NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Saan ko ipadadala ang puting-puting rosal? Ang sampagitang ang bango’y pawid ng hanging amihan? Kanino ipagbibilin ang tinipong ilang-ilang Gayong hindi mapagtanto ang iyong likmuan? Saan ko ipadadala ang pulang mga rosas Na aking pinitas habang nangangarap? Saan iaabsang ang marikit na liwanag Na aking tinipon sa bagwis-alitaptap?…
Day: October 18, 2008
Karaoke Koersyon: Politikal na Protesta sa Kulturang Popular
Sa karaoke, dalawa ang isinasaad ng pagbabago ng kulay ng sinusundan titik—ang kapasidad umalinsabay, at ang pag-alinsabay na may lakas o tikas ng paninindigan (tandaan ang karaoke score ay nakabatay din sa lakas ng boses). Maging ang politikal na protesta ay itinalaga na lamang sa praxis ng pang-araw-araw at pagtanggap na nga sa pluralidad ng…
Farmers Hit Hybrid Rice Breeding by Gov’t
A farmers’ group in Tabuk City, Kalinga last week criticized the government’s Food Security Program that heavily endorses the planting of hybrid rice, saying it did not consider the real situation on the ground. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat TABUK CITY (480 kms. northeast of Manila)– A farmers’ group here last…
‘Arendo’ System Rampant in Negros
If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant in most sugar farms, “arendo” or leasehold system is becoming rampant in areas covered by the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant in most sugar farms, “arendo” or leasehold system is becoming rampant in areas covered by the…
400,000 Central Visayas Fisherfolk Affected by Oil Exploration
More than 400,000 Cebuanos and inhabitants of other Central Visayas provinces engaged in the fishing industry are affected by the oil exploration that is being conducted by NorAsian in the waters of Bohol Strait. BY RITCHE T. SALGADO Contributor Bulatlat CEBU CITY — More than 400,000 Cebuanos and inhabitants of other Central Visayas provinces engaged…
Greed at the Heart of Capitalism
Capitalism is built and thrives on, in fact requires and rewards greed–the more excessive the better. By greed we mean the relentless drive for the most profit–wealth appropriated from the labor of others–with the least scruples, in order to reinvest and gain even more profit in a continuing spiral of thievery and rapacity or, plainly…
Condemn Economic and Financial Crimes, Intensify the Struggle Against Imperialism
Statement on the US and Global Economic and Financial Crisis BY THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, take cognizance of the total discredit of the “free market” dogma, the unraveling of the policy of “neoliberal globalization” and the gravity of the current level…
Searching for Answers on the Financial Crisis
How did the world come to this point? Analysts are blaming Wall Street executives with their fat compensation packages and “golden parachutes” ( attractive severance packages). But is the deep economic and financial crisis the handiwork of a few executives? That seems hard to believe. Searching for answers, I came across an old book. And…
Migrants, Refugees Reject Global Forum Agenda
“We are challenging the GFMD (Global Forum on Migration and Development) because we are for genuine peoples’ development. We adhere to the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, which is consistent with our dream of a society ‘where people are not forced to migrate as a matter of survival; a society where there is…
Workers in Undergarment Factory Demand Wage Hike, Benefits
Triumph International Philippines is the largest undergarment manufacturer in the country. It also manufactures for popular brands like Marks & Spencer and Victoria’s Secret. But behind the glamorous women gracing the company’s advertisements are women workers who are struggling for just and life-sustaining wages and benefits. BY RONALYN V. OLEA LABOR WATCH Bulatlat Triumph International…
Cries for Justice Pursue Palparan
When he retired and after his appointment to the National Security Council fell through because of widespread opposition, Palparan has evaded media attention – in contrast to his frequently hogging the headlines during his days in military service. He must have thought that by doing so, he could escape responsibility for the long lists of…