Kin of political prisoners form group, call for unconditional amnesty
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Letter to the Editor September 30, 2011 Dear Editor, No poll can refute the fact that Filipino women, majority of whom are burdened with joblessness, lack of social services and injustice, are in fact faced with the direst of situations. This is our reaction to the Newsweek magazine’s report ranking Philippines as 17th best country [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch VIGAN CITY – Human rights violations among children under Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan only unmasks the program’s dreadful character, a child rights group said. Jacquiline Ruiz, executive director of Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC), an institution providing psychosocial help to children victims of state violence said that these incidents involved military units [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – An alliance of indigenous peoples in the Cordillera region said the lifting of the moratorium on the acceptance and grant of new mining applications shows the Aquino administration’s policy on mining. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Ramon Paje recently announced the lifting of the moratorium [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011The revolution begins at home: a clarion call to join the Wall Street protests By ARUN GUPTA Alternet.org What is occurring on Wall Street right now is truly remarkable. For over 10 days, in the sanctum of the great cathedral of global capitalism, the dispossessed have liberated territory from the financial overlords and their police [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011By RAMZY BAROUD Commondreams.org “Both of Ibrahim’s arms were cut off. He had a hole in his lung. Parts of his legs were missing. His kidney was in a bad condition…we need people to stand with us.” These were the words of an exhausted man as he described the condition of his dying son in [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011Ni RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com http://www.winniecastelo.net/an-act-prescribing-a-universal-code-of-student-conduct-whereby-planking-by-a-student-or-group-of-students-during-street-rallies-or-similar-protest-actions-as-a-form-of-redress-of-grievance-be-strictl/ Kahit may nananamantala Kahit pinagnanakawan ka Kahit pinababayaan ka Bawal ang magprotesta Bawal ang magwelga Bawal ang magmartsa Bawal maging aktibista Pati paghiga sa kalsada Bawal magtaas ng kamao Bawal sumigaw Bawal ang pumalakpak Huminga’t kumanta Bawal ang umapela Iti-tweet ka lang nila At saka magpapanukala Ng batas sa [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011
By KARLOS MANLUPIG
“We require that the SOMO and SOPO allow the necessary, reasonable and flexible scale of time and area for the safe and orderly release of the captives at the initiative of their NPA custodians.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“If we are given a zero budget, would that mean that we would land in the top position?” UP student regent Krissy Conti told bulatlat.com, adding that Malacañang should not compare the University of the Philippines with other private universities that are profit-oriented.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA –When the Philippines lifted quantitative restrictions on agricultural products except rice, the government allocated funds purportedly to help farmers affected by the flooding of imported agricultural products. The Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (Acef) was created in 1996 by virtue of Republic Act 8178 to “protect local producers of agricultural [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan – Hilaria “Violy” San Jose, 44, brought with her some of their fresh produce—rambutan, balimbing, guyabano, kamoteng kahoy and saba. “If the MRT 7 project pushes through, we could no longer have fresh fruits and vegetables,” Violy told an assembly of farmers, urban poor and [...]
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
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