By MARYA SALAMAT
While the Radio Mindanao Network’s Davao workers are on strike and the Manila workers battling for the certification of its union, the management, the workers said, has been delaying the negotiations and has been trying to bust the union.
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Health not priority under Aquino’s 2013 budget
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Once charity patients from indigent families without PhilHealth coverage are turned away from public hospitals, many will be forced to simply wait for death even if they are suffering from what originally were treatable diseases.”
Political arrests under Aquino rising at alarming rate
ByRONALYN V. OLEA
Not only does the Aquino government remain deaf to calls for the freedom of all political prisoners, it has continued the practice of detaining political dissenters.
Health workers continue to press for return of hazard pay
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Health workers continue to protest against the refusal of the Aquino government to release their hazard pay and other benefits. In a statement, the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) said health workers have been appealing to both the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Budget…
Amid peace talks, Aquino government increases troop deployment in Mindanao
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Under the guise of counter-terrorism, the people of Mindanao are being held hostage by business interests. Communities who defy military presence are tagged as terrorist havens, its residents as supporters.” – Kawagib
PPP schemes cost government more, says Canadian study
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The study revealed that for every two schools financed through PPP in Alberta, Canada, an additional school could be built for the same cost.
Street Shooter: Spread-eagled
A pedestrian tries hard to ignore a frowned-upon yet ubiquitous Pinoy scene–peeing in public places. (Iloilo City)
A lot of contentious points still to be hurdled in GPH-MILF peace talks
By MARYA SALAMAT
“What is important to us is that we should have a (Bangsamoro) substate which we ourselves are governing.” – MILF
Political prisoners, kin go fasting
Political prisoners, kin go fasting (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat.com)
Handog kay Maita Gomez, armadong paraluman
Ni E. SAN JUAN JR. Bulatlat.com Mahal, Nagliliyab ang lansangan ng Islang Puting Bato nang ikaw’y lumisan Sa iyong balintataw nagtalik ang liwanag at dilim Nagtipan ang luha’t ngiti sa hanggahan ng pangako’t alaala Saang likong landas tayo naghiwalay, nakipagsapalaran? Pumalaot ka sa lagim ng lungsod, napigtal sa diwa’t nakintal sa dibdib Patnubay ang masang…
A radio worker’s fight: A Davao Today short narrative
By MICK M. BASA Davao Today Reposted by Bulatlat.com