BY KAREN PAPELLERO Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 – 11:14 p.m. “How can we harass them when they have the guns?” “They delayed our trip and hindered us from reaching the areas where we want to observe the elections. Instead of aiding us in this undertaking, which is even welcomed by the…
Day: May 19, 2007
2 Kabataan Poll Watchers Abducted, Killed in Bicol
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 18, 2007 – 2:59pm Two poll watchers for the Kabataan Party-list were abducted and killed in Capalonga, Camarines Norte. Based on the party’s press release, Jun Bagasbas, 20, of Ulipanan Jose Panganiban, and Ronilo Vallevare, 16, of Brgy. Old Camp Capalonga, both Kabataan organizers and poll…
$120-million bridge to link Samal to Davao
BY ROSE B. PALACIO Philippine Information Agency Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15, May 20-26, 2007 DAVAO CITY — A $120-million bridge will soon connect Davao City and the Island Garden City of Samal, a project that is expected to boost tourism and trade for the two cities. Public Works and Highways Acting Secretary…
Hozue Hatae: ‘Japanese-Turned-Ilocana’
Some people live with the saying that “business is business,” whatever the case may be. They say that becoming attached to your subjects tends to cloud your better judgment. Not in Hozue Hatae’s case, which is an exception. BY ANA KRISTINA BADON Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Some…
Jermaine Pe Benito: A Short but Meaningful Life
Jermaine’s untimely death saddened his family, friends and comrades. An activist, writer, educator and a loving son and friend, his life was dedicated for others. He set aside numerous opportunities knocking on his door to serve the people. BY ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Jermaine’s untimely…
Elections as Farce and as Protest
The farcical nature of the electoral process in this country has been laid bare, much worse than even our most dire predictions. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO STREETWISE / BUSINESS WORLD* POSTED BY BULATLAT Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 After the May 14 elections, are we any closer to the democratic society that our grade-school…
Elections in the Philippines: Illusion of Democracy?
The closing of voting precincts sees the end only of the first salvo of election cheating with the wholesale manufacturing of the eventual outcome still to come. The problem, however, with the Philippine electoral exercise is much deeper. BY SONNY AFRICA IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 No one…
What’s with Youtube?
Youtube.com is a public website that became popular in the Philippines in late 2004. This site contains a plethora of video files whether good or bad, old or new. It also allows all its users to view, rate, or even comment on the videos, set up their own video library (or channels as the site…
BOOK REVIEW: Historicizing the Filipino Struggle in America
On the Presence of Filipinos in the United States, and other Essays by E. San Juan, Jr. Salinas, California: SRMNK Publishers, 2007 114 pages In his latest book, On the Presence of Filipinos in the United States: and other Essays, San Juan clearly demonstrates that history is a weapon in the ideological battle between those…
Fecal Politics
The translation of feces from an abject source of embarrassment into a potential weapon of vengeance is perhaps the most telling instance of a kind of rebellion: the refashioning of the body from an object of captivity into an agent of its own liberation. Drawing upon its resources, the body fights back in ways difficult…
4 More Poll Watchers, Activists Slain; another Missing
Four more persons – two of them young poll watchers – were killed while another poll watcher went missing in the week of the elections. BY BULATLAT ELECTION/HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Four more persons – two of them young poll watchers – were killed while another poll watcher went…