By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World MANILA — Last August 10 was the 80th birthday of Antonio Zumel, newspaperman extraordinaire, pioneering trade unionist in the newspaper industry and President of the National Press Club in its heyday, as well as one-of-a-kind revolutionary leader, the first Chairperson of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines…
Day: September 14, 2012
‘Bona’ on stage, a mirror of everyday life
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A lot of people claim that the golden age of theater was long gone with the advent of mass media, mainly television and the new media. But the Philippine Educational Theater Association disagrees. In their newest play “Bona,” the theater group proved that these platforms could be…
Teachers ring bells, knock on Congress gates for salary upgrading
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Nearly 500 members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) from different public schools in Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasig, Malabon, Rizal, Central Luzon, and other Divisions marched to the gates of Congress to lobby for the passage of House Bill 2142: Ant Act Upgrading the Minimum…
Makati City issues eviction deadline for Guatemala residents
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The residents of Guatemala St., Brgy. San Isidro, Makati City are up for a showdown with the demolition team of the local government and against elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on September 19. After failing to convince, harass or pressure the urban poor residents of…
The worst and best times for democracy
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Forty years ago, Ferdinand E. Marcos launched a successful rightist coup and declared himself as president for life, arrested all those opposed to his rule from the traditional opposition to those identified with the Left and even ordinary students, workers, the urban poor, peasants, professionals, church people, among others who, in…