By MARYA SALAMAT
“What enriches oil companies greatly impoverishes Filipino consumers, especially public utility drivers.” – PISTON Partylist
Drivers decry shrinking income, demand big-time rollback in oil prices
Month: January 2013
Justices grill gov’t lawyer on contentious provisions in Cybercrime Law
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In questioning the solicitor general, the magistrates picked apart Sections 4(c)(4), 6, 7, 12 and 19, of the law.
‘Philippines not for sale,’ group tells Noy as PPP bidding begins
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Aside from the Philippine Orthopedic Center, more Public-Private Partnerships are lined up by the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, the multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) warned as the US-Philippine Society began a series of meetings in the country on Jan. 23. In a statement, Bayan…
Planned privatization of Orthopedic Center to paralyze services to poor
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The transformation of the service orientation of public hospitals into a profit-driven venture and the shift of health care from the state to private entities is clearly privatization.” – Network Opposed to Privatization
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Aquino’s claims on stock market, foreign investments as dev’t indicators hit
by IBON Foundation Bulatlat.com MANILA — Pointing out that more jobs and lower poverty incidence are more important development indicators, research group IBON criticized Pres. Benigno Aquino for overemphasizing the performance of the local stock market and prospects of higher foreign investments. IBON was reacting to the statement of Pres. Aquino in a speech before…
On last 6 session days of Congress, workers press for passage of P125 wage hike bill
On last 6 session days of Congress, workers press for passage of P125 wage hike bill (Photo by Marya Salamat / Bulatlat.com)
Accidental propaganda and the Basi Revolt paintings
By INA ALLECO R, SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Do paintings have the power that photographs could never replicate? In some cases, this is true. Throughout history there have been paintings that have captured the imagination and awakened intense feelings of social and political awareness. It was not only through the scenes or images the paintings portrayed or…
Phl budget transparency under Aquino gets lower grade in latest global survey
By MARYA SALAMAT
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III pledged to install a transparent government, the opposite of scandal-ridden administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. But a global survey on budget transparency gives his administration a lower if not the same score as during Arroyo’s.
Philex, progressive group agree tailings dam collapse spells disaster
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — A top official of the Philex Mining Corporation admitted that a greater disaster would happen if tailings pond 3 (TP3) collapses. Earlier, leaders of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) called for the decommissioning of Philex mines’ TP3, pointing out that the dam has outlived its…
Tribe members celebrate first year of barricade against mining
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On January 23, 2012, residents of sitio (subvillage) Madaymen, Tabio Mankayan set up their barricade against the drilling activities of Far Southeast Gold resources Inc. (FSGRI) and Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC). Determined to save the remaining natural resources, the indigenous people invoked their rights to their…
In memoriam: Atty. Eduardo G. Araullo (1947-2013)
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld This column has been absent for some time due to health issues confounding its writer. The prolonged leave from political and social activism and the lengthy pause from writing a weekly column in this paper had given rise to an unfamiliar ennui. The untimely and completely unexpected demise of…