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Who is the Eldest and Who is the Youngest? It should be fairly easy to tell who among any number of siblings is older and who is younger….
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When the sessions of Congress resume on January 19, the progressive party list bloc in the House of Representatives would push anew for House Bill 3059 or the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB). Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano said they expect to encounter rough sailing when they push for the bill, but they are not afraid to lose. Mariano believes that the ensuing debate on the bill could put the long-standing demand of the peasantry for a genuine and thoroughgoing land reform program in the national agenda.
For lawyer Theodore Te, the bid to impeach Chief Justice Reynato Puno smells of “political maneuverings” that would benefit the current Malacañang occupant.
Additional requirements for the selection of the student representative to the Board of Regents – as stipulated in the new UP Charter- have endangered the representation of students in the highest policy-making body of the country's premier state university. BY...
Contrary to popular perception that UP is a free zone, a liberated space, what Sarah’s case reveals is that UP is a site of fierce ideological struggle, where those who advocate radical convictions are isolated and marginalized, even terminated, for unjust reasons....
Small vendors in Baguio City have been opposing the city’s anti-vending policy, which they claim would deny them their right to earn a living for their families. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW REGIONS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of...
As the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation, Inc. (BFFFI) is preparing for the upcoming 14th Panagbenga, the city’s festival was not spared from criticisms from different groups. Critics hit the ‘commercialization and bastardization of the Cordillera culture’ through...
Advocacy work for the propagation of bamboo, both as a forest cover and ornamental foliage, is gaining a foothold nationwide with the creation of bamboo development councils. BY LYN V. RAMO REGIONS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (263 kms....
Since the Arroyo government has shown that it would do anything - lie, cheat, bribe, harass, and kill - to pursue its naked self-interest, only a strong moral force and revolution would be able to make it answer for its crimes, reverse the continuous deterioration...
Seven of the 168 retrenched workers were able to clinch some of their demands because of their assertion of their rights. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH Seven of the 168 retrenched workers of Walton Advanced Engineering Inc. in Taiwan were able to clinch some of their...
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Bisperas Sabi ng Pag-asa, maulan ang sasalubunging umaga. Kaya palakang-kokak mga kwitis at labentador. Kaunti pa lang ang katagay sa basong may Emperador. Hanggang saan ang hanggahan ng langit sasagitsit ang ating mga...
Ang erehiya sa debosyon ay naisasakatuparan ng sagutan ng pito. Habang tumatagal, sumisikip ang prusisyon. Natransforma ang relihiyosong prusisyon sa sekular na parada. At sa aming pag-uwi, naiwan ang nag-uumpukang magkakaibigan, nagkukwentuhan ukol sa parada at sa...
At least 500 cyclists, 200 residents and environmental activists gathered today in San Mateo, Rizal to voice out their opposition to the municipal government's dumpsite project. Dubbed as "Padyakan Laban sa Tambakan," bikers rode around town to raise the awareness...
Activists from the multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) held a protest near the US embassy in Manila to protest the US government’s continuing support for Israel. For almost three weeks now, Israel has been carrying out bombing raids followed by...
America's Other Glorious War The Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan. Barack Obama has been calling for the same since well before the November election. Why? What is there about this backward, reactionary, woman-hating, failed state...
I am aware that for those who have not experienced war firsthand, an accusation against a supposedly civilized government of the deliberate targeting of medical personnel, who are, in theory, protected by international law, is unbelievable and shocking. But there...
In a speech in Santiago de Cuba last Jan. 1, Cuban President Raul Castro – the younger brother of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro – described the period 1959-2009 as “the most intense and fruitful half century” in Cuba’s history. The Cuban leader was referring to...
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