Signing Up for Relief
Signing Up for Relief
Bulatlat Contributors | Nov 14, 2009
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With Entry of CIA-Funded Group, US Deepens Involvement in Mindanao Conflict
With Entry of CIA-Funded Group, US Deepens Involvement in Mindanao Conflict
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
The Asia Foundation, a “charity group” founded and funded by the CIA that represents American political and economic interests in Asia, is now part of a group that would help facilitate the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
In Hawaii, Financial Crisis Hits Filipinos Hard
In Hawaii, Financial Crisis Hits Filipinos Hard
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Through the generations, many of the Filipinos in Hawaii attained their dreams of greener pastures, and other Filipinos continue to go there in search of more decent opportunities. Their dreams, however, have been crumbling in the face of the financial crisis, which hit the US in 2008. They have not been spared from the effects of the crisis.
Cordillera Peoples Alliances Holds 10th Congress
Cordillera Peoples Alliances Holds 10th Congress
BAGUIO CITY – The oldest and most widespread grassroots organization advocating indigenous peoples’ rights in northern Luzon, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), is holding is 10th congress since it was established in June 1984. The CPA traces its origins to the...
In Baguio, Opposition to San Roque Dam Heightens
In Baguio, Opposition to San Roque Dam Heightens
BAGUIO CITY? Resistance to the San Roque mega dam here had peaked about two decades ago. Today, after a massive flash flood submerged most of Pangasinan, there is a renewed drive to protest. Lugging streamers, placards and relief goods, the Bayanihan Alay sa...
Workers Demand Scrapping of DOLE Order Used to Break Up Strikes, Kill Unionists
Workers Demand Scrapping of DOLE Order Used to Break Up Strikes, Kill Unionists
The Kilusang Mayo Uno said the “assumption of jurisdiction” order issued by the labor secretary has been abused and has been used in many instances to break up strikes, often violently, as what happened in Hacienda Luisita in 2004.
Arroyo’s Price Caps Further Expose ‘Greed’ of Oil Firms, Underscore Need to Repeal Oil Deregulation Law
Arroyo’s Price Caps Further Expose ‘Greed’ of Oil Firms, Underscore Need to Repeal Oil Deregulation Law
By MARYA SALAMAT
Despite its limitations, the oil-price caps have irked Big Business and their think tanks and they have been lobbying to have it lifted. Fearing EO 839 could set a dangerous precedent to its business, Shell even filed a case in court against Arroyo’s order. But consumers and critics say that if Arroyo is really sincere in protecting consumers, she should use her power to have the Oil Deregulation Law repealed.
An Open Letter of Melissa Roxas to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
An Open Letter of Melissa Roxas to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
November 11, 2009 Dear U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, I am writing to you because you are going to visit the Philippines to meet with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. I would like to appeal for you to discuss the gross human rights violations happening...
For Oil Firms, EO 839 Is Not Just About Dip in Profits but Potential Shift Vs. Deregulation
For Oil Firms, EO 839 Is Not Just About Dip in Profits but Potential Shift Vs. Deregulation
By ARNOLD PADILLA
To a certain degree, Executive Order 839 questioned the lies long peddled by the oil companies and staunch defenders of neoliberalism about neoliberal free market economics. If left unchallenged, EO 839 could become a precedent in policy making: that the government, in the name of public good and welfare, could take decisive action against abusive corporations.
News in Pictures: Christmas Lights Fantastic in Tarlac
News in Pictures: Christmas Lights Fantastic in Tarlac
Like laser beams, lighted Christmas decorations on sale illuminate the dark national highway in Gerona, Tarlac. These decorations are already selling briskly with Christmas barely a month away. Gerona is home to the famous lighted decorations in the north, a...
Clinton Visit Met with ProtestLand, Justice for Luisita Farmers Can Make or Unmake Next President — AnakPawis
Land, Justice for Luisita Farmers Can Make or Unmake Next President — AnakPawis
In a historic convention of urban poor, peasant and labor leaders, Anakpawis, the largest partylist of marginalized sectors in the Philippines, tagged the issues of land distribution and still unresolved massacre of striking workers in Luisita as “flagship social justice problems” that presidentiables should seriously address now.
Paghawi (Tula ng Isang Lupa)
Paghawi (Tula ng Isang Lupa)
Ni DANIEL B. VEGAS Kilala ko ang talampakan na nagkakalyo na nakikipagniig sa akin Ang mga paang pinagpala sa tuwinang tumatawid sa kaparangan ay naghahatid ng biyaya sa tulad kong ibinaon sa limot Kilala ko ang bisig na nakikipagbuno sa karit na masuyong...
News in Pictures: Manny Pacquiao, Cover Boy
News in Pictures: Manny Pacquiao, Cover Boy
All rooting for their ring idol Manny Pacquiao, 20-year-old Ruel Soya (left), Isaias Boltia Jr. , 20 (middle), and WBO Youth Champion Javier Malulan, 24, show high confidence that the Filipino boxing great Pacquiao will win against Puerto Rican champion Miguel...
Homeless But Not Worthless: Disaster Victims Want Sustainable Rehabilitation
Homeless But Not Worthless: Disaster Victims Want Sustainable Rehabilitation
By MARYA SALAMAT
Even before they were rescued off their submerged villages, the government has blamed the approximately 80,000 poor families for the unprecedented flooding in Metro Manila.
Focusing on Fort Hood Killer’s Beliefs Are an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre
Focusing on Fort Hood Killer’s Beliefs Are an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre
By MARK AMES AlterNet International Posted by Bulatlat.com It's hard to pinpoint what's the most shocking thing about Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan's shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas. I'll start with this: There's nothing all that groundbreaking about it. It...
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