Jobert Pahilga, lawyer of the farm workers’ group Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Hacienda Luisita (Ambala), enumerates some of the provisions of the compromise agreement… 08/16/2010
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Hacienda Luisita Deal ‘a Travesty of Social Justice’
Is the Worst Really Over at PAL? Not Quite, as Workers Brace for More Turbulence
The dialogue brokered by government did not address the root causes of the unrest raised by the pilots who resigned. Instead, PAL will continue to… 08/16/2010
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Wrong about the media
I expect our friends in the media, especially in radio and print, as well as the block-timers and those in community newspapers, to monitor their… 08/16/2010
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Advocates for Women and Children Push for Sex Education in Schools
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Pam Mendoza, now 27, got pregnant at the age of 16; she was in fourth year high… 08/16/2010
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LABOR UNION ON HACIENDA LUISITA COMPROMISE DEAL: ‘Lure Money, Hoodwink’
ULWU chairman Lito Bais said the financial package from Hacienda Luisita management was meant to lure farm workers into the compromise-agreement bait. “They exploited the… 08/16/2010
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Windfall for Business, ‘Not Much’ for Poor Filipinos
AQUINO’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS By MARYA SALAMAT MANILA – They did not really expect much but when Benigno Aquino III ran true to… 07/30/2010
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Prioritize Disaster Preparedness, Aquino Urged
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – . When typhoon Basyang (international name: Conson) hit Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces last Tuesday night, killing… 07/30/2010
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Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies
By MARYA SALAMAT MANILA – Of all decisions Aquino made in his first week, it is “his cabinet appointments that raised more questions than hope,”… 07/30/2010
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First extrajudicial killing under President Noynoy Aquino
MANILA — Progressive groups today marched to Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge) to demand justice for Fernando Baldomero, the first activist killed under the… 07/16/2010
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Two Public School Teachers Killed, Another Survives Attack in Masbate
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two teachers, where one is a member of the leftist group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), were… 07/16/2010
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