Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Sa dalas kong mapadaan sa Quezon Avenue, madalas kong matunghayan ang apat na palapag na gusali. Gusto kong magpugay tuwing dumadaan ako rito, parang ginagawang taimtim na kagyat na dasal o pag-krus ng Katoliko kapag napadaan sa simbahan. Pero nitong mga nakaraang buwan, ang gusali ay inabandona na. Wala na…
Month: October 2011
All-out deception
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The shrill call to wage “all-out war”, in reaction to the overwhelming defeat of a platoon of special action forces on a mission to “arrest” a rebel Moro commander in Basilan, is nothing but pure hogwash. For one it is obvious, except to the military top brass and to…
All Souls Day
By Flon Faurillo (Bulatlat.com)
Lung Center employees demand their rightful benefits Halloween trick-or-treat style
Lung Center employees demand their rightful benefits Halloween trick-or-treat style
(Click to view larger image. Photos by Lovely Tangal )
Women strike against poverty, government neglect, corporate greed
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Rhak Bihag, 23 said life is getting more difficult for urban poor families. “It’s difficult to find a job; it’s difficult to make do with a measly budget to buy food for our family. And what does the president do? He further pushes poor families to crisis.”…
Photo of the Week: Lechon
The lechon or roasted pig, and the tender, smaller version called lechon de leche or roasted suckling pig, star in many Filipino banquets. The crunch of its skin and the tastiness of its meat and fat can make you forget its high cost to both your wallet and cholesterol levels. Photo by Jo A. Santos…
Street Shooter: Roots
A street child is fully engaged by an interactive installation at the Museum of the Filipino People. (Ermita, Manila)
U.S. and NATO are jubilant over the spoils of war in Libya
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson International League of Peoples’ Struggle 23 October 2011 The US and its imperialist allies in the NATO targeted Gaddafi and his regime for complete destruction because he had grievously offended them in the following ways: he called for the nationalization and retraction of so-called neoliberal concessions that he had…
LTE: Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME – Staunch defender of the peasants and lumads rights and welfare
Letter to the Editor 25 October 2011 Dear Editor, We, the Moros, share the grief of our Christian and Lumad brothers and sisters in Arakan, North Cotabato for the brutal killing of Father Fausto Tentorio, PIME, an Italian Catholic missionary who truly served the poor, impoverished and marginalized peasants and indigenous peoples in the area…
Ilocos Groups join lakbayan
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com Last October 20-21, peasant groups coming from the Ilocos region joined in the camp out at Mendiola of the Lakbayan 2011. “We joined the Lakbayan in solidarity with our fellow peasants. Activities like this serve as a venue for us coming from the regions to present our issues at the national…
Bishop joins call for release of 2 peasant leaders
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A Catholic bishop called for the immediate release of two peasant leaders accused of common crimes. In a letter addressed to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima dated October 18, Bishop Broderick Pabillo, head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)-National Secretariat for Social Action (Nassa), called…