By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“The farm workers of Hacienda Luisita had been through so many referendums already. All of these were merely used by the Cojuangco family to deceive the farm workers and keep the land.” – Lito Bais United Luisita Workers Union acting chairperson.
Judging from the proposed 2011 national government budget for health, the administration of Benigno Simeon Aquino III does not believe that improving healthcare is a priority. The P 32.028 billion budget of the Department of Health is a far cry from the World Health Organization recommended 5% of the gross national product, which is around…
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s statements on the hostage crisis display his government’s militarist and violent frame of mind. It appears that the Aquino government merely went through the motions of negotiating with the hostage taker while waiting for the opportunity to use an overkill of violence. The government’s handling of the hostage crisis therefore…
By MARYA SALAMAT
In the short-term, this may close the gap in air transport service that a strike in the Philippine flag carrier would create, but at the expense of sabotaging the demands of Filipino workers.
Ni PIA MONTALBAN Wala ni isang linya, kataga’t tugma ni kahit pasaring na talinhaga ang pumulas sa iyong SONA sa una mong ulat sa masa tungkol sa mga manggagawa sa ibayong bansa. Kami tuloy ay napatanong: Sa tuwid na daan ba’y hindi kami isasama? Gayong ang remittance namin ang sumusuhay sa numero para ang ekonomiya’y…
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet — The Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) owes its workers an accumulated amount of P254.37 million ($5.79 million) in unpaid wages and benefits. The total amount includes P12 million ($273 thousand) in monthly salaries and 24 months backwages, unpaid 13th month pay for 2009 amounting to around…
Over 90 people in Oldenburg, Germany gave their picture and signed the petition to put a stop to political killings and enforced disappearances in the Philippines. By BULATLAT MANILA — In Oldenburg, Germany, a group of Germans mobilized themselves to call for a stop to enforced disappearances and political killings in the Philippines, Sept. 4.…
Ni SINING GALIAN Lalamunin ka ng lupa Noynoy. Ikaw, ang iyong pamilya at buong angkan. Kayong tagapamandila’t naghawan, Kasama ang inyong mga tagapamalakad, Sa imoral na daan tungo sa pambubusabos Ng mga magsasaka’t manggagawa sa Luisita. Lalamunin ka ng lupa Noynoy. Ikaw, ang iyong pamilya’t buong angkan. Kayong mga tuso at sukab sa lupa, kayamanan…
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — Public school teachers led by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) were disappointed because President Benigno S. Aquino III did not show-up at a dialogue they requested to air their issues and complaints regarding the Government Security Insurance System (GSIS). ACT Secretary-General France Castro said that…
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — How do you search for the disappeared? Where do you start? When do you stop? When James Moy Balao did not arrive at his destination on September 17, 2008, his family and friends wanted to believe that he just missed the ride or that he…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
His colleagues said Naldo Labrador, 39, a member of Paquibato District Farmers’ Association (Padifa) and Farmers Association in Davao City- Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas (FADC-KMP) was killed Sept. 3 because he was accused by the military of being a supporter of the New People’s Army (NPA). But the root cause, said Pedro Arnado, chairman of KMP-SMR, is the issue of land.