To present-day activists of the UP community, the book is a must reading. For no progressive movement could ever develop and achieve victory without drawing lessons from history . For the un-initiated or to the mass of UP students and faculty, the book is a wealth of information and knowledge, from trivia about the names…
Day: December 13, 2008
Pagmomotor sa Syudad
Ang hindi pa rin narerealisa ng nagmomotor ay ang kanilang politikal na kapangyarihan para sa kanilang kolektibong kondisyon. Peryodiko silang pinapara ng pulis para hingan ng kung anong identifikasyon at papeles. Peryodiko silang naaksidente. At kapag umuulan, para silang nagsisiksikang kulumpon ng nalulunod na langgam sa ilalim ng pedestrian walk. Kahit pa ang mall ay…
Three Lorenas
Review of the play “Ang mga Lorena”, staged Dec. 9 and 11 by Sinagbayan Lorena Barros is not from the same period in the country’s history as Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan. But in the play “Ang mga Lorena” (The Lorenas), staged Dec. 9 and 11 by the cultural group Sinagbayan at the University of…
Militarization, Rights Violations Prevalent in Mining Areas
Heightened militarization in the boundaries of Kalinga, Mountain Province, Abra and Ilocos Sur led to various human rights violations of the collective rights of the residents in these areas, reported a human rights watchdog in the Cordillera region. These, according to residents, are also areas where mining applications have been approved. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW…
Search for Desaparecidos Continues in Art Exhibit
In a theatrical posture, Kahon tackles the torturous and complex issue of enforced disappearances, where artworks are fraught in individual loss, grief and tragedy. According to the organizers, “The show is never intended to wallow in agony, but is an exhibit of creative rumination replete with outrage, courage and resolute call for redress, critically bent…
Threats to the Cordillera Rice Terraces in a Period of Rapid Climate Change
Deep into the Cordillera rice terraces are soil dwellers that dig their way through in a disrupted ecology. These lowly but destructive creatures endanger the nurturing ground that sustains the rich rice biodiversity of the Cordillera granary. BY MARY CARLING Center for Developments Program in the Cordillera Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Deep into the…
Environmental Activists Hold Concert for Landslide Victims
A benefit concert for landslide victims of Barangay Loacan, Itogon Benguet was held December 6. BY NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (253 kms. North of Manila)– A benefit concert for landslide victims of Barangay Loacan, Itogon was held December 6 at the Cordillera Career Development College Gymnasium. With the theme “No more…
There is No More Democracy
BY JONI BALAO-STRUGAR DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat I am Joni Balao-Strugar, the youngest sister of James. My other two siblings went to Manila on December 9 and had a meeting with our comrade Igorots and friends. They have gathered there as we gather here today for the same purpose to tell the whole world…
Signs of Desperation
Confronted by a broad array of forces opposed to Cha Cha, the Arroyo government is gambling with its fortunes. It is banking on the probability that chances for its ouster are getting slimmer as 2010 nears. It is hoping that the broad array of forces opposed to Cha Cha would not be able to muster…
Arroyo’s Diminishing Options
With all remaining options including attempts at another Cha-Cha diminishing the whole nation should brace for some extreme measures being resorted to in 2009. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by Bulatlat By law, Gloria M. Arroyo steps down from the presidency 19 months from now. Before that presidential elections…
UP Academic Employees Clinch First CNA; Workers Get their Third
Academic employees of the University of the Philippines (UP) were able to clinch their first ever Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) with the UP administration just before the University’s Centennial celebration ended. The All-UP Workers Union also signed their third CNA with the UP administration since 2001. BY RONALYN V. OLEA LABOR WATCH Bulatlat Academic employees…