Slideshow: VFA’s 10th Year Marked With Protests
VFA's 10th Year Marked With Protests
Slideshow: VFA’s 10th Year Marked With Protests
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When the Prey Strikes
When the Prey Strikes
By OLMAYA NGABIT Posted by Bulatlat The Beasts Blood thirsty beasts stalk them, Watching them From a distance at first, Then slowly inching nearer, And in a blink of an eye Pounces on their prey These beasts they know no mercy They find satisfaction In the agony of...
Small Batangas Town Frets as Canadian Firm Readies Gold Mining
Small Batangas Town Frets as Canadian Firm Readies Gold Mining
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat MANILA -- Since 2003, a mining company has been conducting exploration work in the mountains of the coastal town of Lobo, in the southernmost part of Batangas province, about 143 kilometers south of Manila. Mindoro Resouces Limited...
Retrenched Migrants in New Zealand Appeal for Work Extension
Retrenched Migrants in New Zealand Appeal for Work Extension
By NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Migrant Watch Bulatlat MANILA -- Retrenched migrants in New Zealand want their work permits to be extended for three months to give them ample time to look for work. Dennis Maga, coordinator of Migrante International in...
Mine Workers Decry Lepanto’s ‘Unfair Labor Practices’
Mine Workers Decry Lepanto’s ‘Unfair Labor Practices’
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Labor Watch Northern Dispatch MANKAYAN, Benguet, Philippines -- Mine workers at the Lepanto Mine Division of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) picketed the company's general office to demand a stop to the extended work-rotation...
Baguio Urban Poor Group Marks 25th Year
Baguio Urban Poor Group Marks 25th Year
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- The Metro Baguio-wide alliance for the urban poor, Organisasyon dagiti Nakukurapay nga Umili ti Syudad-Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Ornus-Kadamay), celebrated last week its 25 years of organizing...
With Determination (and Some Noise), Union Defeats Giant Firm’s Zero-Wage Hike Policy
With Determination (and Some Noise), Union Defeats Giant Firm’s Zero-Wage Hike Policy
By MARYA SALAMAT Labor Watch Bulatlat CABUYAO, Laguna, Philippines -- As with millions of workers around the globe, the first half of the year has been unkind to Filipino workers of NXP (The Next Performance), a leading global semiconductors company with operations...
Roland Simbulan | Ten Years of the VFA: An Assessment
Roland Simbulan | Ten Years of the VFA: An Assessment
By the CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG) Analysis MANILA -- The presence of heavily armed U.S. soldiers even in the remote areas of the Philippine countryside is now becoming a normal part of the local scenery. As we mark the ten years...
Cartel Causes Regional Disparity in Oil Prices
Cartel Causes Regional Disparity in Oil Prices
By ARNOLD PADILLA Bulatlat MANILA -- It would be interesting to watch how the Oil Deregulation Law Task Force will resolve the complaint against the Big Three filed by Cebuano public officials and businessmen. The said task force has already subpoenaed the...
Audio: Friends, Kin Pay Tribute to Ka satur
Audio: Friends, Kin Pay Tribute to Ka satur
Relatives, Friends Honor Ka Satur
Benjie Oliveros | The Election Circus
Benjie Oliveros | The Election Circus
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA -- There are numerous news items related to it; television programs are teeming with it; political parties and groups are already gearing for it. The 2010 elections are in the air. Senators Manny Villar and Mar Roxas were...
Sex Video Scandals ni Hayden Kho
Sex Video Scandals ni Hayden Kho
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat MANILA -- Ito ang laman at laman-loob ng balita. Lahat na lamang ay binubusisi — mga babaeng kalahok, paraan ng pakikipagsex; camera angle; sexual na posisyon; reaksyon ni Vicky Belo, ang aktwal na karelasyon...
Right of Reply Bill ‘Absurd’ – Media Group
Right of Reply Bill ‘Absurd’ – Media Group
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat MANILA -- Despite the lack of quorum and the continued opposition from media organizations, House Bill 3306 or the Right of Reply Bill (RORB) was subjected to plenary debates during the week. Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., chairman of the...
Military Admits Existence of Order of Battle
Military Admits Existence of Order of Battle
By defining what "dominated," "organized" and "targeted" means in its order of battle, the army's 10th Infantry Division practically admitted that the document indeed came from them. Some of those listed in the OB are calling on international groups to investigate this "campaign of vilification" by the AFP.
What’s New With Pagbabago? A Lot, Say Organizers
What’s New With Pagbabago? A Lot, Say Organizers
“First, Pagbabago has a post-2010 elections advocacy, unlike others which merely serve as election machineries. Second, its 11-point program is a genuine response to the people’s grievances. And third, its coordinating council is composed of veterans of the social and people’s movements and have no interests except those of the people.”
Satur Ocampo: A Tribute and a Promise
Satur Ocampo: A Tribute and a Promise
Fellow activists, friends and kin got together for a night in honor of Satur Ocampo, who vows to keep on doing what he's doing -- fighting oppression alongside the Filipino masses.
Fighter jet signals China’s military advances
Fighter jet signals China’s military advances
China unveiled the locally built Jian-10 last week, saying it narrows the gap with advanced nations. By Peter Ford The Christian Science Monitor BEIJING – A sleek, swept-wing fighter-bomber dubbed the "Jian-10," unveiled here last week, is more than just another...
Audio: “I Will Be There to Fight Alongside the Masses” — Satur
Audio: “I Will Be There to Fight Alongside the Masses” — Satur
Satur: "I Will Fight Alongside the Masses"
Slideshow: ‘Satur for Senator’ — A Tribute
Slideshow: ‘Satur for Senator’ — A Tribute
Satur for Senator: A Tribute
Abduction of Fil-Am Activist Reflects Political Repression in the Philippines
Abduction of Fil-Am Activist Reflects Political Repression in the Philippines
By the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines The abduction, captivity, and surfacing of Filipina-American activist Melissa Roxas serves as a due wakeup call to many Filipinos in the United States that no critic of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...
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