Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño, mothers of missing UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, looked at the crowd of students and activists listening intently at the program and said, “They would have been among them today, resisting and fighting for the country.”
By CHRISTINE ANNE T. CABANATAN Bulatlat.com MRT? Tila yata ito ay Ma-Perwisyong Rumaragasang Tren At ito ay nagbabadyang isang konsumisyon Ang suliraning ito ay hindi buhat sa isang ilusyon Nagtaas ang pasahe at ito ay naging mistulang bagahe Serbisyong natatamo ay isang malaking perwisyo Yung tipong papunta ka pa lang, e amoy pauwi ka na…
“We are not pro-Chinese, we are not pro-American, we are pro-Filipino, and we are ready to stand pat to our territory, assert our national sovereignty, and fight to retain what is ours.”
“It [contractualization] is an alarming business practice: workers both in public and private sectors are forced to work for wages below the meagre minimum wage, with no benefits, no job security and under poor health and safety work conditions.”
MANILA – Twice in public this month, the Philippine flag was displayed the ‘wrong’ way. A unique feature of the Philippine flag is the symbolism of its equal bands of red and blue — it indicates a state of war if the flag is displayed with the red side on top. The Philippine government traditionally…
“That is a lie.”
“The continued failure of the government to arrest, prosecute and convict the perpetrators is indicative of how little, if any at all, importance that the Aquino administration is making to stop this murderous rampage and end the state of impunity in our country.”
“The employment status of a person is defined and prescribed by law and not by what the parties say it should be.”
Photo by RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
