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Rescue 550,000 new graduates from joblessness, prexy bets told

April 10th, 2010
Posted in business and trade . elections . human rights issues . labor . labor export . local economy . national economy . national polls . news . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino challenged presidential aspirants to present a clear action plan on the 550,000 new graduates that will enter the workforce this summer. Palatino said that his fellow youths have been tired of promises and that they need a clear-cut solution on the problem of joblessness plaguing the country[ READ MORE ]

Embahada ng Pinas sa Singapore at HK, handa na sa OAV

April 9th, 2010
Posted in elections . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . migration
By Noel Barcelona

Maisasagawa nang maayos ang overseas absentee voting (OAV) sa Hong Kong at Singapore mula Abril 10 sa pamamagitan nang pag-iiba ng oras ng trabaho ng mga tanggapan ng Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa nasabing mga bansa[ READ MORE ]

Sa Buwan ng Kababaihan: Mga Eba ng tahanan, hikahos pa rin

Ngayong ipinagdiriwang ng buong mundo ang Sentenaryo ng Araw ng mga Kababaihan, sinasabing ang mga Pinay ay nananatili pa ring nakatali sa yapos ng kahirapan at oportunidad. [ READ MORE ]

Ecumenical labor group releases info-video for automated polls

March 4th, 2010
Posted in elections . human rights issues . information and communications technology . interview . national polls . new features . politics and governance
By Noel Barcelona

The Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER), Inc., with the support from the European Union, has launched a info-video teaching the Filipino workers how to vote this coming May 10 elections using the automated electoral system (AES). [ READ MORE ]

The farce about disbanding the private armies

March 3rd, 2010
Posted in clan politics . elections . electoral fraud . human rights issues . national polls . news analysis . opinion . peace and order . politics and governance . press freedom . public office and ethics . terrorism . warlordism
By Noel Barcelona

The superstructure of political mafias and modern caciques and the material conditions that breed them are so powerful that piecemeal approaches to addressing this issue are self-defeating. One begins to think that in order to dismantle the private armies the first step is to put the political superstructure that promotes them out of circulation[ READ MORE ]

34-M obrero babantayan ang kanilang mga boto

March 3rd, 2010
Posted in democratic space . elections . electoral fraud . human rights issues . labor . national polls . new features . news . politics and governance
By Noel Barcelona

Babantayan ng mga botanteng manggagawa ng bansa ang kanilang mga boto kahit na automated o de-computer ang gaganaping eleksiyon sa darating na Mayo. Duda pa rin ang humigit-kumulang na 34 na milyong manggagawang botanteng hindi madadaya o madidisprangkisa ang kanilang mga boto[ READ MORE ]

NZ OFWs tell presidentiables: Bare plans on migration, labor

January 30th, 2010
Posted in business and trade . elections . international/foreign relations . land reform . local economy . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . national polls . new features . news . seafarers
By Noel Barcelona

Migrante’s local chapter in New Zealand (NZ) challenges presidential aspirants to reveal their programs for labor and the migrant workers, saying that they want to know whether, like past administrations, the country will depend heavily on labor export and remittances to keep the Philippine economy afloat[ READ MORE ]

Fisherfolk laud Boy Abunda’s support for Liza Maza’s Senate bid

January 4th, 2010
Posted in elections . GLBT issues . lifestyle . national polls . news . peasants and fisher folks . society & lifestyle . women and children's issues
By Noel Barcelona

Gerry Albert Corpuz, public information of Pamalakaya believes that Boy Abunda’s endorsement of Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza will boost the latter’s candidacy[ READ MORE ]

CPP ready for national polls; peace talks depend on GRP willingness

January 3rd, 2010
Posted in communist insurgency . Communist Party of the Philippines . elections . interview . national polls . new features . politics and governance . revolutionary movement . state fascism and terror . torture and psy-war
By Noel Barcelona

ANTIPOLO CITY, Philippines – The Communist of Party of the Philippines (CPP) celebrated its 41st founding anniversary last December 26. From a handful of cadres, it has gone on to lead the longest-running communist insurgency in Asia. Whether it can succeed in achieving its goal of wresting power, the CPP has nevertheless helped shaped recent [ READ MORE ]

Migrants’ group to file petition on SC for poll bid

December 31st, 2009
Posted in democratic space . elections . human rights issues . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . news . politics and governance . public office and ethics . seafarers . women and children's issues . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

Migrante International and its party-list, Migrante Sectoral Party is not giving up on its goal to represent the migrant sector in Congress and was scheduled to file a petition on the Supreme Court to allow them to join the 2010 congressional bid[ READ MORE ]

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