The U.S. reward money combined with poverty in Sulu gave rise to a new breed of bounty-hunters. Ustadz Zain Jali, chairman of the Bangsamoro People’s National Congress (BPNC), said in an interview with Bulatlat that even innocent people are reported to the military as ASG members in order to get reward money. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN…
Month: June 2007
Yellow
BY BERLIN GUERRERO* Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21, July 1-7, 2007 Inside the dark prison cell we wear yellow… the rays of the early morning sun soft glow, like gasps, when it sets at the closing of the day Yellow easily mixes with other colors producing compound feelings of joy tinged by the…
Gadangkal ang Bakas ni Ama sa Lupang Hinirang
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21, July 1-7, 2007 Gadangkal ang bakas ng kay amang yapak Sa Lupang Hinirang na kanyang lupain. May patak ng ulang gusto n’yang habulin Kaya nagpapawis ang balat-balagat. Gadangkal sa bukot ang butil panghasik Na kanyang inipon noong katag-araw. Gustong maibabad sa bakas-kalabaw Upang mamalumpong sa…
Mom says Missing UP Student is ‘Very Much Alive’
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Posted June 26, 2007, 2:47 p.m. Exactly a year after her daughter, University of the Philippines (UP) student Sherlyn Cadapan, was abducted by unidentified men in Hagonoy town, province of Bulacan, Erlinda Cadapan faced the press today to announce that the younger Cadapan is “very much alive.” Erlinda said there have…
Minimum Wage Delay Leaves a Million Workers in Canada Wallowing In Poverty
Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara bowing to public pressure to raise the minimum wage to $10.00 has recently announced the phasing in of .75 annual increases starting next March 31 with the rate becoming $10.25 in 2010. But critics from the labor sector and other political parties argued that the plan leaves a million people…
Procurement Scam in Negros Regional Hospital (First of three parts)
Still reeling from unresolved controversies over reported financial mismanagement that burst into the open last year, the management of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) and its hospital chief Dr. Domingo Vega are currently being accused of committing another irregularity – this time in the procurement of medical oxygen and compressed air supplies.…
Just Part of the Can of Worms (Second of three parts)
Bionat said that the medical oxygen scams and other irregularities are just part of the can of worms in the hospital. BY KARL G. OMBION SPECIAL REPORT Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 20, June 24-30, 2007 Dr. Benito B. Bionat, chief of clinics of CLMMRH, said that the medical oxygen scams and other irregularities are just…
Growing Support for Hospital Scam Whistleblower (Conclusion)
More and more groups and individuals within and outside the CLMMRH expressed support for Bryan Baylon, the embattled chief administrative officer who exposed the irregularities in the hospital. BY KARL G. OMBION SPECIAL REPORT Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 20, June 24-30, 2007 More and more groups and individuals within and outside the CLMMRH expressed support…
Balikbayang Sinta
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR.* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 20, June 24-30, 2007 1. LUMIPAD KA NA PATUNGONG IRAK AT AFGHANISTAN Lumipad ka na patungong Roma at London Balisang nakalingon sa ulap lulan ng naglaboy na panaginip Lubog sa alaala ng kinabukasang unti-unting nalulunod Lumipad ka na patungong Riyadh at Qatar Sa pagkamulat…
Military Asset Tagged in Killing of Bayan Muna leader in Bohol
Hilario “Larry” Diola, amember of the anti-communist vigilante group Alimaong Holy Warriors was positively identified as the gunman in the fatal shooting of Mario Auxillo secretary general of Bayan Muna (People First) in Bohol last June 15. Ironically, the suspect and the victim were friends and the former’s wife could not think of a reason…
Oda sa mga Ordinaryong Araw (Kay Karen Empeño)
NI PHILIP ANORICO* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 20, June 24-30, 2007 Lagi akong nagbabakasakali Baka ikaw ang nakatabi ko sa bookstore, Nakasiksikan sa jeep, O nakasalubong sa overpass. Lagi, dinadalaw mo ako Sa mga ordinaryong araw na katulad nito. Kapag nakakakita ako Ng nakatalikod na babaeng maliit, Lampas-batok ang buhok, Balingkinitan ang katawan,…