By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (November 11, 2011) -- The government is moving to exempt corporate mining from total log ban policy, Leo Jasareno, director of Mines and Geosciences, said in a discussion about Philippine mining at the Minerals Industry...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY-- Rehabilitating the Ambuklao Dam in Bokod, Benguet will not mitigate the effects of climate change, contrary to what the SN Power Aboitiz is saying, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) here said in a statement....
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This week in Cannes, France, the Group of 20 biggest economies or G-20 - representing 85 percent of the world’s economy, 80 percent of trade, and two-thirds of population — holds its sixth summit meeting...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Philippines has a former advertising executive for tourism secretary in Ramon Jimenez. In his TV and other media appearances, Jimenez exudes confidence from every pore as he carries on in his American-accented...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld President Benigno Aquino’s “all-out justice” slogan, coined by his tourism secretary (an advertising man before joining government), seems to be catching on. As a tagline, it aims to capture the administration’s...
A daily sight in Bontoc-Banaue Road-- trucks of all sizes roll up and down the road groaning under the weight of their cargo. Photo by Noel D. Godinez (Bulatlat.com)
By ROMEL RODRIGUEZ 03 November 2011 at 23:11 Ngayong gabi, katabi ng pangalan ng iyong mga kaanak at larawan, nakalagak ang isang byulin na walang kuwerdas. Nakasandal naman ang mga plawta sa takip ng kabaong. Na para bang bantay,tanod o higit pa, tunay na...
Moro rights group protests vs Aquino's 'all-out justice,' urges the people to defend human rights
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By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This week I was in Kidapawan City to attend the wake and funeral of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, the now-famous martyred Italian missionary about whom I wrote last week. I stayed a day longer to visit another wake in...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Roman emperor Nero was supposed to have fiddled while ancient Rome burned for nine days. But if he did play any instrument at all while much of the city was destroyed, he would have picked at a lute or a lyre,...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The shrill call to wage “all-out war”, in reaction to the overwhelming defeat of a platoon of special action forces on a mission to “arrest” a rebel Moro commander in Basilan, is nothing but pure hogwash. For one...
The lechon or roasted pig, and the tender, smaller version called lechon de leche or roasted suckling pig, star in many Filipino banquets. The crunch of its skin and the tastiness of its meat and fat can make you forget its high cost to both your wallet and...
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson International League of Peoples' Struggle 23 October 2011 The US and its imperialist allies in the NATO targeted Gaddafi and his regime for complete destruction because he had grievously offended them in the following ways: he...
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com Last October 20-21, peasant groups coming from the Ilocos region joined in the camp out at Mendiola of the Lakbayan 2011. “We joined the Lakbayan in solidarity with our fellow peasants. Activities like this serve as a venue for us coming...
BY CJ KUIZON Davao Today Main Story: Scholars to pursue legacy of Fr. Pops ARAKAN, NORTH COTABATO—“I thought he had a stroke.” Lucita Nombreda or Ate Cita was the first to discover the dead body of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME. The 72-year-old...
By MARIETA BASTE-HERNANI and MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
“Father Pops told us, Jesus Christ sacrificed his life for the people. What about us humans? Can’t we sacrifice our lives for our fellowmen and women, too?”
Sidebar: Musings in the first hours following Fr. Pops murder?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Italian missionary Fausto Tentorio foresaw six years ago that he would “die of bullets” someday. Although he was proven correct, that didn’t make his death right. Last week, Fr. Tentorio was shot dead outside...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld President Benigno Aquino III has “vowed,” say media reports, to get the killers of Fr. Fausto Tentorio even if they should turn out to be members of the paramilitary groups he, Aquino, has refused to dismantle. The...
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