http://bulatlat.com/main News, reports and commentary from the Philippines top alternative and progressive publication Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:42:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/26/after-2011-toll-fee-hikes-toll-operators-report-increased-profits/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/26/after-2011-toll-fee-hikes-toll-operators-report-increased-profits/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:20:26 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=55887 By MARYA SALAMAT “The TRB decision approving the automatic increase in toll fee rates every two years should be scrapped.” – Taxpayers Unity vs Toll Fee Hike]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/26/after-2011-toll-fee-hikes-toll-operators-report-increased-profits/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/12/aquino-%e2%80%98hypocritical%e2%80%99-in-blaming-and-pushing-away-pantukan-landslide-victims/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/12/aquino-%e2%80%98hypocritical%e2%80%99-in-blaming-and-pushing-away-pantukan-landslide-victims/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:45:19 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=55634 By MARYA SALAMAT "Small-scale mining is not the only cause, and is not even the biggest cause, of the destruction of Pantukan's erstwhile forest lands… large-scale commercial logging operations since the 50s and large-scale mining operations of the past 30 years have massively denuded the mountains of Compostela Valley."]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/12/aquino-%e2%80%98hypocritical%e2%80%99-in-blaming-and-pushing-away-pantukan-landslide-victims/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/02/yearender-economic-lessons-from-2011/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/02/yearender-economic-lessons-from-2011/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:20:42 +0000 Contributors http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=55501 By SONNY AFRICA The Philippines can't rely on the world economy and old globalization policies to drive economic growth and development. ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/02/yearender-economic-lessons-from-2011/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/01/likely-collapse-of-lcmc-tailings-dam-walls-spooks-benguet-folks/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/01/likely-collapse-of-lcmc-tailings-dam-walls-spooks-benguet-folks/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:30:05 +0000 Northern Dispatch http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54915 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/01/likely-collapse-of-lcmc-tailings-dam-walls-spooks-benguet-folks/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/13/apec-meeting-wrong-place-for-solutions-to-phl-economic-woes-ibon/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/13/apec-meeting-wrong-place-for-solutions-to-phl-economic-woes-ibon/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:03:15 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54326 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/13/apec-meeting-wrong-place-for-solutions-to-phl-economic-woes-ibon/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/09/mining-related-deaths-destruction-haunt-celebration-of-mine-safety-week/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/09/mining-related-deaths-destruction-haunt-celebration-of-mine-safety-week/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:19:37 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54205 By MARYA SALAMAT “With the celebration of Mine Safety Week, the mining industry portrays itself as a socially responsible industry, but in truth it is nothing but a self-serving, destructive and exploitative industry.” – Kakay Tolentino, Dumagat spokeswoman of Katribu Partylist. ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/09/mining-related-deaths-destruction-haunt-celebration-of-mine-safety-week/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/contractualization-adds-peril-to-health-and-safety-%e2%80%93-women-workers/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/contractualization-adds-peril-to-health-and-safety-%e2%80%93-women-workers/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:26:01 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=53630 By MARYA SALAMAT Contractual women workers do not receive maternity benefits; they receive lower wages and suffer heavy workloads; they have no job security nor union rights. – KMU]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/contractualization-adds-peril-to-health-and-safety-%e2%80%93-women-workers/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/keppel-liable-for-accident-but-it-is-up-to-workers-to-file-claims-%e2%80%93-dole/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/keppel-liable-for-accident-but-it-is-up-to-workers-to-file-claims-%e2%80%93-dole/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:05:10 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=53619 By MARYA SALAMAT Labor Undersecretary Lourdes Transmonte said the DOLE cannot file a case against Keppel even if its investigation showed that it is liable for the accident. Related Story: Govt policies blamed for ‘accidents waiting to happen’ in workplaces]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/keppel-liable-for-accident-but-it-is-up-to-workers-to-file-claims-%e2%80%93-dole/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/govt-policies-blamed-for-%e2%80%98accidents-waiting-to-happen%e2%80%99-in-workplaces/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/govt-policies-blamed-for-%e2%80%98accidents-waiting-to-happen%e2%80%99-in-workplaces/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:15:03 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=53616 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/20/govt-policies-blamed-for-%e2%80%98accidents-waiting-to-happen%e2%80%99-in-workplaces/feed/ 3 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/14/real-righteous-path-takes-care-of-public-health-and-health-workers/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/14/real-righteous-path-takes-care-of-public-health-and-health-workers/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:54:17 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=53418 By MARYA SALAMAT The House of Representatives approved a P200m ($4.6m) addition to the DOH budget and P400m ($9.2m) for government-owned and controlled corporation hospitals, as a result of the intense campaign of progressive health groups for a higher health budget.]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/10/14/real-righteous-path-takes-care-of-public-health-and-health-workers/feed/ 0