By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Why are you shooting at us? We are civilians!” the residents shouted but their pleas were ignored.
Soldiers shoot at houses of residents in Isabela, Cagayan provinces
Day: March 15, 2012
“Noynoying” or do-nothing Aquino ridiculed at the protest caravan
“Noynoying” or do-nothing Aquino ridiculed at the protest caravan (Photo by Marya Salamat)
For sake of consumers: Gov’t should regulate oil industry to ensure transparent pricing – Ibon
MEDIA RELEASE 15 March 2012 As the world marks International Consumer Rights Day, research group IBON said that the consuming public, which bears the brunt of unabated oil price hikes, has the right to know how the oil companies determine oil prices. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or…
Newly-formed coalition tells PNoy: ‘Don’t divert issue, address real problems behind series of OPH!’
NEWS RELEASE March 15, 2012 Newly-formed Coalition against Oil Price Increases (CAOPI) today challenge President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to address real problems behind the unabated price hikes on oil and petroleum products and not divert the issue by drawing attention over irrelevant concerns like repressing street protests and offering patch-up solutions. The group stresses…
Scrapping VAT will allow millions of poor households breathing space for survival – GWP
Gabriela Women’s Party NEWS RELEASE March 15, 2012 “President Aquino should wake up and listen now to the call of the people to scrap VAT and the Oil Deregulation Law. He should stop peddling the illusion that collections from VAT alleviate the condition of the poor. VAT is a burden. Kung gusto talaga ng gubyerno…
Aquino’s inaction will spur urban upsurge,’ warns Kadamay
PRESS RELEASE March 15, 2012 Urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) with residents of North Triangle are calling on motorists and commuters today to support their five-minute blockade of the North-bound lane of EDSA today to protest against the unhampered oil price hikes. The group says today’s protest is only the start of…
Child welfare group pushes for enforcement of Anti-Child Porn Law
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The children’s welfare advocacy and party-list group Akap-Bata recently called on the Benigno Aquino III administration to enforce Republic Act 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009. It also aired its dismay over what it said was the Inter-Agency Council against Child Pornography’s (IACCP) “poor performance” since the…
“While jeepney drivers lose P96/day, oil companies rake in P147 M/day from overpricing!”- Bayan Muna
News Release March 15, 2012 Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño today revealed that oil companies rake in approximately P147 million every day from overpricing the local pump price of diesel alone. Almost 78% of this amount will go to the four biggest oil companies in the country (Petron – P55 M daily extra profits from…
Coconut farmers insist just claim over coco-levy funds
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Aquino government has closed the case over the much-disputed, multi-billion coco levy fund issue involving the former crony of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos and uncle of the current president San Miguel Corporation chairman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. A Disposition Form dated February 14, 2012 approved by…
Women rights defenders push for passage of compensation bill
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — In line with women’s month this March, women human rights defenders and victims of the dictatorship under the late president Ferdinand E. Marcos held a protest action urging senators to pass the Indemnification Bill for Victims of Martial Law. “Many of our sisters and colleagues are in…
100+ youth and student groups join nationwide protest vs. oil overpricing
March 15 2012 More than a hundred student councils and publications, campus and youth organizations, and community-based groups will join today’s nationwide ‘Protestang Bayan’ (or People’s Protest) against the overpricing of petroleum products both in local and international markets. Led by the youth group Anakbayan, the organizations under the KKK, or Kilos Na Kontra Kartel…