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News in Pictures: Migrant Group Welcomes China Decision, Calls on Government to Act on Cases of Other OFWs in Death Row

News in Pictures: Migrant Group Welcomes China Decision, Calls on Government to Act on Cases of Other OFWs in Death Row


In a press conference held on Saturday at the Migrante International office, families of OFWs in death row and in jail appealed to the Philippine government to also act in haste for their relatives. "Let us also not forget that there are still others in death row who continue to appeal to the government for much-needed attention and intervention," said Garry Martinez, Migrante International chairperson.(Photos by Jo A. Santos / bulatlat.com)

| Feb 20, 2011

Satur C. Ocampo | Talking Peace, Again: Is it Necessary, or Not?

Satur C. Ocampo | Talking Peace, Again: Is it Necessary, or Not?

The peace talks now going on in Oslo between the government and the NDFP, having moved on to the deep-seated problems that have been sustaining the CPP-NPA-led armed struggle over 40 years, were the subject of editorial comment in this newspaper the other day. I think that certain points were correctly spotlighted and interpreted in the editorial, but it is amiss on others. By SATUR C. OCAMPO / bulatlat.com

| Feb 20, 2011

Luis V. Teodoro | Imagine

Luis V. Teodoro | Imagine

Imagine a world without US intervention, violence, manipulation, and bullying. What’s happening in the Middle East is sending across the planet precisely the message that a world other than this is what people want, thereby agitating US policymakers, who have never imagined such a world possible. By LUIS V. TEODORO / bulatlat.com

| Feb 20, 2011

News in Pictures: Groups to Aquino: Have a Heart, Release All Political Prisoners

News in Pictures: Groups to Aquino: Have a Heart, Release All Political Prisoners


On Valentine's Day, various progressive groups led by the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda), an organization for former political prisoners, marched from Bustillos Church to Don Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge) in Manila, demanding for the unconditional release of the 344 political prisoners in 67 jails and detention centers nationwide. The demand also came on the eve of the resumption of the GPH-NDFP formal peace negotiations, wherein among those still in detention are 14 consultants of the NDFP.(Photos by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-NCR / bulatlat.com)

| Feb 14, 2011

Luis V. Teodoro | The Truth Interred

Luis V. Teodoro | The Truth Interred

Equally troublesome is the media tendency to speculate on Reyes’ state of mind, his reasons for his apparent suicide, and even who’s to blame for it (as the weekend approached, the Senate was turning into the villain responsible). While nothing much can be gained from it, the cost of this mindlessness is to bury under tons of verbal garbage the need to get to the bottom of the corruption metastasizing in an institution that claims national security as its exclusive mandate. By LUIS V. TEODORO / bulatlat.com

| Feb 11, 2011

Egypt’s Long Road Ahead

Egypt’s Long Road Ahead

By EUGENE ROBINSON Truthdig Posted by Bulatlat.com Hosni Mubarak’s iron rule crumbles but will not go gently. He still believes himself president of Egypt, although Egypt does not. The revolutionaries of Tahrir Square still have work to do to dislodge him—and then...

| Feb 11, 2011

Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Faking Peace Advocacy

Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Faking Peace Advocacy

The government and the AFP have consistently harped on the line that the “insurgency” is the obstacle to development, to wit: "If only the armed rebels stop fighting the government and lay down their arms, there will be peace and development in our country". This kind of thinking is totally blind to the real roots of the armed conflict and is incapable of appreciating, much less grasping, the need to address these roots in order to achieve a just and lasting peace. By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO / bulatlat.com

| Feb 11, 2011

The Lost Boys of Baseco

The Lost Boys of Baseco

By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com Bakal Boys (Children Metal Divers), directed by Ralston Jover, is a documentary-drama about young boys who dive into the sea to scavenge for metal scraps. For the average Filipino, such a story is nothing new. However, Jover, along...

| Feb 9, 2011

News in Pictures: Fire Razes Community along Agham Road

News in Pictures: Fire Razes Community along Agham Road


On February 7, 2011, at around 10:00 p.m., an estimated 5,000 families lost their homes when a fire hit Brgy. Central in Agham Road, Quezon City. The fire lasted until 3:00 a.m. of February 8. The said community was subject to demolition operations in October last year to make way for the Quezon City Business District Project. (Photos by Tudla Productions / bulatlat.com)

| Feb 8, 2011

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