By Edward Alipio | Baretang Bikolnon Daet, Camarines Norte — “Serbisyo sa tao, ‘wag gawing negosyo.” This was the chant of various consumers, labor workers, and youth representatives in front of the Camarines Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CANORECO) building in Magallanes Ilaod, Daet on...
By SHERWIN DE VERA www.nordis.net SECOND PART The 1990 Build-Operate-Transfer Law (RA 6957) opened opportunities for corporations to invest in projects that used to be reserved for government. It also allowed foreign capital infusion to government priority projects....
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Critics are far from impressed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching order to his newly-appointed PhilHealth chief to eradicate corruption in the long-beleaguered public health insurance system. But more than this,...
Guihulngan City – Human rights group HUSTISYA Guihilngan refutes the AFP’s claim of an encounter with the New People's Army (NPA) on August 14 that killed a civilian in Guihulngan City. In a statement, the group said that there was no encounter, and that the 62nd...
The many facets of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randall Echanis surfaced in the various tributes paid him since his gruesome murder a week ago today. Incongruous with his brutal death, the tributes pictured a tender and humorous...
After a decade, Veloso will now be able to narrate her ordeal in full. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Supreme Court upheld its previous decision, allowing Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino migrant worker on death row in Indonesia, to testify against her...
Mahigpit ang ugnayan ng administrasyon at ng China sa umusbong na ikatlong ‘manlalaro’ sa industriya ng telco. by Kenneth Roland A. Guda Nabalot ng takot ang isang komunidad ng mga residente sa isang barangay sa Calamba, Laguna nang mabalitaan nila ang pagtatayo ng...
Tugon ni Duterte sa pandemya Sa pagtutulak ng kontra-mamamayan na mga patakaran at kawalan ng tulong ng pamahalaan, mapapaisip ka: Sino nga ba ang nagkakalat ng epidemya? Ulat ng PinoyMedia Center / Sinulat ni Joseph Dy Tioco Sa isang krisis pangkalusugan, malinaw ang...
By Reynard Magtoto Legazpi City- “This is not the time to fear,” the families of Jenelyn Nagrampa and Pastor Dan San Andres said as they demand the release of the two human rights defenders arrested in separate incidents this month in Camarines Sur. Bicol progressive...
Mga dapat na tugon – at aktuwal na ginawa – ng rehimeng Duterte sa panahon ng nakaraang lockdown sa harap ng pandemyang Covid-19.
The transport movement argued that the old jeepneys must not be sidelined when there is an obvious increase in demand due to the reduced passengers of other PUVs for physical distancing. BY AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA — Jeepney drivers and operators take the...
On May 30, Mayor Victorio Palangdan ordered the total lockdown of Barangay Ucab, Itogon in Benguet province. The measure came after a 40-year-old male from Ucab Proper tested positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “The initial report is that he is a Jail Officer...
“The case numbers they are presenting is not accurate. How can you tell if the number of cases did not double today if the test result will come out in at least two weeks?”