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By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Last May 30, President Benigno Aquino III appointed his former running mate and defeated vice-presidential candidate in the May 2010 elections Manuel "Mar Roxas" as new secretary of the Department of Transportation and...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com And now Australia's having it's say on the brewing conflict over the Spratlys, and a fisherfolk group insists that's it for purely business. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Monday...
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Watch the live coverage of progressive groups's solidarity mission for the plight of the farmers of Buffalo-Limus-Tamaraw Farmers’ Association in Bukidnon.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Environmental activists expressed dismay and outrage over the decision of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to clear former Palawan ex-governor Joel Reyes in case concerning the January 24, 2011 killing of Dr. Gerry Ortega....
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A militant youth organization based in Southern Tagalog decried the arrest of its seven members after the group led a lighting rally last June 19. President Benigno Aquino III was delivering a speech on the national...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Environmental activist group commends the residents of Romblon island for scoring a victory against mining. The environmental activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment lauded the recent decision made by the...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It’s good news but it [the decision] took so long. Unfortunately, the decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court have not resulted in the surfacing of the disappeared.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, mother of missing UP student Karen Empeño
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Pity the Philippines. When China issued a not-so-veiled warning that it would use force against any "incursions" in the part fo the Spratly Islands that it is claiming, Vietnam reacted by protesting strongly. The Aquino government...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Whenever a case of an extrajudicial killing is being blamed on soldiers, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is quick to deny that its members are involved. But in this case, two of its soldiers were caught by...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The DepEd is trying to show that there is reform in the basic education system by implementing universal kindergarten. But the change is not for the better, the change is for the worse.” - France Castro of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers.
Sagada, Mountain Province -- Picture perfect!
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A piece of chalk may cost only a peso, but one piece or two a day will inevitably add up to a big enough amount. Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Party-list Representative Antonio Tinio said that many teachers in various...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The members of a coalition of 43 community-based organizations of peasant women in Northern Mindanao condemned the indiscriminate firing of guns by guards on peasants holding a protest action to fight for their right to...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The family of overseas Filipino worker Andy Dimacali is resolute that they would not let him die in vain. When asked if they are considering filing a complaint against officials, who, according to Crisanto and Dory Ann...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Human rights advocates in Samar have sounded the alarm against a new ordinance passed by Leyte provincial legislators. The local lawmakers passed Sanggunian Panlalawigan Ordinance 2011-02 prescribing the guidelines in the...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Something is indeed terribly wrong when pastors and church workers are killed, arrested and detained or go missing while they are teaching people to know, defend and fight for their rights,” Rev. Rex Reyes, general secretary of the National Church of Christ in the Philippines (NCCP), said.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com On June 13, the second Monday marking the official start of the 2011 school year, university students from various universities all over the country held coordinated protests against what they said was the failure of the...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com There would be no food security in the country for as long as it remains largely dependent on rice imports. The advocacy group Bantay Bigas renewed its call for rice sufficiency in the Philippines in the wake of the release of...
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