to urge the agency to immediately address the current water crisis in Metro Manila. They said that the failure of MWSS to ensure the provision of clean, adequate and affordable water supply and service in the region is due to privatization.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA -- President Benigno Aquino III was quoted last week complaining that he is not being given a “honeymoon” by the media as criticisms are starting to come his way. The very first executive order of his administration...
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com Almost everyone who went to see The Last Air Bender had a feeling that it would not live up to the original Nickelodeon series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. With M. Night Shyamalan leading the project, it was...
By MARYA SALAMAT
“It is a challenge to the Aquino administration to address the housing question holistically, beyond the low-cost housing projects peddled as the flagship program of the government,” GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus says.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Special Report As the Philippine military continues to wage Oplan Bantay Laya, its so-called “dirty war” against communists as well as activists, peasants and workers, more and more innocent children are not only being caught in the crossfire but have become targets as well of human-rights violations.
By BULATLAT Government employees occupying non-plantilla positions and whose security of tenure depends on a contract of service are commonly identified as contractual, casuals, co-terminus, Memorandum of Agreement employees, or talents. Today, they are pressing...
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