By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—“No to market-based mechanisms!” This was the resounding position of delegates to the International Conference on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Alternatives and Solutions to the Climate Crisis as they criticized the proposed solutions of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). Market-based mechanisms would not…
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International Conference of Indigenous Peoples Praised Empowered IP villages for Protecting Environment vs. Climate Crisis
By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — “Climate change is a matter of social justice,” said a report of the Ibon International, a non-profit economic research outfit based in the Philippines. “Two centuries of increasing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions have coincided with colonial and neocolonial subordination of the Southern…
Anakbayan Paintbombs DSWD, Dares Agency to Prove Claims on CCT
PRESS RELEASE November 15, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan hurled paint bombs at the gate of the Dept. of Social Work and Development (DSWD) national office, daring proponents of the much-maligned Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program to substantiate their claims regarding the program. Anakbayan spokesperson Charisse Bañez twited CCT supporters, saying “They shouldn’t wonder why everyone…
Youths Join Manila-wide Pedicab Strike, Decries Planned Pedicab Ban ‘Death to the Poor’
PRESS RELEASE November 15, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan took to the streets of Manila today in support of the one-day strike by the city’s pedicab and ‘kuliglig’ (motorized pedicab) drivers. The strike was launched by the Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Kuliglig at Pedicab Driver-Manila (ALNAPEDKU-Manila) to protest plans by Manila City Hall to ban pedicabs and…
NDFP Calls for Immediate Implementation of the JASIG (PR)
Press Statement 14 November 2010 Chairperson Luis Jalandoni of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is at grave risk if he goes to Manila while the regime of President Benigno Aquino III has not rectified the grave violations of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG), such…
Progressive Lawmakers Deem 2011 Budget as Rushed, Misaligned and Regressive
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
When the session resumed on November 8, members of the House of Representatives were being asked to vote on the proposed budget. ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio stood up and asked if they could still look into the amendments that were considered and included in the final version of the bill. The request, however, was denied.
Salungguhit: No Loose Change
No Loose Change
Indigenous Peoples Demand Apology for Cultural Slur in Clinton Forum in Manila
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com LAGAWE, Ifugao – An apology not only to Cordillerans but to all indigenous peoples of the world is being demanded by three Igorots (Cordillera natives) who experienced discrimination for wearing a native Igorot “wanes” (g-string) at former US president Bill Clinton’s forum in Manila, Nov. 10. “We went there to participate…
Three Filipino Youth to Perform in Italy
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com For the third time, the Association for the Rights of Children in South East Asia (ARCSEA), an organization advocating for the rights of children here in Manila is sending young people from urban poor communities to perform in different cities in Tuscany, Italy for an annual event tagged as…
Mining Workers in Lepanto to Go on Strike
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet– Workers of the mining giant Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company filed a “notice of strike” Nov. 12 at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board in Baguio City. The Lepanto Employees Union and the Lepanto Security Force Union, both affiliates of labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno decided to file the notice…
For More Than Half a Century, Justice Remains Elusive to Filipino Comfort Women
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Lila Pilipina, the organization of Filipino women who were used as sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, said the Supreme Court decision denying their petition to hold the Japanese government accountable for its crimes against them, which was penned by Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, was not only plagiarized but was also “twisted.”