“Gusto kang makausap ni chairman.” Nagulat si Eufemia “Nanay Mimi” Doringo sa text sa kanya ng sekretarya ng barangay noong Pebrero 16. Wala naman daw siyang maisip na atraso sa barangay sa Camarin, Caloocan City. Wala naman siyang anumang kaso o alitan para ipatawag ng barangay chairman. Tinanong niya ang sekretarya. Pero hindi rin nito…
Rebyu ng Dante C. Simbulan, When the Rains Come, Will Not the Grass Grow Again? The Socialist Movement in the Philippines: 1920-1960. Quezon City: Pantas Publishing & Printing Inc., 2018. Ayon kay Dante C. Simbulan sa bungad ng librong ito, may dalawang pagtingin sa dahilan at tunguhin ng kilusang sosyalista sa Pilipinas – at sa…
Youth leaders announce they will join the United People’s SONA this Monday. (Photo by Sheerah Escudero/ Bulatlat) By SHEERAH ESCUDERO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Unified by their discontent with the current administration, youth groups announced they will join the United People’s SONA to counter President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July…
A health worker of 18 years, union leader Eleazar Sobinsky shares why he is joining the United People’s SONA protest on Monday, July 22. The post Why health workers are joining United People’s SONA appeared first on Bulatlat.
In this video, public school teacher Roel Mape shares how they carry out their commitment of providing quality education beyond the four walls of the classroom, including why they are joining this year’s United People’s SONA. The post Why teachers are joining United People’s SONA appeared first on Bulatlat.
Bulatlat file photo of the members of Morong 43 who filed charges against the military and police. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — After nine years of searching for justice, the 43 health workers arrested, detained and tortured by the military are still facing a blank wall. This after the Sandiganbayan 7th Division dismissed…
By Visayas Today BACOLOD CITY — The decision to approve a “certificate of successful negotiation” for ongoing talks between the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) and Prime Water Infrastructure Corp. for a controversial 25-year joint venture agreement was “hurried” and done “without proper study,” the general manager of the water utility said. “Naga-ugtas ako (I…
Members of Southern Tagalog Cultural Alliance perform during a protest action in Calamba, July 18. (Photo by Justin Umali / Bulatlat) By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com CALAMBA, Laguna — Hundreds of activists from different sectors of Southern Tagalog kicked off their protest caravan on July 18 in Calamba, Laguna. Entitled Daluyong 2019: Paglaban at Pakikibaka ng…