Salungguhit: Special treatment

Published on November 28, 2011

Who says everybody is equal under the law? While the poor die of diseases in cramped , unsanitary jails, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wallows in the luxurious St. Luke’s Hospital.

By Flon Faurillo
(Bulatlat.com)

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HUMAN RIGHTS

• Groups score continuing rights abuses as Philippines undergoes review by UN body
• Rights groups to file complaint vs Aquino administration
• Victim files opposition to promotion of military torturers

MIGRANTS

• Family questions circumstances surrounding death of OFW in Singapore
• Actress Jodi Sta. Maria joins Migrante in demanding justice for OFW killed in Mongolia
• Migrante sounds alarm against illegal deportation of OFW trade union leader from South Korea

LABOR

• Violations of workers’ rights, getting worse – rights group
• Radio network employees gear for strike against union-busting
• Workers call labor department’s order against contractualization ‘a hoax’

NEWS IN PICTURES

Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)

REGIONS

• Environmentalists hail Baguio City’s ‘ban’ on SM tree-cutting
• Governor hits open pit mining in Bontoc
• Mining confab declares: “Philippines is not for sale”

INTERNATIONAL

• The End of the End of Austerity We’re All Greeks Now
• Globalism’s Perverse Rewards: World’s Apex Bully Leads World Into Lawlessness
• European People Have Rejected Austerity Madness: Will the U.S. Get the Message

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

• Advocacy group for indigenous peoples pushes agenda for education
• Cordillera Day 2012 focuses on mining and militarization
• Killed indigenous leader Jimmy Liguyon’s family continue fight for justice

MULTIMEDIA

Video: Workers slam Aquino’s empty speech on Labor Day

Slideshow: Women slam Aquino’s inaction on price hikes

Slideshow: Workers call on Aquino to implement pro-people policies

ON THE FRINGES

• The miracle of breast milk
• For Dana Marie

CULTURE

• GLOC-9: Nang magkatinig ang pipi
• Performing Alan Jazmines: a reflection on his prison poem
• Professor urges teaching of Ibaloi language

FULL COVERAGE

• Wages and Labor Issues
• Price Increases
• GPH-NDFP Peace Talks
• 2010 Yearender
• Morong 43
• Aquino's First 100 Days
• Hacienda Luisita
• Ampatuan Massacre

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