Shooting Themselves in the Foot
Shooting Themselves in the Foot
Bulatlat Contributors | Sep 5, 2009
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IPs Contributed Least to Climate change, but Bore its Brunt the Most
IPs Contributed Least to Climate change, but Bore its Brunt the Most
By VENCY D. BULAYUNGAN PIA-Ifugao/Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BANAUE, Ifugao - Indigenous peoples (IPs) have contributed little to climate change and yet they are among those who suffer its adverse consequences the most. One of the causes of climate...
2010 Proposed Nat’l Gov’t Budget: Social Spending Remains Grossly Neglected
2010 Proposed Nat’l Gov’t Budget: Social Spending Remains Grossly Neglected
By IBON FOUNDATION Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Government’s skewed spending priorities can be seen in the proposed P1.54-trillion national budget for 2010, which further reveals how it gives importance to debt payments over spending for social services. The single...
Benjie Oliveros | The Call for Change, Toward 2010 and Beyond
Benjie Oliveros | The Call for Change, Toward 2010 and Beyond
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis (Bulatlat.com) Last year, then US President George W. Bush’s anointed successor was resoundingly defeated by Barack Obama, who campaigned under the banner of change. Change was the rallying call of Americans who campaigned and voted for...
Farmers Upset over Seed Industry’s Indifference to Climate Change, Farmers’ Rights
Farmers Upset over Seed Industry’s Indifference to Climate Change, Farmers’ Rights
By RITCHE T. SALGADO Bulatlat.com Farmers in Central Visayas are terrified that their chances to survive, amid the emerging effects of climate change, would be slimmer should the world’s policy makers decide to give multinational companies more control over the...
Cenpeg | The Presidential Race and Accountability
Cenpeg | The Presidential Race and Accountability
By the CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG) Analysis Posted by Bulatlat The current row in the presidential race regarding preference ratings and the alleged use of public funds for election infomercials has been expected, as in past elections....
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Noynoy for President?
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Noynoy for President?
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Those who predicted the fizzling out of moves to enlist Senator Noynoy Aquino to run for President in the wake of the massive turn-out at the burial of his mother, former President Corazon...
In the Philippines, Human-Rights Advocates Live Dangerously
In the Philippines, Human-Rights Advocates Live Dangerously
By RONALYN V. OLEA
They are usually the first to respond to cases of extrajudicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances in the Philippines. In a country where impunity prevails, these human-rights defenders have not been spared from the same atrocities that they are trying to stop.
Questions Linger on Murder of Attaché
Questions Linger on Murder of Attaché
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Finardo Cabilao was known for investigating allegations of abuses committed against OFWs in Malaysia. He often went out on a limb for these OFWs. Relatives, friends and nongovernment groups believe that Cabilao was brutally murdered because of this.
Case Against KGS Members in Riyadh Dismissed
Case Against KGS Members in Riyadh Dismissed
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The prostitution case that was to be filed against 18 members of the Kapatiran sa Gitnang Silangan, a Migrante-affiliated group in the Middle East, and the runaway overseas Filipino workers arrested and detained since...
News in Pictures: Noynoy Aquino, Man of the Hour
News in Pictures: Noynoy Aquino, Man of the Hour
Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III speaks to Davaoenos on Thursday. He is in Davao City on a spiritual retreat, to seek guidance, he said, for his forthcoming decision whether to run for president or not. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP...
Navy Whistleblower Named ‘Woman of Courage’
Navy Whistleblower Named ‘Woman of Courage’
MANILA -- Former Navy officer Lt. Senior Grade Mary Nancy Gadian was recognized as a "Woman of Courage" by Gabriela, the most prestigious women's group in the country, in a simple ceremony this afternoon. Nancy Gadian (left) with Gabriela's Emmi de Jesus (Photo by...
The Soldiers Came, and the Classes Stopped
The Soldiers Came, and the Classes Stopped
By DEE AYROSO
In a remote village in Samar, children are forced to go to school to another village, walking for hours to attend their classes, after the soldiers started coming in and committed atrocities. What happened to Bay-ang illustrates the extent militarization damages not just communities but the education of poor Filipino children, particularly in the countryside.
Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan: Activist, Educator, Feminist, Public Servant
Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan: Activist, Educator, Feminist, Public Servant
Activist, educator, feminist, public official, Rep. Luzviminda Calolot Ilagan is known as different things to different people, depending on whose life she has touched and in what capacity. Her reputation for excellence and integrity encompasses all of the...
Slideshow: Families, Friends Honor Desaparecidos
Slideshow: Families, Friends Honor Desaparecidos
Hundreds Honor the Desaparecidos
For Families of Desaparecidos, Hope Springs Eternal
For Families of Desaparecidos, Hope Springs Eternal
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The International Day of the Disappeared on Aug. 30 was marked in the Philippines with a ringing of the bells to honor those taken by the regime -- a warning to the government that the families left behind by these desaparecidos “are watching” to make sure that, soon, “we will get the justice we deserve.” View slideshow
Remembering the DisappearedNews in Pictures: In Baguio, a Remembrance of the Disappeared
News in Pictures: In Baguio, a Remembrance of the Disappeared
Human-rights activists in Baguio City hold a demonstration on Saturday to mark today's observance of the International Day of the Disappeared. (Photos courtesy of Cordillera Human Rights...
National Artists at ang Unang Baboy sa Langit
National Artists at ang Unang Baboy sa Langit
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Sa alingasngas na nalikha ng seleksyon ng 2009 National Artists Award (NAA), dalawang isyu ang tumitingkad na pangunahing diskurso: sa punto na may pakiwaring agrabyado—mga pambansang alagad ng sining,...
As Workers Reel from Layoffs, They Find Enemy – Not Ally – in Labor Department
As Workers Reel from Layoffs, They Find Enemy – Not Ally – in Labor Department
By MARYA SALAMAT
The massive layoffs in the Philippines brought about by the global financial crisis and the increasing appetite of companies for more profit have exposed yet again the Arroyo regime’s sympathy not for workers but for capitalists. And instead of ensuring that workers’ rights are protected, the Department of Labor and Employment has become an even more willing tool by companies to satisfy their greed.
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