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Sona-ta ng Linlangan
Sona-ta ng Linlangan
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Ang sonata ay isang musical form na matingkad ang harmonic at tematikong organisasyon: may simula, pag-unlad at sintesis. Doble ang katingkaran ng oranisasyon nito, kung isasama pa ang pagkumpas ng...
Reds Say Govt’s Anti-Insurgency War A Failure
Reds Say Govt’s Anti-Insurgency War A Failure
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY-- The Chadli Molintas Command (CMC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) from the Ilocos-Cordillera Region described the anti-insurgency campaign of the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration...
Army Grills Villagers on Socio-Economic Projects
Army Grills Villagers on Socio-Economic Projects
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – In a recent interview, Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) Secretary General Jude Baggo expressed grave concern over the increasing presence of the Army and their so-called “soft approach”...
CounterPunch Diary: “A Damned Murder Inc.”
CounterPunch Diary: “A Damned Murder Inc.”
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Counterpunch International Posted by Bulatlat Some time in early or mid-1949 a CIA officer named Bill (his surname is blacked out in the file, which was surfaced by John Kelly in the early 1990s) asked an outside contractor for input on how to...
Lessons From Hard Times Past
Lessons From Hard Times Past
By JEREMY BRECHER, TIM COSTELLO, BRENDAN SMITH Truthout/Perspective International Posted by Bulatlat We're all struggling with how to think - and what to do - in the face of the "great recession." An initial progressive response was to advocate better regulation;...
Rhetoric and Reality
Rhetoric and Reality
Rhetoric and Reality, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is expected to deliver a glowing State of the Nation Address enumerating the achievements of her administration, stressing on economic growth figures (By Flon Faurillo)
A Different View
A Different View
A Different View. A community of urban poor families living under this bridge in Balut, Tondo seems to be inured to the sound of the vehicles passing every minute of the day.
(Photo by Janess Ann J. Ellao)
Arroyo’s Legacy: Damaged Political Institutions, ‘Distorted and Disintegrating’ Economy
Arroyo’s Legacy: Damaged Political Institutions, ‘Distorted and Disintegrating’ Economy
When Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers what is supposed to be her last State of the Nation Address this Monday, she will probably claim that she has accomplished what she said she had set out to do in 2001 and 2004. To her critics, however, the past nine years have been “the reign of Gollum.”
Doctors ‘Diagnose’ Arroyo: Sick, Unfit to Rule
Doctors ‘Diagnose’ Arroyo: Sick, Unfit to Rule
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Even for lowly jobs, Filipino are required to submit proofs of clean bill of health to show that they are fit. What more for the job of president of the Philippines? In a press conference Saturday, leaders of organizations of...
Youths Give Arroyo Failing Grade
Youths Give Arroyo Failing Grade
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, progressive youth groups said, should be kicked out of school because she got a failing mark. More than a thousand participants to the Pa-Siyam, a concert rally held at the Liwasang...
Bill to Mark ‘National Campus Press Freedom Day’ Filed
Bill to Mark ‘National Campus Press Freedom Day’ Filed
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Teodoro Casiño filed on July 25 a bill that would recognize the observance of the said date as the National Campus Press Freedom Day. Aside from marking July 25 as a special day for the...
How Constant War Became the American Way of Life
How Constant War Became the American Way of Life
Younger generations of Americans are now being taught to expect no end of war -- and no end of wars. It wasn't always like that. By DAVID BROMWICH, Tomdispatch.com. International Posted by Bulatlat On July 16, in a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago, Secretary...
With Steep Prices and Depressed Wages: Filipinos’ Purchasing Power Slashed by a Third Under Arroyo
With Steep Prices and Depressed Wages: Filipinos’ Purchasing Power Slashed by a Third Under Arroyo
With the government’s deregulation policies and the imposition of the Expanded Value-Added Tax, the Pinoy worker’s purchasing power has been slashed by one-third. This, while the much-needed legislated wage hike remains ignored by the government, according to labor...
Benjie Oliveros | Outdoing Marcos
Benjie Oliveros | Outdoing Marcos
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA -- It is the State of the Nation Address once again. The true state of the country is again the subject of debates. Surely, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would boast about the economic growth and its supposed...
Sick Filipina Maid, 6 Others, ‘Hostaged’ by Employment Agency in Middle East
Sick Filipina Maid, 6 Others, ‘Hostaged’ by Employment Agency in Middle East
In February, Maribel Figaroa and several other Filipino women went to Oman to work as domestic helpers. Instead of gainful employment, they ended up being abused and exploited by the placement agency that brought them there.
Cha-Cha to Worsen Environmental Degradation
Cha-Cha to Worsen Environmental Degradation
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Arroyo regime’s plan to change the Philippine Constitution will worsen the country’s environmental destruction and will dispossess indigenous peoples even more. This was the consensus of several leaders of the...
Under Siege and Fighting Back: An Assessment of the State of the Philippine Media
Under Siege and Fighting Back: An Assessment of the State of the Philippine Media
By University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) led by Dean Roland B. Tolentino Posted by Bulatlat Philippine media have been under siege since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to power. The hostile environment her watch has created,...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Peace Overtures
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Peace Overtures
By CAROL PAGADUAN-PARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat I was tempted to submit a column for the week with the title “Arroyo’s SONA accomplishments” followed by a blank space but quickly realized I didn’t have the advantage of youthful irony to...
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