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On the menu
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Include Sumifru workers’ woes in Japanese official’s agenda, Duterte told
DEFEND THE CAMP: Members and supporters of NAMASUFA workers union holdcandlelight vigil Friday night (Feb. 8) to defend the workers’ camp in Liwasang Bonifacioagainst demolition threats from city government of Manila. (Contributed Photo / Bulatlat) MANILA – A non-government organization serving the Filipino workers urged the Duterte administration to raise the issue of Sumifru workers…
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Poverty, lack of health services account for measles outbreak – health group
Medical mission in Brgy. Sta Ines, Tanay, Rizal. Dec 18-20, 2018. CHD, St. Scholastica’s (Tuazon), Redemptorist, Katribu, Dumagat Sierra Madre. (Photo courtesy of CPRH) Still, P14 billion has been slashed from the 2019 budget of the Department of Health, its secretary Francisco Duque confirmed in news reports. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA —…
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Youth groups assail passage of Mandatory ROTC for Senior High School
Various youth groups assailed the passage of the Mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) in the Lower House on Wednesday, February 06, claiming that it paves the way for militarization within school premises. The House Bill (HB) 8961 which requires Mandatory ROTC for Senior High School students, was passed on its second reading amidst objections…
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People’s hero funeral march for Randy Malayao
A person like Randy Malayao would be described with many positive adjectives — and that was exactly what transpired during the days and nights of his wake in the eulogies and stories that friends and family offered. His name would be preceded with one-too-many appellations — and it was only due to a meaningful live…
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Where to spend a holiday? With the workers and the toiling masses
Students from the University of the Philippines Manila spent their Chinese New Year holiday integrating with Sumifru workers to better understand their fight against contractualization. The workers discussed their condition and the grueling labor they had to undergo in the factories of the Sumitomo Fruit Corporation. Some of the workers shared anecdotes…
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Media are part of the problem
That former TV broadcaster who’s running for senator under Sara Duterte’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago party isn’t alone in denying that the Duterte regime is a threat to press freedom. There are other former and still practicing broadcast, print and online media people who have never quite understood that the most fundamental values in journalism are…
