“Alibi is the weakest defense,” said Atty. Harry Roque, one of the legal counsels of the kins of the Ampatuan murder victims.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Incensed by the “unjust” decision of the Philippines’ Justice department in clearing the Ampatuans of murder charge, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Middle East staged an in-door protest against Justice Secretary Alberto Agra on the Ampatuan massacre case on April 22.
Inireklamo ng 30 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) ang diumano’y abusadong recruitment agency na sumi singil sa kanila nang abot-langit na placement fees, kasabwat ang isang ahensiyang nagpapautang. Sa e-mail na ipinadala ni John Leonard Monterona, regional coordinator ng Migrante-Middle East (ME), ini rereklamo ng 30 OFWs ang PERT-CPM Manpower Exponents Co. Inc. na matatagpuan sa […]
Sa isang pag-aaral na isinagawa nina Prof. Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie Davies at Dr. Margaret Stone ng University of Leicester sa United Kingdom, sinasabing ang kakapusan sa pisikal na gawain ay nagdudulot ng iba’t ibang uri ng sakit. Sa hindi natin kasi pagkilos, hindi nalulusaw ang mga tabang nakukuha natin sa ating mga kinakain at iniinom.
There is still nothing clear about the people’s future come May 2010 and beyond. The only thing that appears to have a high probability of occurring is the bungling of the elections by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which would result from its programmed inefficiency. Beyond that, it appears that it would be business as usual for the ruling elite, whichever faction is able to hold the reins of government. As for the people, there is no other recourse but to pursue the struggle for justice, freedom, and democracy. – BENJIE OLIVEROS, Managing Editor of Bulatlat.com
While the US forces are trying to win the Afghans, there are lots of things that the war in Afghanistan will be another Viet Nam war.
Nephrologists in Europe are calling for more recognition of the important role that chronic kidney disease (CKD) plays in morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, and they are stressing the importance of properly treating hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia in patients with impaired renal function.
Migrants’ group, Migrante Middle East (ME) urges the government to immediately verify and investigate the alleged gang raping and killing of two Filipina overseas workers in the United Arab Emirates, whose video is now circulating in Facebook.
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.
As water has become a luxury to the people of Metro Manila and the nearby provinces due to El Niño, the Water for the People Network (WPN) urges the water companies that instead regulating the use of the common tao of the precious liquid, why not regulate the corporate use of it, instead.
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