Salungguhit: Super body?
By TILDE ACUÑA
Bulatlat Contributors | Dec 7, 2012
Student journalists mark 3rd year of massacre
Student journalists mark 3rd year of massacre
By SIDLANGAN NATIVIDAD Bulatlat.com MANILA– Student journalists from different student publications under the banner of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines-NCR (CEGP) held a protest action in front of the Mendiola Peace Arch a day before the November 23...
On 3rd year of Ampatuan massacre, groups call for justice, dismantling of private armies
On 3rd year of Ampatuan massacre, groups call for justice, dismantling of private armies
Brad Adams, Asia director for the Human Rights Watch, said the Ampatuan massacre has “brought to light” the dangers posed by private armies, militias, and paramilitaries in the country “but the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has not seriously...
Kin file complaint against soldiers for mutilating bodies of slain NPA fighters
Kin file complaint against soldiers for mutilating bodies of slain NPA fighters
By SID NATIVIDAD Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) once filed a case against the Abu Sayyaf back in 2007 for the alleged decapitation of slain Marines in Basilan. Five years later, another complaint has been filed not by the AFP but...
Irreversible: Environmental costs of large-scale mining
Irreversible: Environmental costs of large-scale mining
IBON Features / November 2012 Through the years, large-scale mining has caused deforestation and pollution as well as irreversible destruction to the ecology IBON Features – For spilling more than 15 million cubic meters of mine sediments from its Padcal mine...
Priest seeks probe on police chief, military official tagged in Italian missionary slay
Priest seeks probe on police chief, military official tagged in Italian missionary slay
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Fr. Geremia said a witness in their custody narrated that former Arakan Police chief Benjamin Rioflorido was the one who accosted the paramilitary troops who were out to assassinate Tentorio on October 15, 2011. The paramilitary troops were said to have a sack of firearms and the military’s Capt. Mark Espiritu was allegedly the one who signed to release the firearms.
Under the Cloak of Liberalism
Under the Cloak of Liberalism
America on the Cusp of Fascism By NORMAN POLLACK Counterpunch I use “fascism” here not as a cliché, but as an historical-structural formation principally rooted in the mature stage of capitalism, in which business-government interpenetration (what the Japanese...
Servants and Masters: The Special Interests Won Again
Servants and Masters: The Special Interests Won Again
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Counterpunch The election that was supposed to be too close to call turned out not to be so close after all. In my opinion, Obama won for two reasons: (1) Obama is non-threatening and inclusive, whereas Romney exuded a “us vs. them” impression...
Makabayan endorses five Senatorial candidates from other parties
Makabayan endorses five Senatorial candidates from other parties
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – They belong to different political parties but they share common advocacies. This is the basis of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) for endorsing five Senatorial candidates, Satur Ocampo, president of...
NPA denies AFP allegations, says soldiers were armed and legitimate military targets when killed
NPA denies AFP allegations, says soldiers were armed and legitimate military targets when killed
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The 1st Pulang Bagani Company of the Merardo Arce Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao (1ST PBC-NPA) denied earlier reports that the four army soldiers killed in Paquibato District on Sunday,...
Son of Cordillera rebel leader taken by authorities
Son of Cordillera rebel leader taken by authorities
By Artemio A. Dumlao Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (November 7, 2012) – Intelligence agents reportedly took “captive” for two days now the son of underground Cordillera Peoples Democratic Front (CPDF) spokesperson Simon Naogsan. Grayson Naogsan was arrested by men who...
Women’s rights advocates question PHL’s gender equality performance
Women’s rights advocates question PHL’s gender equality performance
Man story: Rape, cases of violence against women on the rise – Gabriela Retired professor Vilma Gonzales of the local Network of Women raised her doubts over the country’s international ranking in gender relations as “sexual abuses, rape, among others still abound...
Rights worker in Visayas harassed by suspected military agents
Rights worker in Visayas harassed by suspected military agents
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
President Benigno Aquino III’s excuse that cases of human rights violations being brought before it are mere “leftist propaganda’ is not only lame, it is dangerous as threats against human rights defenders intensify.
A failed formula for worldwide war
A failed formula for worldwide war
How the empire changed its face, but not its nature By NICK TURSE Tomdispatch.com They looked like a gang of geriatric giants. Clad in smart casual attire -- dress shirts, sweaters, and jeans -- and incongruous blue hospital booties, they strode around “the world,”...
Money Talks in Many Ways: Election-season reflections on how the ruling class rules
Money Talks in Many Ways: Election-season reflections on how the ruling class rules
By PAUL STREET Z Communications | News Analysis Truthout.com A solid majority of Americans has long told pollsters that the wealthy few and their giant corporations and financial institutions exercise too much power in “the world’s most celebrated democracy”[1] the...
Indignation mounts over massacre of anti-mining family
Indignation mounts over massacre of anti-mining family
Indignation mounts over massacre of anti-mining family (Text and photos by JHUN DANTES / Bulatlat.com)
Church youth signify commitment to eco-justice
Church youth signify commitment to eco-justice
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com The Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) has always been upfront about their stand with regards the issues that plague the marginalized in the country. In living true to their historical roots, the IFI remains to be involved in seeking...
The red baiting and reformism of Akbayan
The red baiting and reformism of Akbayan
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise Business World The Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa (New Zealand) put President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino on the spot when they raised questions about his administration’s human rights record and the continuing reign of...
Youth groups urge public to sign petition against AO 31
Youth groups urge public to sign petition against AO 31
Youth groups urge public to sign petition against AO 31 (Photo by Chad Balangon / Bulatlat.com)
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