By MARYA SALAMAT
Special Report As the Philippine military continues to wage Oplan Bantay Laya, its so-called “dirty war” against communists as well as activists, peasants and workers, more and more innocent children are not only being caught in the crossfire but have become targets as well of human-rights violations.
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Disappointed in ‘The Last Air Bender’
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com Almost everyone who went to see The Last Air Bender had a feeling that it would not live up to the original Nickelodeon series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. With M. Night Shyamalan leading the project, it was almost guaranteed to be a huge flop! But fans of…
People’s Demands on Aquino’s First State of the Nation Address
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Because the Arroyo administration left the country in a crisis of unparalleled proportions, progressive groups presented an agenda, which they deem as necessary for the nation’s survival.
Aquino, Binay Told: Prioritize Housing for Urban Poor, Especially Those Displaced by Projects, Calamities
By MARYA SALAMAT
“It is a challenge to the Aquino administration to address the housing question holistically, beyond the low-cost housing projects peddled as the flagship program of the government,” GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus says.
Aquino, Solons Must Address Education Crisis -– ST Youth (PR)
PRESS RELEASE July 23, 2010 Southern Tagalog youth gathered on July 23 and trooped to the House of Representatives, Commission on Higher Education and Mendiola to stage the so-called State of the Youth Address (SOYA) and challenge newly elected lawmakers…
Why Fear the People? KMU Slams Noynoy’s QMC proposal for SONA Protests (PR)
NEWS RELEASE 23 JULY 2010 “Why would Aquino fear the people? Why should a President who basks on the notion of democracy keep the people farther from Batasan during SONA?” Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno posed this question today as President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino suggested to militant groups to just hold SONA protests inside the…
HK OFWs Urge Noynoy to Declare Concrete Actions on Passport and OEC in SONA (PR)
Press Release 23 July 2010 We urge PNoy to make his first SONA different from that of the previous administration that was replete with empty rhetoric and motherhood statements. Our issues are concrete, our calls are clear and these should not be drowned in mere promises: lower passport fee and issue OEC without pre-requisite…
Monday’s SONA Stands for ‘State of Napapraning na Aquino’ – Anakbayan (PR)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan harshly criticized President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino today for saying that this year’s ‘alternative SONA (State of the Nation Address)’, which has become an annual tradition of progressive groups, should be held in the Quezon Memorial Circle and not in front of the Batasang Pambansa as originally…
Women Challenge Noynoy, Binay: Decent and Secure Housing, Not a Token Settlement (PR)
News Release July 23, 2010 Three days before Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s first State of the Nation Address, he is yet to pay attention to women’s demand for decent and secured housing especially for the urban poor. Up until now, no concrete reply has been made by his administration, thus militant women of GABRIELA…
Hacienda Yulo Farmers Ask Aquino: Don’t Evade Land Reform in SONA (PR)
PRESS RELEASE July 23, 2010 Fifteen Hacienda Yulo farmers in Barangay Canlubang, Calamba City in Laguna now on their second day of fast today urged President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III not to evade the issue of land reform in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, saying farmers from all over…
Luis Teodoro | Impunity’s Roots
By LUIS TEODORO LuisTeodoro.com/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com IMPUNITY — OR exemption from punishment — has been correctly called a culture, a way of doing things to which a particular community has become accustomed. It is almost inevitably mentioned as the primary reason why journalists and political activists continue to be killed in the Philippines,…