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Bulatlat Contributors | Mar 11, 2011
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | A Woman’s Liberation
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | A Woman’s Liberation
At the March 8 rally, as I waited to deliver my speech to the thousands of women gathered at some distance from the Presidential Palace, I could not help but reflect on my own sojourn as a woman, from a carefree middle-class upbringing to one defined by the social and political struggles and upheavals of my generation. (By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo / bulatlat.com)
Luis V. Teodoro | Iraq Redux
Luis V. Teodoro | Iraq Redux
The violence and brutality of Gaddafi's rule, and the absence of progress during the 41 years he’s been in power, are making the case for the rebels. His erstwhile friends in Europe would gladly turn against him -- but not before they’ve seen to it that someone pliable, and preferably less daffy, could take his place, the better to assure the West continuing access to Libyan oil. (By Luis V. Teodoro / bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Green Lanterns for Environmental Justice
News in Pictures: Green Lanterns for Environmental Justice
Environmental activists, indigenous peoples' leaders and human-rights advocates today lighted green lanterns to pay tribute to the 39 environmental defenders and martyrs who were victims of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. The activity, held in Bulwagang Nicanor Delos Santos in Quezon City, coincided with the commemoration of the 2nd year since the brutal killing of anti-mining and environmental activist Eliezer “Boy” Billanes in Koronadal City on March 9, 2009. (Photos courtesy of Kalikasan-PNE / bulatlat.com)
Special Report: Visayan Groups Push For Community-Oriented Renewable Energy
Special Report: Visayan Groups Push For Community-Oriented Renewable Energy
By KARL G. OMBION
Finding it difficult to cope with the spike in prices of oil and rates of electricity? These NGOs have been working with their partner communities in developing renewable energy sources to power their needs and their development.
Elizabeth Principe, Upholding the People’s Interests Across the Negotiating Table
Elizabeth Principe, Upholding the People’s Interests Across the Negotiating Table
By D. L. MONDELO
For Beth, it was a long, long journey to Oslo, literally and figuratively. The road to peace, she says however, is even longer, more difficult to traverse and full of potholes.
Satur C. Ocampo | Edsa 1, Broadly
Satur C. Ocampo | Edsa 1, Broadly
The 25th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa popular uprising again stirred feelings of pride and frustration among Filipinos. The pride stems from our having successfully carried out the first “people power” that ousted a dictatorship through peaceful mass action. The frustration boils out of the unfulfilled promises of post-dictatorship reforms. (By Satur C. Ocampo / bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Migrant Group Hits Government for “Deadline” in Evacuation of OFWs in Libya
News in Pictures: Migrant Group Hits Government for “Deadline” in Evacuation of OFWs in Libya
The global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International on Thursday criticized the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for setting a "deadline" for the evacuation and repatriation of distressed Filipinos in Libya, when only six percent of 26,000 Filipinos scheduled to return have arrived in Manila. (Photos by Gregorio B. Dantes Jr. / bulatlat.com)
Luis V. Teodoro | No More Than Thieves
Luis V. Teodoro | No More Than Thieves
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld "Behind every great fortune," said the French novelist Honore de Balzac, "is a great crime." The Marcoses most certainly have a great fortune, estimated at somewhere between US$30 billion and $50 billion -- much of...
CenPEG | When Security Policies are Based on Lies
CenPEG | When Security Policies are Based on Lies
The "war on terror" policy pursued by the past Macapagal-Arroyo administration should be declared as good as dead and should be abandoned by the incumbent President. That policy was based hook, line, and sinker on former U.S. President George W. Bush, Jr.'s neo-conservative theory linking Iraq to the 9/11 bombings. Now, an Iraqi defector who was the primary source of so-called intelligence reports that were used to make a case for Bush's Operation Iraqi Freedom has confessed that he made the whole story up. (By Center for People Empowerment in Governance / bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Lolas Lament Slow Pace of Justice, Hit Aquino for Failed Promise
News in Pictures: Lolas Lament Slow Pace of Justice, Hit Aquino for Failed Promise
The lolas (grandmothers) of Lila Filipina, an organization of former “comfort women,” stormed the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to demand justice from the government of Japan for the crimes they committed during World War II. The lolas proceeded to Don Chino Bridge near Malacañang gate and brought with them a letter addressed to President Benigno S. Aquino III, asking why he failed to fulfill his promise of obtaining any measure of justice for them. (Photos courtesy of Gabriela / bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Panagbenga 2011: Baguio in Bloom
News in Pictures: Panagbenga 2011: Baguio in Bloom
BAGUIO CITY -- Hundreds of tourists and spectators trooped to Baguio City on Sunday to watch the Grand Float Parade, the culmination of the month-long Baguio Flower Festival or locally known as Panagbenga, which is now its 16th year. (Photos by Shiela Coo and Artemio A. Dumlao / bulatlat.com)
News in Pictures: Hundreds of OFWs Stranded in Libya, in Dire Need of Assistance, Evacuation
News in Pictures: Hundreds of OFWs Stranded in Libya, in Dire Need of Assistance, Evacuation
According to Migrante International, 105 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are stranded at the Amal Area oilfields amid violent clashes in Libya. 47 OFWs are also stranded at the Algerian border because they were not allowed to pass through due of lack of documents. (Photo courtesy of Migrante International / bulatlat.com)
Satur C. Ocampo | Impeaching the Ombudsman
Satur C. Ocampo | Impeaching the Ombudsman
Finally the congressional move to oust Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez (for the second time since 2009) has regained momentum. With the new administration’s avowed war against corruption and its majority control of the House, the militant party-list representatives hope the impeachment game will be played fairly this time. Nonetheless, they don’t rule out delaying tactics by the Ombudsman and her backers in the House. By SATUR C. OCAMPO
Does NATO Plan to Occupy Libya?
Does NATO Plan to Occupy Libya?
By FIDEL CASTRO CounterPunch Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world. It was their main weapon when they...
Why Washington Never Understood Egypt’s Revolution
Why Washington Never Understood Egypt’s Revolution
By GRAHAM USHER CounterPunch Barack Obama praised the Egyptian revolution with his usual eloquence. "Egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day," he said. "It was the moral force of nonviolence -- not terrorism, not...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Reality Check
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Reality Check
It is only through the people’s support that the two parties can draw the strength needed to withstand all negative pressures, ensure the efficacy of bilateral agreements and the successful end-result of the peace negotiations. In the final analysis, that is the meaning of the people being the true sovereign power, a fact which neither side disputes. By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO
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