By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Solidarity Groups in Australia were quick to denounce the Philippine Senate as the latter ratified the Australia-RP Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) on July 24, 2012.The groups represent Filipino migrants in Australia, overseas Filipino workers and students, Australians of Filipino descent and citizens and residents of…
Day: July 24, 2012
Southern Tagalog, Central Luzon march vs land grabbing, militarization
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – They braved the heavy downpour and then the extreme heat to air their grievances. Some 1,000 protesters from Southern Tagalog, under the banner of the local chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and Save Bondoc Peninsula Movement held a three-day Lakbayan (people’s march) from San Pedro, Laguna to…
Anti-SONA 2012 protests in regions against privatization, rights violations
Protests against the “true state of the nation” were held simultaneously across the country. By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO em> Bulatlat.com MANILA — It was not only in the National Capital Region (NCR) where protests erupted against President Benigno Aquino III’s third Station of the Nation Address (Sona). Elsewhere in the country, people’s organizations decried…
SONA 2012: A chronicle of lies foretold
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aquino’s 90-minute speech, said to be one of the longest SONAs in recent memory, highlighted achievements that progressive groups shot down either as just a deception, a half-truth at best, or simply meaningless.
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Sidebar: Anti-SONA 2012 protests in regions against privatization, rights violations
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