Youths rage vs. Marcos burial in heroes’ cemetery
The Supreme Court decision allowing a hero's burial for Marcos has sparked outrage among the youth.
Youths rage vs. Marcos burial in heroes’ cemetery
Court upholds decision allowing Mary Jane’s written testimony
Court upholds decision allowing Mary Jane’s written testimony
“It is a settled fact that the private complainant is a death row prisoner having been convicted of drug trafficking in the Republic of Indonesia.” By JONAS ALPASAN Bulatlat MANILA – A Nueva Ecija court upheld its earlier decision to allow Mary Jane Veloso, the...
Journey of national minority depicted in first-ever literary folio
Journey of national minority depicted in first-ever literary folio
The two-week Manila campaign of struggling Moro and indigenous peoples has inspired a literary folio.
Fire-storm from the boondocks: Understanding ‘Little Brown Brother’s’ Realpolitik
Fire-storm from the boondocks: Understanding ‘Little Brown Brother’s’ Realpolitik
Interviewing Dr. Kenneth Bauzon on the Duterte Presidency before the 2016 US Elections By E. SAN JUAN, Jr. Emeritus Professor of Ethnic Studies & Comparative Literature; Professorial Lecturer, Polytechnic University of the Philippines “A howling wilderness” was...
On issues surrounding Oslo talks
On issues surrounding Oslo talks
(This is my response to Mr. Edwin G. Espejo, a member of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) Peace Panel Communications Group, who wrote a piece on rappler.com about the second round of GRP-NDFP [National Democratic Front of the Philippines]...
Fishers back to Panatag an interim gain for Phl
Fishers back to Panatag an interim gain for Phl
Absent a formal agreement between the Philippines and China, the latter lifted last week its naval blockage that, for the past four years, had prevented Filipino fishers from gaining access to their traditional fishing areas in the Panatag/Scarborough Shoal in the...
Democratic space | Poverty is root of crime
Democratic space | Poverty is root of crime
Since the Duterte Administration took over, their supposed mission was to eradicate drugs including other serious problems of the Philippines like poverty. In the article of Almi Atienza, Germelina Lacorte, Kate Pedroso and Rafael Antonio entitled ‘Traffic, poverty...
Democratic space | There are bigger battles outside the Paris Agreement
Democratic space | There are bigger battles outside the Paris Agreement
The climate talks are still a legitimate venue to advance the concrete needs and aspirations of our people.
China, Japan back-to-back visits part of policy design
China, Japan back-to-back visits part of policy design
Behind the bluster and expletive-laced pronouncements of President Duterte, he is gradually giving shape to his avowed independent foreign policy – away from dependence on the United States. In this regard, his back-to-back official visits to China and Japan, and...
Pavlovian reflex
Pavlovian reflex
It was painful to watch the video footage of a police van mowing down protesting indigenous and Moro people in front of the US embassy last Wednesday. The zeal and brutality with which the police inflicted injury on anyone they could lay their hands on and arrest...
Between a ‘kook and a crook’
Between a ‘kook and a crook’
On Nov. 8, or barely two weeks from today, US voters -- or at least those who will bother to vote, most Americans being too cynical of the process to go to the polls, let alone be politically engaged enough to care about how they’re governed -- will choose their...
Paragliding time
Paragliding time
MANILA -- In Barangay Tinoto, Maasim, Sarangani, local and international paragliders prepare for the National Paragliding Fun Fly/Costume Flying and accuracy landing competition slated for October 29 to 31. Sarangani is increasingly becoming popular not only...
Epiko sa Lungsod
Epiko sa Lungsod
Ni IPE SOCO Rumagasa ang hangin Tangay ang kanilang awit Papalayo sa tahanang Tinutungkab ng dayuhan Humalo ang sariwang taghoy Sa alingasaw ng urbanidad Tinahak ng mga paang bihasa Sa pagtawid sa mga ilog Sapa, pilapil, at dawag Ang aspalto ng lungsod Na...
Duterte urged to free 4 Bulacan farmers nabbed in the guise of anti-drug war
Duterte urged to free 4 Bulacan farmers nabbed in the guise of anti-drug war
“Let us condemn the continuing injustice against peasants, and the PNP’s use of the so-called war against drugs to infringe on the rights of the peasants and delegitimize their struggle for a genuine land reform policy.”
Central Luzon NGO decries harassment on dev’t staff
Central Luzon NGO decries harassment on dev’t staff
A humanitarian NGO had to cancel its relief operations after threats from soldiers in the community.
Facets of injustice in US justice system
Facets of injustice in US justice system
This week I came across the interesting stories of two political prisoners. Both served as soldiers under separate American wars of intervention but subsequently, for different reasons, turned against the US government. Both were arrested, and their experiences...
Thorny issues emerge in Oslo peace talks
Thorny issues emerge in Oslo peace talks
The second round of peace talks in Oslo, Norway between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) ended on a noticeably less upbeat tone compared to the resumption in August. The weather...
Dismantling the culture of impunity
Dismantling the culture of impunity
In 2015, the Philippines was number four in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Impunity Index, after Somalia, Iraq, and Syria. The Index lists those countries where the killers of journalists are seldom, if ever, punished, with many literally getting away...
Pushing forward: Why the fight for self-determination of national minorities is far from over
Pushing forward: Why the fight for self-determination of national minorities is far from over
Bulatlat Special Report:
“This Lakbayan demonstrates the unity of national minorities in asserting our right to self-determination,” Malayao said. “ We demand the right to self governance, the freedom to practice our way of life, and the full control of our resources.”
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