By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Some 300 members of groups opposed to irresponsible mining, and residents from various provinces in Northern Luzon, held a rally in front of the offices of well-known mining corporations in Manila earlier this week in protest against what they said are countless rights violations these companies have…
Day: March 1, 2012
Military intensifying campaign of harassment against campus journalists- CEGP
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“These recent attacks on campus journalists show that the Aquino administration is insincere in ending the culture of impunity.” – College Editors Guild of the Philippines
Mother of missing activist decries continuing cover-up
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“I’m about to cry. It’s been five years and we are not even closer to finding Jonas.” – Mrs. Edita Burgos
Who can afford the increasingly prohibitive tuition in the future?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com A few days ago, my second daughter was telling me how, every semester, they have to find ways and means to help raise the tuition of some members of their organization’s chapter at the University of Sto. Tomas, a university run by the Dominican order. Otherwise, the students would have to…
How can we stop oil companies from profiteering?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Oil companies increased pump prices again. This is the eighth oil price hike since the beginning of the year alone, amounting to a net increase of P6.75 ($0.16) per liter for gasoline and P6.50 ($0.15) for diesel. This would bring the prices of oil products in the country near its peak…
Jose ‘Ka Pepe’ Diokno, quintessential nationalist
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Tomorrow marks the 90th birthday of Jose “Ka Pepe” Diokno: nationalist, human rights defender, progressive intellectual, and more. Had he lived as long as his colleague, Lorenzo “Ka Tanny” Tanada who, at 91, stood up from his wheelchair at the gallery to hail the…
Hold Arroyo liable for human rights violations, Aquino told
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The culture of impunity in the Philippines must end. Extra-judicial killings of respected pastors and church leaders, most of whom were speaking against injustice in our country, show how horrible and unacceptable the human rights situation in our nation has been.” – UCCP Bishop Reuel Norman Marigza
Aquino’s planned privatization of 38,000 foreshore lands for reclamation slammed
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) recently protested against reports that President Benigno Aquino III’s public-private partnership (PPP) schemes have included the privatization of 38,000 hectares of foreshore lands for reclamation projects in Manila Bay, Davao Gulf and 50 other coastal areas…
Pamalakaya demands compensation for fishermen affected by Chevron oil spill
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — An organization upholding the welfare of the country’s fisherfolk is taking oil company Chevron Philippines Inc. to task for an oil spill that has affected the livelihood of fishermen in Sitio Tawi-tawi, San Fernando City in La Union province. The group is also demanding that local government…