Jennifer and her mother Alice (Photo by J. Ellao / Bulatlat.com) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — In the five long years that Jennifer Dalquez languished in jail as a prisoner in death row, she always knew in her heart that she will one day go home. “My faith was very strong. I…
The incomes of the country’s poorest households have eroded after ten months of accelerating inflation. Research group IBON estimates that the poorest 60 million Filipinos have suffered income losses of anywhere from Php2,500 to as much as Php6,800 because of worsening inflation since the start of 2018. The inflation rate has increased from 3.4% in…
Research group IBON said that the apparently uncontrollable inflation is fast becoming a flashpoint of the administration’s economic mismanagement. High inflation is combining with rising interest rates, slowing remittances and failing exports to dampen economic growth. The administration is desperate for a short-term infrastructure stimulus to compensate for these, said the group, but a major growth slowdown…
Australian missionary Sr. Patricia Fox left the Philippines on November 3, after 27 years of work helping farmers, indigenous people, workers and urban poor. Her missionary visa was downgraded to a tourist visa that expires on the Saturday she left. This came after being bad-mouthed by President Rodrigo Duterte as having ‘a foul mouth’, being…
President Rodrigo Duterte, in his two years of leading the country, relentlessly attacks the Roman Catholic Church and of course other churches in the Philippines. He offends the churches to divert attention from very important issues. As the Filipino nation observes All Saints and All Souls Day by remembering their departed loved ones and usually…
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Nagsiksikan sila sa likod ng masikip na sasakyang Suzuki Swift, umaga ng Oktubre 15. Magkakasama sila, tatlong kinatawan ng iba’t ibang organisasyong masa at sektor, at isang konsultant pangkapayapaan ng National Democratic Front (NDF), patungo sa isang konsultasyon. Patungo silang Laguna. Sa National Road, tumigil pa sila para mamili ng lansones at rambutan. Baon para…