By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Human rights groups in Davao City and Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte have issued a strong demand for the dismantlement of all military detachments and patrol bases in civilian communities after the September 7 incident in Brgy. Fatima Paquibato. On Sept.1, a unit of the New People’s Army’s…
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Child rights advocates fear bill to worsen violations against children
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Children’s advocacy groups Salinlahi and the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) are wary that a bill pending in the Senate is out to cause more harm than good to Filipino children, specially children in armed conflict (CIAC) situations. The groups said the proposal is largely an attempt at…
Probe on findings of Independent Oil Price Review Committee urged
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Main story:Oil price review committee, deodorant of oil cartel-Aquino govt collusion? MANILA — Two lawmakers are not convinced that the findings of the Independent Oil Price Review Committee (IOPRC) are correct. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño and Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Emmi de Jesus both denounced the findings of…
Teddy Casiño, Makabayan’s candidate for Senator
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – All smiles, Teddy Casiño waved his hands before thousands of members of Makabayan Coalition and supporters who flocked to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines gymnasium, Sept. 7. It was no ordinary day; it was the start of a challenging and arduous journey for Casiño and for Makabayan…
Urban poor groups urge Roxas to implement Robredo’s plans
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive groups criticized President Benigno S. Aquino III for appointing his running mate in the last elections and former Transportation Sec. Mar Roxas to the Department of Interior and Local Government chief post. “While it is true that it is a strategic move for the 2016 presidential…
De La Salle professors support RH bill, call for openness
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Just when Interaksyon.com published an interview with the late former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini who said that the Catholic Church was “200 years out of date,” De La Salle professors called for intellectual openness and empowerment of the poor and marginalised…
Saluting a great revolutionary, writer and editor Antonio Zumel
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National Workers Congress, a ploy to undermine state workers’ rights – government unions
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Aquino administration, like its predecessors, has no right to organize so-called workers and employee policy meetings and project itself as pro-union when it quite clearly isn’t. This was the declaration of members of the Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) as…
Anti-discrimination bill faces rough sailing in Senate
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Already under fire for alleged plagiarism for his speech attacking the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, senator and actor Tito Sotto is now the target of criticism from the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. According to reports, Sotto is demanding the removal of sexual orientation…
Central Luzon farmers group decry AFP harassment against CL-based journalist
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is again going after a journalist who is merely doing his job. This is the charge of the regional farmers’ group Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (Amgl, Farmers’ Alliance in Central Luzon) as it condemned the recent acts…
PPP Projects in Davao City won’t benefit the public — Bayan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) in Southern Mindanao Region is not sending off fireworks anytime soon to welcome the advent of public-private partnership schemes in Davao City. On August 24, the City Council of Davao approved an ordinance allowing PPP projects and programs between the city and…