IN FAVOR. Majority of the 18th City Council members vote to pass the Anti-Unattended Bag Ordinance penned by Councilors Bernard Al-ag and Nilo Abellera on Tuesday, July 11, with the exception of Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta, who abstained. Acosta said she is in favor of the original ordinance but she finds the final draft “unreasonable” as…
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by E. SAN JUAN, Jr. Philippines Studies Center, Washington DC, USA Less augury than symptom, the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic betokens a profound crisis of the neoliberal capitalist global order. Over four million people worldwide have died, 609 thousand in the U.S., 539 in Brazil, and 413 in India (as of July 15, 2021). Variants are…
An effigy of US President Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte made by protesters in 2019. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat) Amid the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the U.S. government is brokering a $2 billion arms sale to Duterte’s repressive regime, fueling a human rights catastrophe. By AMEE CHEW Bulatlat.com On April 30,…
The Alliance of Health Workers held a protest action in front of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute last April 26 to protest the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. The protesters revealed that the so-called tax reform law has increased health care expenses for Filipinos and must be scrapped as anti-health and…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte warned anew that the government will go after organizations believed to be supporting the Communist Party of the Philippines. Duterte made the statement as he reiterated that there will be no more talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. “Itong NPA (New…