#BulatlatAsks: What does being Filipino mean to you?
Bulatlat.com asked protesters in Mendiola how they define themselves as Filipinos.
#BulatlatAsks: What does being Filipino mean to you?
Teachers, students call: ‘Wikang Filipino, ipaglaban!’
Teachers, students call: ‘Wikang Filipino, ipaglaban!’
“We are angry because this is an attack on our culture, our history, and our community as a unified nation.”
The electoral circus comes to town
The electoral circus comes to town
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The election season is definitely upon us even with national polls still nine months away and filing of candidacies for national positions set two months from now. Already we can see the portent of things to...
Reading Club 2000 | Sharing books, feeling good
Reading Club 2000 | Sharing books, feeling good
“A book is meant to be read and lived-by.”
Changing the political culture by campaigning early
Changing the political culture by campaigning early
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Liberal Party (LP) Secretary General Mel Senen Sarmiento says that the LP will run a “positive campaign” to elect Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II to the Presidency. “It’s just sad that some people are using...
Foreign brands influx into Phl retail market
Foreign brands influx into Phl retail market
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Three months ago, I wrote about the hazy prospect of resolving the huge backlog in providing housing for the underprivileged and homeless citizens: 5.5 million units today, projected to rise to 12.5 million...
Bicol human rights leader shot dead
Bicol human rights leader shot dead
Sorsogon human rights leader Teodoro "Tudoy" Escanilla was shot dead on Aug. 19 midnight, at his home.
A is for Anakbayan and other activist terms in the Philippines
A is for Anakbayan and other activist terms in the Philippines
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino A – Anakbayan is a youth group established in 1998 which became prominent in Edsa Dos and during the campaign for the abolition of ROTC. Anakpawis is a partylist group which is at the forefront of the campaign to pass the Genuine...
Poverty is the cause, not the result, of overpopulation
Poverty is the cause, not the result, of overpopulation
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Philippine population reached 100 million in 2014, and is projected to reach 101.6 million this year. The projection is based on an annual growth rate of 2.1%, which, while lower than the 2.42% rate from 1990 to...
Will the BBL become another ‘failed experiment’?
Will the BBL become another ‘failed experiment’?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star It almost looks certain: the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, now being deliberated in both chambers of the 16th Congress, can become another “failed experiment” – which is how President Aquino depicts the...
Asserting national interest in trade negotiations
Asserting national interest in trade negotiations
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Though we are mere uzi or bystanders in the ongoing negotiations to forge a Trans-Pacific free-trade bloc, it is interesting, and instructive, to observe the converging and clashing national interests among...
Battle of the SONAs
Battle of the SONAs
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Some Filipinos complain that the State of the Nation Address or SONA has become too politicized, but not just in one, but in two senses has it always been political. Delivering the SONA is a duty required of the...
Dispatches: Whitewashing internal displacement in Ph
Dispatches: Whitewashing internal displacement in Ph
As of May, there were more than 260,000 IDPs in the Philippines, the result of conflict and natural disasters. Too often the government talks the talk while neglecting them – or worse.
Foreign mining companies vs global social movements
Foreign mining companies vs global social movements
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In the last two decades, the global mining industry has tried to repair its image and whitewash its blackened record in the wake of public furor over mine “accidents” and stiff resistance by mining communities to...
Filipino media: Out of context — and loving it
Filipino media: Out of context — and loving it
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The absence of context in news reports and even commentaries is a common failing of most of the major news media, in contrast to its frequent and common emphasis by alternative media organizations. The latter are the...
‘Close US military bases and save money, lives’
‘Close US military bases and save money, lives’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Now comes a new — and quite reasonable — proposal on what to do with the 700 US military bases overstaying in various countries across the world: Close them all, and save money and lives. The idea comes from...
PhilHealth: The myth of universal health care under Aquino
PhilHealth: The myth of universal health care under Aquino
A recent IBON study among PhilHealth beneficiaries reveals how health services in the country have deteriorated and become more costly for the public
Aquino seeks to define his administration’s legacy. But what legacy?
Aquino seeks to define his administration’s legacy. But what legacy?
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld This year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) is President B. S. Aquino III’s last. He is expected to deliver a powerful speech replete with his regime’s achievements for the last five years with a summation of...
Aquino’s Final SONA | ‘Our art is our voice’
Aquino’s Final SONA | ‘Our art is our voice’
Artists bring their art, songs and dance to depict the people’s lives at the SONA protest.
Aquino’s Final SONA | MRT on barong, old gowns for ‘old lies’
Aquino’s Final SONA | MRT on barong, old gowns for ‘old lies’
"The MRT is the best illustration of the impropriety of the Aquino administration when it comes to providing services to their people.”
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