By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com Tabuk City, Kalinga – Inroads of corn production in Kalinga is threatening not only the famed coffee plantations of the highland province but its forest lands, too. Corn production may have given the Kalinga farmers better income but its effects on the pioneering coffee processing industry here and on forest lands…
Day: September 21, 2011
Repressive decrees, issuances, legacies of Marcos dictatorship, remain in force
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Insofar as civil and political rights are concerned, dictatorial and repressive rulings in laws and jurisprudence remain and are still being abused.” – Edre Olalia, secretary general of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers
Budget cut protests unite state colleges and universities, big protest slated on September 23
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Spending on SUCs and education is an investment to develop our country’s human resources. Congress and the Aquino government should rethink its misguided priorities and realign funds from foreign debt, CCTs, and military spending in favor of education and social services.” – JC Alejandro, League of Filipino Students