Election postponement erosion of democratic processes, poll workers say
Rank and file employees of the Commission on Election (Comelec) opposed moves at the House of Representatives to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, community youth councils) elections (BSKE) for the third time, saying the move is part of the chronic erosion of democratic processes in the country. In a statement, the Comelec Employees […]
Stand with Samar | Farmers take gov’t to task for not addressing their plight
By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Philippines is an agricultural country but, ironically, farmers complain of government neglect. Though Eastern Visayas is often hit by typhoons and natural calamities, aid hardly reaches the poorest of the poor: the farmers from far-flung areas. But aside from natural calamities, another disaster plagues the farmers of Eastern […]
Global Voices Inks Partnership with the Philippines’ Kodao Productions
Global Voices has signed a content partnership with Kodao Productions, an alternative media company based in the Philippines. Established in 2000, Kodao is recognized as one of the oldest existing alternative news groups in the country. The word ‘kodao’ refers to an indigenous calendar used in southern Philippines to mark social events in a tribal […]
Marcos all over again, women journalists on Women’s Day say
History is repeating itself, Filipino women journalists said at a forum on the role of women in Philippine media at the University of the Philippines last Thursday, International Working Women’s Day. Eminent women journalists likened the Rodrigo Duterte government to Ferdinand Marcos’s martial law for its many attacks against press freedom at the Women Talk […]
I will not resign — Sereno
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said she will not resign as she asked the House committee on justice to already render judgement on her impeachment case and submit it to the Senate to allow her to present her side. “I have been persistently saying to those who have […]
Duterte’s Scheme of Fascist Dictatorship
By Prof. Jose Ma. Sison/Telesur By his pseudo-independent foreign policy, Duterte is trying to turn the Philippines into a condominium of the imperialist powers. The Negotiating Panels of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) were poised to hold the fifth round of formal […]
No to Coal in Bohol
We, the Bohol Clean Energy Advocates, call on the Sanggunian Panlungsod of Tagbilaran City and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bohol to recognize the negative impacts of coal-based power generation and the need to shift to renewable energy sources by passing resolutions to support calls for “a moratorium on the establishment of carbon-intensive and fossil-based technologies”; […]
Ifugao leader killed by military
BAGUIO CITY – Ricardo P. Mayumi, an indigenous people’s leader in Tinoc, Ifugao was killed by suspected state military agents of a hydropower project on March 2, Friday. Suspected hired goons of the mini hydro project and CAFGUs visited his house several time asking his family the location of Mayumi. Mayumi was known for being […]
‘Monarchy Restored’? China Set to Remove Two-Term Presidential Limit from Constitution
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee proposed on February 25 to remove term limits on the presidency and vice presidency of the People’s Republic of China, which would pave the way for Chinese President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. Specifically, the committee suggested deleting a line from the country’s constitution that states the president and vice […]
Podcast sa Kampuhan ng Sinirangang Bisayas sa DA
Nagtungo sa Maynila ang mga kinatawan ng mga magsasaka mula sa Eastern Visayas para makipag-usap sa iba’t ibang ahensiya ng pamahalaan hinggil sa kanilang dinaras na kahirapan at kagutuman sa kanilang rehiyon. Dumating sila noong Pebrero 22 at inaasahang babalik ng Samar at Leyte sa Marso 9. Department of Agriculture Februay 27, 2018