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By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Like the Moro in many parts of Mindanao, evacuation has become a way of life for the Lumads . They would rather sleep in schools, at village halls or town gymnasiums than stay in their villages and bear the brunt of military operations.
Barely a month after the Manobos went back to their homes in Lianga, the soldiers are back again, recruiting them to the Task Force Gantangan, a paramilitary group to fight the government’s war against the insurgents.
In one of their stories of long ago, the Mansaka, an indigenous tribe from the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley, once possessed a golden guitar, which they played when they sang their songs of longing, aspirations and victory.
Davao City --- The October Peasant Month culminates today (Oct. 21) with a symbolic protest -cum- send off activity at the Freedom Park joined by more than 200 members of peace advocates, farmers groups, and members of Anakpawis that will hold a simultaneous peace...
PRESS RELEASE October 21, 2009 For Immediate Release Peasant Day Today PEASANTS MARCH AMID HEAT OF THE SUN: CRY FOR LAND AND SURVIVAL Cagayan de Oro City (October 21, 2009) -- FARMERS coming from various municipalities in Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon are...
Former Philippines President Joseph Ejercito Estrada answers question from a panelist during the Millenium Developement Goals (MDG) Leaders' Forum held in Makati City on Oct. 14. Recently, Estrada has made known his intention to run for president in next year's...
On October 3, 2009 graphic and disturbing photos of the brutal rape of a 14 year old Iraqi girl emerged via confidential source and caught media attention. The photos show US Soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division forcibly holding down and gang raping the Iraqi...
PRESS RELEASE Information Bureau Communist Party of the Philippines Enlisting of US troops to help in rescue of priest, an open invitation to military intervention--Ka Oris October 19, 2009 National Democratic Front-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos...
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today remarked that the Oct. 20 Leyte Landing commemoration does not do justice to the Filipino guerrillas of World War II and instead gives undue importance to the return of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and US imperialism....
MANILA -- The recent typhoons highlighted land and crop use conversion as a factor in worsening the effects of disasters on food production and the need to ensure adequate land for food production. However amid all these, government has reserved more hectares of...
By MARYA SALAMAT
While the government bears down on small businesses and producers, warning them against profiteering in the wake of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, it has allowed Shell, Caltex and Petron to increase oil prices at will.
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Pagpasok pa lamang ng “-ber” na buwan, simula na ang countdown para sa pasko. Iniaanunsyo ito madalas sa huling bahagi ng unang balita sa gabi bilang paglipas na naman ng isa pang araw tungo...
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Sunod-sunod ba naman ang super-typhoon, mula Ondoy, Pepeng at Ramil, na pawang malalawak at mararahas ang saklaw ng epekto, bakit hindi ka naman mapapagod sa sunod-sunod ding kailangang relief...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Buried under the news of the devastation caused by two storms Ondoy and Pepeng is an equally alarming development -- the killing of a parish priest the Reverend Cecilio Lucero in Northern Samar. Father Lucero was...
In June this year, the number of hungry people throughout the globe reached 1 billion, or a sixth of the world’s population, according to the FAO. This was a considerable leap from 963 million a year ago. By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- In the...
By MARYA SALAMAT
It what appears to be a challenge to the assertions of conservative groups and the government that the Church should not be involved in politics and the “affairs of the state,” Catholic priests from all over the country -- in a historic first -- gathered to discern and discuss their role amid these turbulent times.
By MARYA SALAMAT
According to Monsignor Walter Cerbito of the diocese of Catarman, Northern Samar, nobody is safe anymore in his province, not even priests, as the militarization intensifies. The murder of the Reverend Cecilio Lucero only underscored the worsening human-rights violations there.
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- It had been raining for days and Ernesto Gayo was worried that his crops in their hometown of Barangay Cuenca, Pugo, La Union, would be ruined. He has been a farmer all his life and was anxious that the continuous...
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