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Salungguhit: Guarding what?
By TILDE ACUÑA
Mother welcomes political prisoner-son at Quezon City hospital
Poet, songwriter, singer, journalist and activist Ericson Acosta was illegally arrested in Northern Samar on February 13, 2011 while conducting research for peasant organizations. He has not been arraigned despite having spent more than two years in jail.
Solon asks gov’t to protect BPO workers
By RITCHE T. SALGADO Bulatlat.com CEBU CITY — With the continuing growth of the Business Process Outsourcing sector, a partylist lawmaker expressed the urgency for government to look after the welfare of the sector’s workers. “We should be happy that Cebu has improved its ranking from 9th to 8th among emerged business process outsourcing destinations,”…
Groups slam wave of arrests against activists
Groups slam wave of arrests against activists (Photo by Pom Cahilog-Villanueva / Bulatlat.com)
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A girl strikes a pensive pose while waiting for friends. (Technohub, Quezon City)
Church to DILG: Effect arrest of suspect in murder of tribe leader
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Determined to seek justice for slain tribe leader Jimmy Liguyon, bishops of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) took to task the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to effect the arrest of the primary suspect. Liguyon, a vocal anti-mining leader and a local…
Global campaign to end violence against women launched in the Philippines
Women’s group Gabriela launched One Billion Rising – Quezon City last Jan. 17. Women from various urban poor communities joined them in dancing “Isang Bilyong Babaeng Babangon,” which is part of the global campaign to end violence against women.
Tigil, viajero, itama ang iyong kalendaryo sa “Bayan ng Hinagpis”
Ni E. San Juan, Jr. Bawat umaga binibilang ng militanteng Alan Jazmines kung ilang linggo, buwan, taon na siya nakapiit at kailan maitutuwid ang baluktot na hustisya Abo na lamang ang apoy kagabi sa kampo sa Sierra Madre ngunit may titis pang umuusok, lumusong-umahon… Sa nagbabagang uling, sipat ng tanod, nakahimlay ang kislap, liyab, sunog…
Tribal folk struggle to continue indigenous agriculture production
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch LUBUAGAN, KALINGA – Women, men and young people of Western Uma in this town struggle to preserve the indigenous practice of agricultural production in order to survive the threats and impacts of commercial agriculture. It was harvest time, the second rice cropping in November last year when this writer…
They wanted food, not fame
Letter to the Editor January 17, 2013 The more than 5,000 protesters in a previous 12-hour barricade in Montevista, Compostela Valley last January 15 were not there for fame. They wanted to live. The Philippine Army’s spokesperson Major Jake Obligado easily discredited the people’s action saying it was just mere propaganda; that it was led…