Return watern services to public control

The partial and unofficial results in senatorial votes have yielded sentiments that Filipino voters are “bobotante,” a portmanteau of idiot and voter. The dismay in unofficial elections results has even led to a spike in Google Trends of Filipinos searching for the term “migrate”. However, pinning the blame on poor Filipino voters is a lazy…

Modern day heroes? For decades, their remittances have kept the country’s economy afloat. But in this Bulatlatan episode, overseas Filipino workers in UK and Canada discuss the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic to their lives and jobs and the apparent lack of government assistance they are receiving. The post Bulatlatan | Far from home: OFWs caught…

BULATLAT FILE Photo by Fred Dabu/ May 1 in Manila By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Days before May 1 Labor Day, the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) reiterates its call for a pay hike. “Increasing the minimum wage from Php537 to Php750 will significantly lessen the gap between the current earnings and the family living…