Slideshow: Protesters March to Bataan to Oppose Nuclear Plant Revival
Protesters March vs Nuclear Plant Revival
Slideshow: Protesters March to Bataan to Oppose Nuclear Plant Revival
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Reliving and Reviving ’85 Welgang Bayan: Move to Open Bataan Nuclear Plant Opposed
Reliving and Reviving ’85 Welgang Bayan: Move to Open Bataan Nuclear Plant Opposed
The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant symbolized the corruption and excesses of the Marcos dictatorship. The Arroyo administration is now trying to revive it. But those who participated in the 1985 “welgang bayan” that helped shut down the plant are reviving the passion and spirit of that landmark protest to oppose the present regime’s plan.
M-Jeneration
M-Jeneration
Ni ROLANDO TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat Nang mabalita sa Internet na patay na si Michael Jackson (MJ) noong Hunyo 25, 2009, mabilisan ang palitan ng mensahe, postings at tribute matapos. Marami ang nalungkot. Banggit ng kaibigang Sarah, yung kapatid...
20 OFWs Being Abused by Employer in Saudi Arabia, Many Treated as Sex Slave
20 OFWs Being Abused by Employer in Saudi Arabia, Many Treated as Sex Slave
An overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who recently returned to the Philippines has made an urgent appeal to help rescue 20 other women OFWs in Saudi Arabia, some of whom are being treated as sex slaves. She said several of them have been raped.
Hundreds of Workers Laid Off as Underwear Giant Closes Philippine Factories
Hundreds of Workers Laid Off as Underwear Giant Closes Philippine Factories
Union denounces move by Triumph International, calling it “unjust and illegal." The workers have been trying to fend off attempts by the company to decrease production at the factories and to move these facilities elsewhere.
Melissa Roxas: ‘Talking About What Happened Is Like Going Back to That Dark Place’
Melissa Roxas: ‘Talking About What Happened Is Like Going Back to That Dark Place’
By RONALYN V. OLEA Human Rights Watch Bulatlat MANILA -- Filipino-American Melissa Roxas finally broke her silence and recounted her ordeal in the hands of the military. Roxas and her two companions, Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Jandoc, were abducted in the...
Audio Slideshow: In Emotional Presser, Melissa Roxas Vows to Pursue Justice
Audio Slideshow: In Emotional Presser, Melissa Roxas Vows to Pursue Justice
Audio: Melissa Roxas Vows to Pursue Justice
Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan: Fates Intertwined by a Desire to Serve the Masses
Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan: Fates Intertwined by a Desire to Serve the Masses
In a perfect world, Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan never would have met. The atrocity that befell them, a most horrendous fate, never would have happened. And they never would have stood now as a testament to the rot that is eating away at the core of this country.
Hiding the Truth
Hiding the Truth
Hiding the Truth, The Arroyo government is claiming credit for purportedly shielding the economy from the world economic crisis. But its claims are so far from the truth. The people are already feeling the crunch and even the statistics of the government point to a downward spin in the economy. (By Flon Faurillo)
‘A Comedy of Errors’: Why It’s Time to Get Rid of the So-Called Terrorist Watch List
‘A Comedy of Errors’: Why It’s Time to Get Rid of the So-Called Terrorist Watch List
By LILIANA SEGURA AlterNet International Posted by Bulatlat If the recent outbreak of right-wing gun violence wasn't alarming enough, this week brought news that people whose names appear on the U.S. government's terrorist watch list have somehow managed to...
Inspired by Katrina Halili, Other Women Victims of Sex Videos Come Out
Inspired by Katrina Halili, Other Women Victims of Sex Videos Come Out
Since the sex-video scandal erupted, actress Katrina Halili has faced the crisis head-on, filed cases against Hayden Kho and, she tells Bulatlat, will pursue justice even if it destroys her career. Her courage, the women’s group Gabriela says, has inspired other victims of similar abuse.
Now We See You, Now We Don’t
Now We See You, Now We Don’t
By Kathy Kelly Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat ‘In early June 2009, I was in the Shah Mansoor displaced persons camp in Pakistan, listening to one resident detail the carnage that had spurred his and his family's flight there a mere 15 days earlier. Their...
Fatal After-effects of Mining Worry Residents of Mining Towns
Fatal After-effects of Mining Worry Residents of Mining Towns
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY -- A woman in her 50's could not help but cry at the thought that six of her nephews and nieces are facing imminent danger in Mankayan. Janet Mayanggao, a resident of Colalo, Mankayan, Benguet, was...
Soldiers use Sagada tour guides as human shields in military operations
Soldiers use Sagada tour guides as human shields in military operations
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat SAGADA, Mountain Province – Army troopers based here, 275 kms. north of Manila, forcibly took two Sagada tourist guides and used them as human shields and guides in their military operations at the forested...
NPA Command Accuses Army of Human Rights Violations in Abra
NPA Command Accuses Army of Human Rights Violations in Abra
By Aldwin Quitasol Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — The New People's Army (NPA) in the province of Abra hit the 50th Infantry Battalion of the 503rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for preventing the people and the family of...
Benjie Oliveros | The Real Score on the Economy
Benjie Oliveros | The Real Score on the Economy
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA -- The Arroyo government can no longer hide the truth: the crisis-ridden economy is on a downward spin. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her economic managers have been boasting that their economic policies have...
End the Policy of Torture and Human Rights Violations; Stop Oplan Bantay Laya!
End the Policy of Torture and Human Rights Violations; Stop Oplan Bantay Laya!
The human rights organization, Karapatan, together with the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Amnestiya (SELDA), Hustisya! and the families of the Desaparecidos, today observes the International Day In Solidarity with Victims of Torture with...
Fil-Am Melissa Roxas to Speak Publicly About Abduction, Torture in Philippines
Fil-Am Melissa Roxas to Speak Publicly About Abduction, Torture in Philippines
LOS ANGELES, CA – In her first public appearance since being released from captivity, Melissa Roxas, a U.S. citizen abducted and tortured in the Philippines from May 19-25, will hold a press conference to describe the human rights abuses she endured while held for...
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