BY AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Posted by Bulatlat GENEVA — UN human rights experts saw torture, Military prisons and deprivation of civil liberties rear their ugly head in the post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism drive, including in the very countries where they least expected to see such steps. “After Sept. 11, 2001 there was an alarming trend of…
Day: September 16, 2006
The Neocons’ Next War
BY SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL Salon.com Posted by Bulatlat The National Security Agency is providing signal intelligence to Israel to monitor whether Syria and Iran are supplying new armaments to Hezbollah as it fires hundreds of missiles into northern Israel, according to a national security official with direct knowledge of the operation. President Bush has approved the…
Is There Still a Terrorist Threat?
BY JOHN MUELLER Foreign Affairs Despite all the ominous warnings of wily terrorists and imminent attacks, there has been neither a successful strike nor a close call in the United States since 9/11. The reasonable — but rarely heard — explanation is that there are no terrorists within the United States, and few have the…
May Ibinubulong ang Gulong ng Alon (Sa Bayan Naming Nagugutom)
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ang mahinang bulong ng gulong ng alon, Inyong ulinigin at bigyang-halaga. “May kipkip na sungit ang bagong panahon… Kailan titigil ang hampas-daluyong Na laging mabagsik ang dalang parusa?” Ang mahinang bulong ng gulong ng alon. “Ayaw nang umigpaw ang kawang talilong Na nangaglalaro’t lipos ang sasaya, May kipkip na…
OFWs: Abandoned in War Zones, Ignored at Home
Overseas Filipino workers are dubbed as “modern-day heroes” by government. Rightly so, because their remittances prop up the economy by bringing in the much-needed dollars and stimulating domestic consumer spending. They are also “modern-day heroes” because they risk life and limb just to provide a decent income for their families. The sad part about being…
Kay Eden
NI JUN PANGANIBAN AUSTRIA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Bawat aktibistang nabaon sa hukay Sa bangis-militar ng Palparang kamay Ay mitsang kandila ng pakikiramay Sa hustisya’t layang malamig na bangkay. Subalit pag-asa ay di mamamatay Ang pakikibaka ay di mananamlay Bawat aktibistang tinortyur, pinatay Kapalit ay dugo’t buhay ng kaaway! Sinulat ng may-akda noong 2003 pagkamatay ni…
Jovi, Kung Paano Ka Nila Pinaghandaan
NI AXEL PINPIN Inilathala ng Bulatlat Planado at tiyak nang simulan nilang hukayin ang libingan nilang magiging mga martir. Rigodon na nga sila at di magkamayaw upang ipagyabang sa ‘yo, Jovi, ang di nila pag-ayaw sa handog mong kamatayang walang hanggan. At inihahanda rin nila ang kanilang mga dibdib habang inaantay ang kalabog ng kamaong…
Melo Probe Body a Waste of Money, CHR Exec Says
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Karapatan, an alliance of human rights organizations, and groups of human rights lawyers agree that the Melo Commission merely duplicates the functions of the CHR. They also believe that the Melo commission’s probe will amount to nothing as it lacks prosecutory powers. Proof of this is that eight more…
Supermaid
Para makalikas, iba-iba ang paraan. May tumatalon ng gusali para makatakas sa kanilang among nagkulong sa kanila sa mga inabandonang bahay. May naglakad ng dalawang araw para makarating sa evacuation center sa Hamra, walang dalang pagkain o gamit sa pagmamadaling makatakas. May ilang nasiraan ng bait dahil sa panganib na pinagdaanan. Mayroon dalawang umuwi lulan…
Charter Amendments Aim to Save Troubled Presidency – UP Law Professor
A professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law said that the proposed charter amendments are aimed at saving President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from the current “crisis of leadership.” BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com A professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law said that the proposed charter amendments are…
Digging Deeper into the Leakage
Is it so difficult to see that the scandalous extent and circumstances of the recent board exam leakage is in direct proportion to the degree of commercialization of nursing education as exemplified by the proliferation of substandard nursing schools churning out unqualified, if not incompetent, graduates? Shall we be content with merely calling for better…