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MANILA — After the brutal killings on Nov. 23, the province of Maguindanao is now under martial law. But only hours since the proclamation, the regime has faced various protests from progressive groups. On Saturday, at the Boy Scout Monument in Tomas Morato in...
By ADELA WAYAS Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — The Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (MAKABAYAN) held its first assembly in the city attended by about 300 members of different progressive partylists together with some local politicians on November 30....
By RODA TAJON Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com VIGAN CITY— On the 52nd year of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) it will hold its National Students Congress for the first time at the heritage city of Ilocos Sur. On December 10 to 14, some 300...
By WENDY ATUBAN Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY— In a bid to become the country’s Coffee Arabica Capital, the region is preparing to revive its once thriving coffee industry, officials said last week in a press briefing. Recognizing that coffee is a...
A black ribbon placed by a reporter hangs from the last two digits of the street number at the gate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, symbolizing the number of media workers slain in the November 23 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao massacre (actually 31 media...
Members of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) renewed their call to the Big Three oil companies to stop oil price hikes during a noise barrage held in Cubao, Quezon City on Thursday. According to George San Mateo, PISTON...
Bayugan's Fervent Children
A farmer and his sons said they were picked up by members of the 69th Infantry Battalion in sitio Salagunting, Barangay Fatima in Paquibato, where a landmine recently exploded on November 23, wounding four soldiers. Mateo Molato, father, 57, (center) and his sons...
By VIJAY PRASHAD CounterPunch International More US troops are being prepared for Afghanistan. The President charged them with (1) defeating or degrading the Taliban; (2) building the Afghan National Army. We have thrown in our lot with Hamid Karzai's government....
By MELVIN A. GOODMAN Truthout International Logistics will be the key to introducing 30,000 soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan in the next six to seven months and to confronting the Taliban over the next 18 months. This reflects an old saying in the military -...
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN CounterPunch International Ritual trumphalism about America’s righteous mission in the closing sentences of his speech did not dispel the distinct impression during President Obama’s 33-minute address to cadets at West Point Tuesday night that...
Breaking News: Arroyo Declares Martial Law in Maguindanao Share with Bulatlat's readers what you think of martial-law declaration in...
Reporters covering the Department of Justice (top) and students of De La Salle University in Manila held separate candlelighting ceremonies on Wednesday, December 2, to honor the victims of the Ampatuan massacre and demand justice. (Photos courtesy of Nonoy...
Eldest daughter Sunshine bids goodbye to her mother, Lawyer Concepcion ‘Connie’ Brizuela. Brizuela was laid down to her final rest on Monday, November 30, in their residence in Del Carmen village, President Roxas town in North Cotabato. She was one of the victims...
Ni RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Isang Proletaryo ang nakaupo’t nag-iisip, Ibinuka ang mga palad at kagyat ding kinimis; Maigting ang tikom at kaniyang inilapit Sa mukha, sa dibdib at itinaas sa langit— Nang muling ibuka’y bumalong ang putik Kasama ay...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat Her term ending in June 2010, de facto president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo finally filed her candidacy as congresswoman in the second district of Pampanga, her hometown, ending all speculation...
Justice Remains Elusive in Luisita
Arroyo's Complicity in Ampatuan Massacre
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