2009 | Page 25 of 288

Slideshow: Farewell, Tita Cory

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Aug 5, 2009

Paying Tribute to Cory, Who United Filipinos

At the wake of former president Corazon Aquino, Filipinos mourn the demise of a “uniting force.” They also warn Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to do good and redeem herself.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Aug 5, 2009

MILF on Resumption of Peace Talks: ‘We Are Dealing with a Very Tricky Regime’

Even as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced during her State of the Nation Address that peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are likely to resume before the end of this month, the MILF’s negotiating panel has expressed skepticism about whether or not the talks can go very far.

Alexander Martin Remollino | Aug 3, 2009

Less Fashion, More Statement: Going Against the Fabric of Sona’s Haute Couture

By PHILIP PARAAN Culture Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The State of the Nation Address (Sona) in many years has become a fashion event for legislators, their spouses and families. Touted to celebrate local fashion, even the media makes a staple of it and allots a special...

Bulatlat Staff | Aug 3, 2009

Progressive Groups, Leaders Recognize Cory’s Role in Fight Vs Tyranny

Even as they did not always see eye to eye with her politically, several progressive groups and party-list representatives have paid tribute to former President Corazon Aquino. They recognize her role in the people’s struggles against tyranny, corruption, and greed for power.

Alexander Martin Remollino | Aug 2, 2009

Cory, Dilaw at Iba Pang Paglisan

Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Nabuhay akong nagkaroon ng politikal na kamulatan sa kasagsagan ng diktaduryang Marcos. At bahagi ng kamulatang ito, ang pag-challenge ni Cory Aquino sa diktadurya. Bago siya pumasok sa asasinasyon ng...

Rolando Tolentino | Aug 2, 2009

Bro. Eddie: ‘Even in Death, Cory Inspires the Nation’

Even in her death, former President Cory Aquino inspires the nation. This was how Bro. Eddie Villanueva described the outpouring of support for the bereaved Aquino family even as he joined the nation in mourning President Aquino’s death. But he said that while the...

Bulatlat Staff | Aug 2, 2009

NDF: Cory an ‘Outstanding and Inspiring Figure’

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES NEGOTIATING PANEL 2 August 2009 NDFP MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel and its Consultants convey their...

Bulatlat Staff | Aug 2, 2009

Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire, And Ten Steps to Take to Do So

By Chalmers Johnson Tomdispatch.com International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) However ambitious President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in...

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 2, 2009

Special Coverage: 2009 State of the Nation Address

Bulatlat Staff | Jul 27, 2009

Sri Lanka: The Urgency of Bearing Witness

By ALIYA MUGHAL Medical Foundation for the care of victims of torture International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) First they were captives of a conflict in which their freedom and security was thwarted at every turn. Now huge numbers of the Tamil population of Sri Lanka...

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 1, 2009

On the 2009 National Artists Awards Fiasco

By the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) The Concerned Artists of the Philippines joins much of the Filipino arts and cultural community in expressing indignation over the unprecedented brazen use by the Arroyo regime of the National Artists awards for its...

Bulatlat Staff | Aug 1, 2009

Still Playing the Deadly Game

Still Playing the Deadly Game, Retired military general Jovito Palparan may have shed off his Army uniform and donned the barong of Congressmen. But he still has maintained his military mindset – accusing activists of being communists, which, during his days in the military, meant being a target for abduction, torture, and extrajudicial killing. (By Flon Faurillo)

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 1, 2009

Street Shooter: The Sunset, the Sea and the Old Man

The Sunset, The Sea And The Old Man

Raymund Villanueva | Aug 1, 2009

Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | The Travails of Melissa Roxas

“Keeping silent is like silencing forever all the voices that have been silenced,” says Melissa Roxas. A writer, poet, community health worker and, incidentally, an American citizen of Filipino ancestry, Melissa Roxas is altogether something else. Last May, she and...

Bulatlat Staff | Aug 1, 2009

Cory Aquino’s Place in History

The failures of her presidency notwithstanding, Cory Aquino will be remembered for helping restore democracy in the Philippines and dismantle the vestiges of the Marcos dictatorship. When the Arroyo regime increasingly became corrupt and autocratic, she again rose to the challenge. Cory fought tyranny to the very end.

Benjie Oliveros | Aug 1, 2009

Video: Melissa Roxas to Other Victims: “This Is For All of Us!”

Video: "This Is For All of Us!" -- Melissa Roxas

Ronalyn V. Olea | Jul 31, 2009

Filipino Groups, Cuban Embassy Pay Tribute to Cuban Five

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Groups promoting Philippine-Cuban solidarity and the Cuban embassy in Manila paid tribute to the Cuban Five – Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who have been languishing in US jails for a decade – in an activity...

Alexander Martin Remollino | Jul 30, 2009

Groups Protest Obama-Arroyo Meeting

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Chants of “US imperialist, No. 1 terrorist!” and “Death to imperialism!” reverberated through the streets as over a hundred activists marched toward the US embassy in Manila earlier today to protest the meeting...