NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Hindi ko maisip kung anong balangkas ang maiaambag Tungkol sa tubigang hinaplos ng lapot ang banigang lawak; Mula nang lumubog ang M/T Solar One sa laot Guimaras Tila ba napudpod, naubos ang laman ng aking panulat. Ayaw...
A La Salle professor said the killing of the impeachment case against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was inevitable because it was part of the whole design of Malacañang to keep the president in power up to 2010 and beyond. BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat.com BACOLOD...
A fisherfolk couple from Hagonoy, Bulacan was abducted on August 30, the same day that cause-oriented groups commemorated the United Nations (UN)-declared International Day of the Disappeared. That the wife was released a day after is not a consolation in any way,...
By Karl G. Ombion Bulatlat.com BACOLOD City – In an isolated highway of Hacienda Emma, Barangay (village) Manapla town, more than 50 kms north of this city, two motorcycle-riding men in ski masks blocked and shot Sanito Bargamento at around 3:15 p.m. Friday....
"Governments that forsake control over the domestic economy betray their poor farmers, workers and small and medium businesses." Posted by Bulatlat.com The recently-signed trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) between the U.S. and the Association of...
While the new media necessitates the rethinking of the current practice of review and classification in television and film, what proves to be more important at this point is to expose how the current administration resorts to de facto censorship of contrary views...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines claimed to have dug up another mass grave of victims of the Communist Party of the Philippines anti-infiltration campaign in Leyte province. But Bayan Muna party-list Satur Ocampo and Committee DEFEND said the AFP had in the past...
The passage of the anti-terror bill is expected to spur more economic and military aid for the Arroyo government, in exchange for deepening its involvement in the U.S.-led "War on Terror" and protecting America's economic stake in the Philippines, independent...
In spite of President Arroyo’s statement that it is government policy to “allow our citizens to work only in safe places,” some 1.1 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are still working, and many more are being deployed in danger zones all over the world. BY...
The stories do not end with the deaths and disappearances. Beyond the names and faces of the victims are the equally tragic stories of their families who are left to face not only the loss or absence of their loved ones but also a life permanently scarred and a...
The stories do not end with the deaths and disappearances. Beyond the names and faces of the victims are the equally tragic stories of their families who are left to face not only the loss or absence of their loved ones but also a life permanently scarred and a...
BY BULATLAT Relatives of desaparecidos, or those who were abducted and missing, paid tribute to their loved ones and vowed to fight for justice on the International Day of the Disappeared today, even as human rights workers fear there will be more victims of...
Rights watchdogs led by Karapatan are set to file complaints and reports with the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva next month. The complaints over the spate of political killings will ask Macapagal-Arroyo to account for the killings which have to date...
by BULATLAT Bulatlat.com The Batasan 5 was able to get a favorable ruling when the Makati regional trial court suspended Aug. 22 proceedings of the rebellion case filed against them. Makati RTC Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda suspended all proceedings against Bayan...
BY BULATLAT Bulatlat.com Six victims in three days. In a span of two days, four civilians in this region were felled by ski-masks wearing gunmen believed to be elements of the military’s death squad while two others were reported missing since Aug 14. At about 7:30...
Open Letter Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President of the Republic Malacananga Palace Manila, Philippines Dear Madam President, Reporters Without Borders, an organisation that defends press freedom throughout the world, hails your statement on 1 August...
By Bulatlat Bulatlat.com A factory worker in Laguna became the 725th victim of extra-judicial killings of activists since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed the presidency in 2001. The Southern Tagalog chapter of the human rights group Karapatan (Alliance...
1 missing since July 28 BY BULATLAT Bulatlat.com Three activists were killed in the last 24 hours in the regions of Northern and Central Luzon and Sorsogon province, the three priority areas of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s all-out-war policy. Dr. Chandu...
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has set June 10 as the date for initial land distribution in Hacienda Luisita but the parties to the dispute, including DAR, appear to be getting deeply embroiled in a tug-of-war.
“Medyo bagong karanasan pero obligadong matutunan(It is a rather new experience and I’m obliged to learn it).” This was how 34-year-old poet Axel Alejandro Pinpin described his 30-day ordeal under police custody. BY DENNIS ESPADA (Bulatlat.com) “Medyo bagong...
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