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A 22-year-old student has come out to expose her alleged rape by a US Marine inside a Makati City hotel on April 19. But the victim said she won’t press charges, citing the case of “Nicole.”
BY BULATLAT Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano assailed Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez’s dismissal of the recent report of United Nation’s special rapporteur Philip Alston. Gonzalez told reporters in Malacañang to “just ignore” the recent report of Alston on the Arroyo...
BY BULATLAT The Batangas City Provincial Prosecutor junked the charges of arson and destruction of property filed against labor lawyer Remigio Saladero Jr. and 26 other activists from Southern Tagalog for lack of probable cause, the Center for Trade Union and Human...
For the people in Balayan, Batangas, paggagapak (cutting sugar cane) is the only job available that does not require qualifications such as educational attainment and work-related experiences. This is the only job available for young people who had to work at a...
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BY BULATLAT In the light of the recent report of Prof. Philip Alston, United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Filipino-Americans in the United States reiterated their call to cut all U.S. military aid and training to the...
BY BULATLAT An alliance of individuals from the church, academe and human rights groups expressed dismay over how the Philippine National Police (PNP) handles the case of Rebelyn Pitao. Rebelyn, 20, was abducted by four armed men at 6:30 p.m. last March 4, 2009 at...
Taken: Edita Burgos and the Search for Jonas
If defenders of human rights are the ones being attacked by state security forces, can a country still boast of being under a democracy? Since 2001 until March this year, human rights group Karapatan revealed that 420 human rights defenders have been killed and 66...
Being alone is a fate worse than death. Yes, a day of not seeing someone may be a torturing experience, but one wonders aloud, how does it feel not to see a loved one for a year, not knowing where to find the person you’re missing, and all that’s left are memories...
BY ARNOLD PADILLA Contributor Bulatlat Part 2 of a two-part series As Filipino workers marked Labor Day last May 1, about 400 from their ranks are being displaced daily as fallout of the global economic crisis. By the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DoLE) own...
Some children of slain journalists still do not understand why their father or mother was killed. Others have come to accept the situation and have learned to be proud of what their parents did. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Dennis Rev Vigo, 15, seems to be like any...
As the Philippine National Police (PNP) exonerated the military from the murder of Rebelyn Pitao, the New People's Army (NPA) carried out what it calls 'revolutionary' punishment against four alleged perpetrators. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat The Philippine National...
Environmental degradation and health risks are what residents of San Mateo would have to face on a daily basis once garbage trucks start dumping trash from nearby cities in the landfill at Barangay Guinayang, San Mateo, Rizal. BY GLAIZA MAY G. MUZONES AND JANESS...
Right now, Anakpawis Rep. Joel Maglunsod’s office is not the usual air-conditioned one that can be found inside one of the buildings at the House of Representatives compound. Rather, it consists of a bamboo desk, made for him by farmers who also have carpentry...
The 90th birth anniversary, and 10th death anniversary this year of the nationalist scholar and former colleague, the late Professor Renato Constantino, is being commemorated amidst perhaps the most serious global crisis of capitalism since the Great Depression of...
This article reviews how the Asian Development Bank has resulted in the indebtedness and underdevelopment of countries in the Asia-Pacific region. BY IBON FEATURES Posted by Bulatlat In a two-day people’s opinion tribunal held in Bali, Indonesia on May 2 and 3, the...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's move to put up a P25-million reward fund to solve political killings has been criticized as a “desperate attempt” of her regime to show that she is doing something to address the problem. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch...
The question at hand is not whether Pakistan is on the verge of a takeover by reactionary religious extremists from Afghanistan. It is not. Conflating the situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan only confuses people. Pakistan is, however, experiencing an...
Even with a legalization program, millions of people will remain without papers. For them, work without "authorization" will still be a crime. And while employer sanctions have little effect on migration, they will continue to make workers vulnerable to employer...
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