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Apart from adding to the burden of those who seek job abroad, the Labor Export Policy bill now pending in Congress could mean that the government will no longer generate local jobs because it would be easier to deploy them to foreign countries.
BY JASON LEOPOLD Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Former Vice President Dick Cheney intervened in CIA Inspector General John Helgerson's investigation into the agency's use of torture against "high-value" detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report...
BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat An enterprising family in La Trinidad, Benguet (250 kms north of Manila) engaged in home-made detergents claim the title of the only soap-maker in the Cordillera who has passed government standards set for the...
BY RAYMUND VILLANUEVA Bulatlat Apo, naimbag nga rabii Let us in, we are tired and soaked by the rain Your hearth is lively Welcoming us with its warmth Inang, this watercress soup is delicious We do not have this back home Your upland rice is sweet Ours are soft...
The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, and the Reporters Without Borders condemned what they called as an “abomination,” the military’s Order of Battle, the latest version of which included the NUJP and journalist Carlos Conde, a correspondent for the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and GlobalPost.com.
Several Hurt in Congress Demolition
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Farmers, fisherfolk and their families were forced out from the premises of the Batasan Complex on their 40th day of the Rural People’s Camp Out for Genuine Agrarian Reform yesterday afternoon around 2:00 p.m. Kilusang Magbubukid ng...
Peasants' Camp-Out in Congress Demolished
After hearing the report of the Philippine government and the testimonies of two torture victims, the United Nations Committee against Torture expressed its grave concern at the “routine and widespread use of torture” and the “climate of impunity for perpetrators of acts torture, including military, police, and other State officials”.
Press Release -- 19 May 2009 More than 1000 candles will be lit on 22 May in the German city of Bremen to call attention to political killings in the Philippines. The initiative, dubbed “Sumabay Tayo! Walking together – for justice!“ commemorates the deaths of more...
Ka Bel's Life and Legacy Honored
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat MAKATI CITY, Philippines – Hundreds of members of various Moro groups flocked today to the embassies of Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) here to protest the Arroyo government’s application...
Audio: Ka Bel as 'Man of the Century'
Satur on Palparan: 'Pasang Awa'
'Vanessa' Narrates How American Raped Her
Filipino Torture Victims Testify Before UN
More than three years after Lafayette, an Australian mining company, wrought havoc on Rapu-Rapu and its neighboring communities, residents are still reeling from the effects of the mine-tailings disaster. And they fear more threats as the mining operations resume.
Sidebar: A Mother Grapples With the Poverty Caused by Mining
BY JANESS ANN ELLAO Bulatlat RAPU-RAPU ISLAND, Albay -- Three decades ago, the Department of Sociology of the University of the Philippines provided interesting insights into the actual power of women. Its study showed that women from the lower classes have more...
BY DR. WILLIAM J. LEON III Truthout INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat Under the pretext of responding to the September 11, 2001, attacks in America, the United States and Great Britain invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. They dubbed this invasion Operation...
BY ARNOLD PADILLA Contributor Bulatlat MANILA --Oil firms, in particular the so-called Big Three, are again on the defensive. A trial court judge has ordered them to open their books of account for scrutiny. The order is meant to determine if the three oil firms...
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