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That they are women did not protect them from the violence of the police. And now, because they defended themselves, Monina Eugenio, Adelaida Bago, Gemma Garabato, Bessie Hernandez, and Normilita Galon are among 33 workers and unionists at the Cavite Export...
The US$50-trillion loss of financial assets of the world’s economies is but a reflection of the decaying state of capitalism, economist Jose Enrique Africa of the independent think-tank IBON Foundation, Inc. said in reaction to a March 2009 study released by the...
The Central American wars were only one ugly facet of the Reagan administration's world impact, but they were hardly an exception to the overall trend. Whatever Professor Diggins and the others believe was in Ronald Reagan's heart and mind, during his years in...
Job fairs could somehow arouse the excitement of jobseekers but the bitter reality is that the jobs available are not what some expect to have – or the jobs demand more than what others can do. BY THEA AYLA P. BANAG AND JUAN ANGELO HONGO Bulatlat Diary entry for...
The problem of piracy in Somalia traces its roots to economic and environmental depredations that have taken a toll on the lives of the Somali people, especially the fisherfolk. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat The international community has raised...
A diverse segment of economic drivers called micro, small and medium enterprises [MSMEs] needs to join the fight to save the environment. BY MIRIAM AZURIN-ABAJA Contributor Bulatlat When the largest corporations began taking about the green agenda by introducing...
A new group has been formed not only to serve as watchdog in the 2010 elections but also to push for genuine change beyond 2010. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat A new group has been formed not only to serve as watchdog in the 2010 elections but also to push for genuine...
A weary city dweller catches some shuteye amidst the din of downtown traffic in Intramuros, Manila. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva/bulatlat.com)
You cannot disentangle the torture program from the war of aggression in Iraq – nor from the illegal wiretapping program, the corrupt war profiteering, and all the other degradations of liberty and law that have been so accelerated in the past eight years. They are...
May 1, 2009 will mark a little-known but important anniversary: on May 1, 1898, Admiral George Dewey steamed into Manila Bay and sunk the Spanish fleet defending the capital. The event marked the beginning of 111 years of American intervention in the Philippines....
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat Last April 2, 2009, four Filipino migrant laborers working for CIFEX World Construction Firm based in Libya, were abducted and detained in a high fenced abandoned building, away from the accommodation that was provided...
Two survivors of torture and leaders of the human rights group Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights) would expose the abuses of the Philippine government before the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
The message still for many is that one must not “run afoul of the law” meaning, do not criticize much less oppose government authorities, from the policeman on the beat to the untouchables in and around Malacañang. In this country, crime does pay especially if you...
Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada has been ordered arrested on perjury charges stemming from his revelation that former Arroyo spokesperson Mike Defensor offered him money to keep his mouth shut about his abduction from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport; Jovito “The...
'Mrs. B' Insists Palparan Took Jonas
CA, Arroyo Slammed for Smith Acquittal
"The Court of Appeals betrayed the Filipinos," said Joms Salvador, GABRIELA spokesperson, during a protest rally at the US embassy. By acquitting Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, the CA justices "have trampled on the hard-fought justice of women in the Subic rape case and the fight of all Filipinos to defend our dignity as a people."
BY JOSETTE EMILY Z. DE JESUS BULATLAT Migrante International with OFWs from Libya, Qatar and Taiwan along with their families marched to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) then to the Department of Labor and Employment this morning to demand for immediate...
Militants Denounce Palparan in Rally
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