By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If the Aquino III administration ignored warnings from the environmental and science communities long before Sendong that a disaster was coming in Mindanao, it wouldn’t be any more unique than past administrations....
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star As the Christmas and New Year holidays approach, the air of economic uncertainty dampens the traditionally anticipated spirit of merriment and hope among the people in the United States and Europe. Why? The...
By Jose Leon Dulce Bulatlat.com As the year comes to a close, it now appears that Typhoon Sendong (international name Washi) is the eadliest storm of 2011. It affected more than 27,000 families in around 190 barangays, in 24 municipalities and cities in the 13...
The battle between Pres. Benigno Aquino III and Chief Justice Renato Corona has begun. It has started with the exchange of verbal fireworks. However, everything would come to a head in a few days time when the Senate convenes itself as an impeachment court. This...
Two girls dream of a wonderful Christmas, the kind that has been deprived of them and of many other children. (Commonwealth Market, Quezon City) Photo By Pom Cahilog-Villanueva...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “Our gathering this morning is an opportunity to further assess the strengths and weaknesses of the present criminal justice system, and to come up with new and timely initiatives concerning the delivery of...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In our previous column entitled "Battle for Justice", we said that a big battle is looming to bring the Arroyos to justice. Few outside the innermost circles of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino would have...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The main complaint by his mostly lawyer partisans against the impeachment of Renato Corona is that it was done too quickly, followed by claims that it’s an attack on the Supreme Court’s independence, and is...
Environmentalists protest against Aboitiz Coal Power Plant in Davao (Photos by Karlos Manlupig)
By Frances Quimpo The history of protecting the Philippine environment and the country’s natural resources is a history of resistance: stories of valiant struggle and often untold sacrifices by people and communities to protect their lands, mountains, rivers, and...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star With perseverance and assertiveness, political prisoners in various detention centers begin today a week-long fasting-hunger strike, culminating on December 10, International Human Rights Day. Their demand:...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Forces in the Philippine political landscape are gearing up for a major legal and political battle. Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband’s attempts to leave the country and escape the...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In an attempt to validate his earlier claim that the country is under threat from “creeping martial law” during the Aquino III administration, Senator Joker Arroyo said last Tuesday that the Marcos martial law regime...
Ni Sonny Mallari Bulatlat.com It was no ordinary image in black and white… Of desecrated body and trampled soul, Of flesh mangled into pieces by modern-day beasts. Of empty head carved into a gory dungeon, Of nightmares and broken dreams. A revolting colorless...
By ACE ALEGRE
On December 2010 alone, 174 new cases were reported, representing a 38-percent increase compared to the same month in 2009. It was also the highest number of cases reported in a single month since 1984.
By Giovanni Tapang, PhD Bulatlat.com November 30 marked the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary and Supremo of the Katipunan. His anniversary yesterday was marked by protests actions in the metropolis by workers and...
Youth, students mark 47th anniversary of Kabataang Makabayan
(Photos by Gregorio B. "Jhun" Dantes Jr.)
The airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers is just the latest in a series of mistakes that raise doubts about NATO's credibility By PRATAP CHATTERJEE Commondreams.org Why did NATO forces kill two dozen Pakistani soldiers at a border post in the Mohmand region,...
It's time for the US to re-examine the consequences of its dehumanizing, deadly attacks in Pakistan. By JENNIFER ROBINSON Commondreams.org This weekend, Pakistan ordered the closure of the US drone base after a US attack killed 26 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld MANILA -- Tondo is in the popular mind Manila’s workers’ district, although some sociologists point out, as they did when Manuel Villar was running for President in 2010 and hoping to win by passing himself off as...
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