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In his follow-up report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Prof. Philip Alston, the UN's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said the Philippine government has not eliminated extrajudicial killings from its counterinsurgency operations.
Two new challenges on the foreign policy front await the newly elected government of India to be installed soon - in heaven-turned-hell Sri Lanka and the Himalayan state of Nepal. BY J. SRI RAMAN Truthout INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat Two new challenges on the...
The world is worried about the progress of the Philippine government’s compliance on human rights, this, despite President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s offer to raise P25 million as reward for witnesses to testify in order to solve the 1,013 cases of extrajudicial killings under her administration.
Supporting the plea for justice by the victim’s kin, an Assistant City Prosecutor objected to the Board of Pardons and Parole’s (BPP) consideration to propose executive clemency for one of the convicted killers of human rights worker Christopher L. Batan. BY ARTHUR...
For decades the Roces clan of publishers monopolized the comics industries in the Philippines – even as they “warred” among themselves for the biggest share of the market. Their enterprises shut down, however, toward the end of the previous century. BY NOEL SALES...
The recent statement of Gen. Jovito Palparan to revive the Republic Act No. 1700 or the Anti-Subversion Law in order to stop progressive party-list representatives from using their Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) for the New People’s Army (NPA) is...
De Facto Entourage. When boxer Manny Pacquiao returned to the Philippines after winning his bout with England’s Ricky Hatton, he was accompanied by a de facto entourage of politicians who did not have to be with him in Las Vegas. (By Flon Faurillo/Bulatlat.com)
Migrante International, an alliance of Filipino migrant organizations, thinks that Cecilia Alcaraz will most likely serve her sentence of life imprisonment in Taiwan unless the Philippine government genuinely exerts efforts to have her freed. Migrante also earlier...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Office (ILO) warned the governments of the world over the cost of occupational-related diseases and injuries. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent LABOR WATCH Bulatlat Annually, 1.1 million people die...
An uphill battle has begun to save Northern Luzon’s watersheds as they face further deterioration. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – An uphill battle has begun to save Northern Luzon’s watersheds as they face further...
Gitnang uri ang panuntunan ng Lakan ng Parokya. Pinagkagastusan ang fantasy costume na dwende, zombie, tikbalang, taong lobo, engkanto, halimaw at taong-ahas. Lamang-lupa ang motif ng buong pageant, na na-assign na tema mula sa apat na elemento para apat na tampok...
The Artists’ Response to the Call for Social Change and Transformation (Artists’ ARREST), the Kilometer 64 Poetry Collective, and the Free Randall Echanis Movement (Freedom) organized last May 5 a cultural political event titled “Enemy of the State” at the...
Every year, many Filipinos leave the country to seek greener pastures abroad. This scenario usually involves parents leaving their families and believing that a career overseas will be able to provide a better future for them. They sacrifice by being away from...
NI GELACIO GUILLERMO Inilathala ng Bulatlat “Bakit Amado Guerrero?” Ginunita ng Ambot, Tulad ng elepanteng hindi nakalilimot (Alam mo na, mula sa kantang may linyang ‘Like an elephant, I’ll never forget’) Pero hindi natuto makaraan ang apatnapung taon, ang iyong...
(nang magpamisa ang Free Jonas Movement) ni Mark Angeles May bailehan sa Kampo Aguinaldo. Dalawang loud speaker ang inilabas. Nambulahaw ng mga miron at pasahero Na regular na dumaraan sa kanilang tapat. May kasiyahan sa Kampo Aguinaldo. Sa anong okasyon?...
NI ARNOLD PADILLA Inilathala ng Bulatlat .ang nanuhol at nanakot ang siyang agrabyado sa odnum an datgilaB .ang saksi sa krimen ang siyang naging preso sa odnum an datgilaB .ang mamamatay-tao napupunta sa kongreso sa ondum an datgilaB .hindi rape ang rape kung ang...
NI OLIVER CARLOS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Huwag bulabugin ang sawa na nakapulupot sa kanlungang sanga; hayaang mag-abang ng kanyang masisila. Itulad siya sa taludtod ng tula. Sa mga salita—banayad nguni’t kagyat. May talas, may pangil ang kataga. Tahimik na...
The Arroyos are destined to exit from the Philippine political scene in disgrace, perhaps even worse than the dictator Marcos. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat The Lozada perjury case may be the most celebrated example of the...
Let us just hope that the A/H1N1 virus does not enter the country. Because if it does, how could we prevent its spread when 44 million Filipinos struggle to survive on P18 to P44 ($0.38 to $0.93) per day? How could we stop it from contaminating people when...
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