By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “Mom, have you heard of the UP Manila student who committed suicide because she couldn’t pay her tuition?” “Yes, I was almost in tears when I saw it in the news. She reminded me of you.” This was the conversation...
The month-long standoff in Sabah between followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and the Malaysian security forces has turned into a critical humanitarian case, with reports of the latter applying excessive force, brutally treating Filipinos living there, and making it hard for assistance to reach them.
Ni LARA AUSTRIA 1,500. 1,500 kada unit ang matrikula sa UP. Samantalang 25, 25 kada metro kwadrado ang upa ng Ayala sa Technohub kada buwan. 600. 600 per unit ang matrikula ni Iska sa STFAP Bracket C. Samantalang 600, 600 kada araw lang din ang kita ng amang taxi...
Ni Raymund Villanueva Bulatlat.com (Para kay Kristel Tejada, 16) Lumimlim ang araw, ang hangi’y humaligmig Nang mabalitaan ang iyong pagtawid Sa kawalang suliranin, sa kabilang daigdig Iniwa’y mundong panandaliang naantig Simbilis ng kidlat, sing-tulin ng hagibis...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The GPH-MILF peace negotiations are seen to be moving forward at a fast clip with the Framework Agreement signed, negotiations on annexes ongoing and the composition of the Transition Commission finalized. In...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In response to the Bacolod diocese’s hanging up a streamer urging voters to reject those candidates for the Senate whom it referred to as "Team Patay" (The Death Team) for voting for the Responsible Parenthood and...
After a fruitful dialogue between Dir. Leo Jasareno of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and representatives of environmental advocates in Ilocos Sur, the Bureau and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources gave their commitment to stop black sand mining in the province.
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Senator Joker Arroyo once described the Aquino government as the equivalent of a college student council. He was wrong. It’s more like a high school student council, and not only because at its core is the barkada...
By RIO MONDELO
Is there a basis for the claims of the Sultanate of Sulu over Sabah? Could the act committed by Kiram’s followers be called an incursion or are they right in saying that it is Malaysia which has no rightful claim to Sabah and are therefore the invaders?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star For four days this week I joined a low-key electoral campaign sortie in Western Mindanao, specifically in Jolo, Zamboanga City, and Isabela, Basilan. I welcomed the chance to return to these places, accept...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In an audacious move to force both the Philippine and Malaysian governments to recognize the Sultanate of Sulu’s claim of ownership over Sabah, the Sultanate’s heirs physically occupied Lahad Datu in Sabah last...
By LUIS ADRIAN A. HIDALGO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Nearly two years of detainment has tested his spirit, but that didn’t stop poet-activist Ericson Acosta from standing by his cause and principles. A week after the trumped-up charges were dropped due to insufficient...
Panagbenga shows ‘best of the best’ (Text and Photos by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat.com)
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star An altogether different way to celebrate Valentine’s Day occurred last Thursday simultaneously in over 170 countries, including the Philippines. The unique celebration was a gigantic project. It took a year...
Ni Emmanuel I. Derecho Mula sa aklat ng 'Mga Tula Ng Maubanin' I Maluwag na sinturon na aking dala-dala, Ibinigay ng kwadradong daigdig na lona, Sa laki ang bayan ko dito ay kasya, Nagbigay sa akin ng tulugan na pera. II Hindi lang ito isa kundi ito ay walo,...
The NPA’s ComVal North Davao South Agusan Sub-regional Command said a four-day suspension of military offensives will take effect Tuesday, February 19 to 22 in the towns of Kapalong, San Isidro, Asuncion and New Corella in Davao del Norte and in Laak, Compostela Valley.
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino displayed calculated illogic when he attempted to dismiss calls for the abrogation of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in light of the grounding of the USS Guardian, a...
By JHESSET THRINA ENANO
“The Visiting Forces Agreement led to this situation in the first place. Without the VFA, we call it ‘invasion.’” – Dr. Giovanni Tapang, Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Sambayanan
This, after the Department of Social Welfare and Development-XI refused to release the 10,000 sacks of rice committed by Sec. Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman even after the leaders had presented and submitted their distribution plan on Thursday, February 7.
By ANDRE VLTCHEK Counterpunch.org Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Libya are in shambles, crushed by the heavy boots of Western imperialism. But we are told to fear China. The entire nations of Indochina were bombed back to the stone age, because Western demi-gods...
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