http://bulatlat.com/main News, reports and commentary from the Philippines top alternative and progressive publication Sat, 26 May 2012 00:21:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/25/dismissed-union-leaders-ask-rmn-to-be-true-to-its-branding/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/25/dismissed-union-leaders-ask-rmn-to-be-true-to-its-branding/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 03:06:19 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=60303 By MARYA SALAMAT “Organizing into a union is one of the rights of employees including those in the media and entertainment.” – Michael Rogas, union president of RMN]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/25/dismissed-union-leaders-ask-rmn-to-be-true-to-its-branding/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/25/suspect-in-abduction-of-jonas-burgos-shows-no-proof-of-alibi/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/25/suspect-in-abduction-of-jonas-burgos-shows-no-proof-of-alibi/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 02:57:41 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=60301 By RONALYN V. OLEA “He could not look at me straight in the eye… He obviously evaded me.” – Mrs. Edita Burgos ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/25/suspect-in-abduction-of-jonas-burgos-shows-no-proof-of-alibi/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/southern-tagalog-human-rights-situation-worsening-%e2%80%93-karapatan-st/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/southern-tagalog-human-rights-situation-worsening-%e2%80%93-karapatan-st/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 05:45:07 +0000 Ina Alleco Silverio http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=60260 By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO The Armed Forces of the Philippines claims that it has not committed a single human rights violation during the year, but human rights and people’s organizations, as well as victims and their relatives in Southern Tagalog say it is even getting worse. ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/southern-tagalog-human-rights-situation-worsening-%e2%80%93-karapatan-st/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/the-peace-pact-with-the-rpa%e2%80%93abb/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/the-peace-pact-with-the-rpa%e2%80%93abb/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 03:52:09 +0000 Janess Ann J. Ellao http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=60232 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/the-peace-pact-with-the-rpa%e2%80%93abb/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/negros-farmers-suffer-atrocities-from-landlord-hired-bandit-group/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/negros-farmers-suffer-atrocities-from-landlord-hired-bandit-group/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 03:52:03 +0000 Janess Ann J. Ellao http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=60226 By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO All they want is to own the land that they have been tilling for generations but hacienderos (big landlords) have hired an armed group, which signed a peace pact with the government, to attack them. Sidebar: The peace pact with the RPA–ABB In Negros Occidental, children suffer worst blows of rights violations]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/24/negros-farmers-suffer-atrocities-from-landlord-hired-bandit-group/feed/ 1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/groups-score-continuing-rights-abuses-as-philippines-undergoes-review-by-un-body/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/groups-score-continuing-rights-abuses-as-philippines-undergoes-review-by-un-body/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 08:07:38 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=59833 By RONALYN V. OLEA “The whole world knows of the failure of the Aquino government to bring to justice human rights violators like Gen. Jovito Palparan and of the horrendous, less than one percent conviction rate of perpetrators of political killings on top of the snail-paced justice system.” – Fr. Rex RB. Reyes, NCCP Sidebar: The Philippines and the Universal Periodic Review Rights groups to file complaint vs Aquino administration]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/groups-score-continuing-rights-abuses-as-philippines-undergoes-review-by-un-body/feed/ 6 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/rights-groups-to-file-complaint-vs-aquino-administration/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/rights-groups-to-file-complaint-vs-aquino-administration/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 07:40:58 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=59838 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/rights-groups-to-file-complaint-vs-aquino-administration/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/the-philippines-and-the-universal-periodic-review/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/the-philippines-and-the-universal-periodic-review/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 07:33:20 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=59835 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/21/the-philippines-and-the-universal-periodic-review/feed/ 3 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/17/military%e2%80%99s-claim-of-zero-rights-abuses-belied/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/05/17/military%e2%80%99s-claim-of-zero-rights-abuses-belied/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:16:02 +0000 Ronalyn V. Olea http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=59744
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