Kinaliwa na dam
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Three human rights defenders killed in a week
BULATLAT FILE PHOTO: The Manilakbayan trooping to the national headquarters of various large-scale miners in Mindanao. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) “The killings of Pangadas, Vinas and Suganob bring to light the continuous attack and atrocities being committed by state forces against indigenous and peasant communities.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – A Lumad…
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Beyond water interruptions: Expensive water and connection woes burden consumers
By the Samahan at Ugnayan ng mga Konsyumer para sa Ikauunlad ng Bayan (SUKI) The ongoing water shortage is just the latest among water problems that consumers have been struggling with for decades. Despite privatization and its promises, poor consumers across the metropolis still suffer expensive water, erratic connections, and inadequate services. The government and…
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Farm workers decry plantation expansions
(Photo by J. Ellao / Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A group of farm workers held a protest action today, March 21, in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Quezon City to decry the continuing expansion of plantations in the country instead of providing much-needed subsidies for farm inputs….
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‘Farmers are misled, ignored in the Philippines’
File photo. “What we have seen so far is that the government is not serious in improving the agricultural industry in the country.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA – The irony is not lost to agricultural workers that comprise at least 75 percent of the country total labor force. This was the prevailing sentiment…
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PEDRONG PUYAT | Walang ligo
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Foreign lawyers decry surveillance, harassment
Two of the men who allegedly tailed the delegation of international lawyers while they were in Manila on March 18. (Photo courtesy of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers) MANILA — Delegates of an international mission that investigated the attacks on Filipino lawyers and the legal profession experienced firsthand how it was to be tailed…
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WPN Position Paper on the Water Crisis
WPN: Water crisis confirms failure of water privatization IBON Foundation/Water for the People Network (WPN) Position paper submitted to the Office of Sen. Grace Poe, Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, in line with the hearing to investigate the water shortage in Metro Manila The Water for the People Network (WPN) holds…
