By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld A COALITION that includes the most despised former colonizers of African countries and led by the United States has attacked Libya under cover of a UN resolution supposedly for humanitarian purposes — i.e., to stop...
Ni RICHARD R. GAPPI I. Paano tumukoy ng taong labas? Una,... kung may dala siyang notebook o laptop habang nasa bundok. Pangalawa, hindi siya bihasa magsalita sa dila ng mga taga-roon. Pangatlo, lansihin ang madla at sabihing mag-isa siyang nahuli at may hawak na...
By FR. RAYMOND AMBRAY Bulatlat.com The fourth graduation ceremony of Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) held on March 15, 2011 had a special character as it was attended by Jozef Naudts, the first secretary of the...
By SHARMAINE VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “Of course we would fight for the financial assistance due to us no matter what happens. I have sacrificed so much for this. Financial assistance is financial assistance. For me, and for everyone here, we will continue...
By JONELLE MARIN Bulatlat.com What appears to be President Benigno Aquino III’s efforts, or lack thereof, in ending poverty in the Philippines have been looming as the people’s primary burden making them poorer. “Look at the results of the recent Social Weather...
Red Pepper (U.K.) Reposted by Bulatlat.com Tom Fox argues that the arms trade means our foreign policy will never be humanitarian With a no-fly zone established and British aircraft among those bombing Libya, we once again have a government smearing themselves with...
Truthdig / By Chris Hedges Reposted by Bulatlat.com Our Public Schools Are Churning Out Drones for the Corporate State Unconscious civilizations become totalitarian wastelands. A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts...
By JONELLE MARIN
It has been said that children are always caught in the crossfire in a war preventing them from having normal lives. It would have even been better if this was the case, because the following stories are accounts of children who became the target of attacks by the military.
By Bulatlat.com If small and large employers in the Philippines accept a cut in their already-substantial profits, they can afford to grant a sufficient wage increase, according to research group IBON. The benefits for workers and their families is unambiguous and...
In today’s commercialized culture, love is often expressed through gifts of 18-karat gold rings, pendants or necklaces. The means employed in the extraction of the gem, however, are far from romantic. By EDWIN C. MERCURIO Bulatlat.com TORONTO, Canada – Hidden from...
By SHARMAINE VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com After a malaria outbreak in a worksite in Madagascar, an island located in Africa, Filipino workers (OFWs) from one of the largest international nickel-cobalt mining factories scrambled to be repatriated to ensure their health...
By David Bacon Working In These Times Reposted by Bulatlat.com The U.S. media tends to view social movements as the creation of strong leaders, especially on those rare occasions when it looks at unions. Nowhere is this more evident than in its view of Cesar Chavez...
By Richard Clark Reposted by Bulatlat.com "Millions of folks around the good ol’ USA have been screwed over by predatory lenders and fine-print credit card contracts, and now, partly because of that, many of them are swimming in debt. And now, some of these people...
News Statement March 11, 2011 The unremitting campaign of the Wisconsin State legislature to illegally railroad the wildly unpopular budget bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker is being confronted head-on by a wave of people's upsurge across the Midwestern United...
Ni RICHARD R. GAPPI Bulatlat.com I. Ang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) ay kumukolekta ng $25 sa bawat nakarehistrong OFW. Itinatakda ng Migrant Workers Act na P100 million dapat ang ilaan para sa legal assistance ng mga OFW. Bago maupong pangulo,...
By MAI MALAYA
"This is not a war between the military and the NPA but the struggle of the masses for genuine change and democracy." – Leoncio Pitao alias Commander Parago
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