Day: May 23, 2009

BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – Various host communities of the Ambuklao–Binga hydro-electric power plant entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the developers of the said plant for their use and management of facilities located in Marian Village and Sombrero in the…

By WENDY ATUBAN Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — In a bid to rescue the country’s major water resources, different line agencies, organizations and local government units (LGUs) from Regions I and II and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) met during the North Luzon Inter-Regional Summit on Water Resources and Environment in this…


Who Will Shoot the Ball? Reps. Mikey Arroyo, Luis Villafuerte, and Prospero Nograles are passing the Charter change ball around among each other as each avoids taking the flak for pushing the much-opposed move. They dilly-dally on the measure, while conscious that what is important for them is to be able to shoot the ball before the 2010 presidential elections.
(By Flon Faurillo/Bulatlat.com)


Foreigner in One’s Native Land. A Quezon City High School student arrives home from school — only the home she shares with her father and mother is a cart parked on a side street along Balete Drive Extension, Quezon City. The photo title is lifted from the signage on the left. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva/Bulatlat.com)

Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Sa US, ang mga kababaihang whistleblower na sina Cynthia Cooper ng Worldcom, Sherron Watkins ng Enron, at Coleen Rowley ng FBI ay binansagan ng Time Magazine bilang “Persons of the Year” ng 2002. Inilantad nina Cooper at Watkins ang kabalastugang nagaganap sa paglilimas ng yaman ng kompanya…

By LYN V. RAMO Indigenous People’s Watch Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – Members of the Philippine delegation to the Global Summit on Climate Change held in Anchorage, Alaska, in the US last April shared their insights on climate change during the Cordillera Conference on Climate Change here. The international summit held in…

By WENDY ATUBAN Human Rights Watch Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat MANKAYAN, Benguet – Residents of Barangay (village) Bulalacao here reiterated their call for the immediate pullout of the army battalion reportedly overstaying in their village. Upon the invitation of the municipal and barangay officials and local elders, representatives from the Commission on Human Rights…

At a recent forum, actor Rez Cortez, lawyer Remigio Saladero Jr. and NBN-ZTE scam star witness Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada narrate what they went through in the hands of the Arroyo regime. “What they did to us is terrible,” one of them said. But they vowed never to give up in their quest for truth and justice. Video: Rez Cortez tearfully narrating his ordeal Video: Jun Lozada decries the harassment he has suffered Labor lawyer recalls illegal arrest and detention

By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise Posted by Bulatlat Should Lieutenant First Grade Nancy Gadian manage to live to tell her story about anomalies and corruption in the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP), she will have carved a niche for herself among the thinning ranks of today’s whistleblowers. For Lt. Gadian has all the disadvantages working…

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat MANILA — In the urban areas, climate change tends to be thought about in the abstract. But in the rural and coastal communities, the phenomenon is very tangible. “Here in the cities, we tend to think of climate change only as a reason for having to postpone our outings, because…

By ARNOLD PADILLA Contributor Bulatlat MANILA – On May 20, the House Committee on Agrarian Reform finally scheduled a public hearing on House Bill 3059. The proponents of the bill, also called the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB), came in full force. Leaders of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) from as far as Mindanao…