by LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com LEGAZPI CITY — In just three visits to Albay, I have come to love many delightful Albayanon delicacies that tended to awaken the culinary writer in me. These delicacies could not be fully appreciated by those who just stare and take photographs. In fact, these delicacies have squeezed all the…
Day: June 10, 2011
Protect mangroves to prevent disastrous floods – Albay residents
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BACACAY, Albay — The massive cutting of old mangrove trees to give way to large tracts of fish-ponds for the benefit of just a few operators continue to deprive small fisher folks of their livelihood here. “These not only destroy the environment, it also pushes us deeper into poverty,” a…
GPH-NDFP peace talks postponed
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The NDFP proposal to defer the talks of the Reciprocal Working Committees on Social and Economic Reforms (RWCs SER) and the Working Groups on Political and Constitutional Reforms (WGs PCR) scheduled in Oslo this month is meant to allow the GPH to comply with the Jasig.” – Luis Jalandoni
Bukidnon farmers hold camp-out in front of Central Mindanao University to protest harassment
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A university in Bukidnon continues its campaign to drive away some 800 farmers and their families from their land. Farmers led by the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus Farmers’ Association (BTL) and the BTL Women’s Association continue to fight against the attempts of Central Mindanao University (CMU) in Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon to evict…
Open letter of Filipino workers from Norwegian firm Mustad (MTTPWEA-ADLO-KMU) about Mustad’s sudden closure
31 May 2011 To our fellow workers in the Philippines and around the globe, to all those who do fishing whether as sport or as a commercial enterprise, and to all people everywhere, Greetings! We are workers of Mustad Terminal Tackle Phils. Inc. (MTTPI). Our union is comprised of daily rank and file employees with…
Military officials charged for disappearance of Jonas Burgos
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We have done everything. This is the last bastion. If nothing happens to this, the whole justice system is not working at all. If they will continue to cover up [the crime], then there is no hope for the Philippines.”
Benjie Oliveros | The long, wrong way to solve corruption
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The recent revelation about corruption in the Bureau of Corrections, specifically the National Bilibid Prison, is not new nor shocking to anyone who is familiar with our prison system. Prison officials use the gangs to maintain peace and order in the jail compounds. In fact, anybody who is imprisoned has no…
Int’l fact-finding mission in Isabela exposes abuses, landgrabbing
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Farmers are losing their land, their livelihood and their very lives because of this [bioethanol] project,” said, Dioni Yadao of Dagami San Mariano.
Pamalakaya demands relief for fishkill-affected fisherfolk,dismantlement of all commercial fish pens
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com An activist fisherfolk alliance is deeply disappointed with the “Star for All Seasons” and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has expressed disappointment over Santos’ cold response to its appeal that the Batangas local government release economic aid for the thousands of…