By RONALYN V. OLEA
Eight combat battalions of the Philippine Army, the Philippine National Police and Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) are concentrated in the first and second districts of Quezon, harassing civilians, and wreaking havoc on the lives of the rural folk.
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — With the theme “Fight for Our Land, Life and Rights!” the Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Peoples’ rights advocates in six provinces of the region staged the 28th Cordillera Day (CD) through celebrations in their respective areas that also served as mass actions calling for the pullout of [...]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – The green group Kalikasan Partylist welcomed the Baguio Regional Trial Court’s Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) issued today on SM Baguio Mall’s planned cutting of close to 200 trees on Luneta Hill. At the same time, the environmentalist group urged the same court to make this ban permanent. The [...]
Thursday, March 29, 2012By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY– “Katrina”, 16 was a bright high school senior at the Cabiten National High School in Mankayan town, Benguet. She is an honor student and according to her family, an obedient child. But her bright future was marred by a traumatic experience. And her best friend was showing signs that [...]
Monday, March 5, 2012BAGUIO CITY — The National Union of Students of the Philippines Baguio-Benguet chapter (NUSP-BB) called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to seriously consider not allowing increases in tuition and other fees. NUSP spokeswoman Cielo Marie Bayson said CHEd should not act as mere arbiters between students and schools. “Right now, students need to [...]
Monday, March 5, 2012By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — According to the respected professor and scholar of culture Dr. Morr Tadeo Pungayan, the Ibaloi language is the identification of the Ibaloi people. In the first Ibaloi Forum dubbed “Tongtong” held at the Baguio Museum, Pungayan said that in other provinces of the Cordillera region, they speak [...]
Monday, March 5, 2012BAGUIO CITY – With measly budget, Cordillera state universities and colleges plan to increase tuition to P100 per unit and another 20 percent every year thereafter until the tuition rate per unit stands on P300/unit ($7.04). The recently approved proposal by the Cordillera Administrative Region Association of State Universities and Colleges (CARASUC) will take effect [...]
Friday, February 17, 2012“The military’s mind is shallow, if they will campaign against the school just because of the streamer. I see the streamer as the school’s sympathy for Fr. Pops; the nuns sympathy for a priest, their fellow Church member.” – 44-year old mother of two Assumption students. By DAVAO TODAY DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The military [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2012A jobless counts himself part of the vast army of dispossessed worldwide. He belongs to one in three workers globally either unemployed or living in poverty. In this country, his testimony appears to show unrealized promises made by President Benigno Aquino III to address unemployment. By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Reposted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY, [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2012By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Reposted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Philippines was recently reported to be the third country in the world that has the lowest salary increases. And that news is not farfetched when Davao workers say they are working harder but are being paid lesser. Luis Luchavez, a tireman for [...]
Monday, February 6, 2012by Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Progressive youth organizations in the Cordillera expressed outrage against Department of Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad’s statements implying that state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the region are not spending their funds wisely and by pushing SUCs to prioritize partnerships with private corporations to generate funds. An article [...]
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
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