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Bulatlat Contributors | Dec 18, 2010
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Looking Forward: The GRP-NDFP Peace Talks
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Looking Forward: The GRP-NDFP Peace Talks
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Contrary to skeptics’ views, there are objective conditions that auger positively for the upcoming resumption of formal peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines...
Luis V. Teodoro | Two Elections
Luis V. Teodoro | Two Elections
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Elections this November took place in two countries that are geographically far apart, and have practically nothing in common. But the results were in both cases as expected, although due to...
CenPEG | SC Ruling on the Truth Commission: A Dead-end?
CenPEG | SC Ruling on the Truth Commission: A Dead-end?
By taking the slower tack of forming a truth body, the pursuit of accountability with respect to the crimes of graft and corruption linking the previous regime has been entrusted to the constraints and weaknesses of the country’s justice system. By the Policy...
‘It’s Like Shooting Chickens In Abra’
‘It’s Like Shooting Chickens In Abra’
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Bulatlat.com Bangued, Abra (December 10, 2010) – Like shooting chickens or hunting ducks, violence continues to happen in Abra. Regaining its ugly tag as Cordillera’s “Killings Fields”, two more people were killed on Wednesday in Pidigan town,...
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com The WikiLeaks sites have vanished -- though more than 1,400 mirror sites still carry the disclosures. Amazon, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and the organization's Swiss bank have shut it down, either on...
Hunger and Anger in Afghanistan
Hunger and Anger in Afghanistan
By KATHY KELLY Commondreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat.com The Obama administration has announced the imminent release of a December Review which will evaluate the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. The military has yet to disclose what the specific...
Luis V. Teodoro | Afraid of WikiLeaks
Luis V. Teodoro | Afraid of WikiLeaks
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Julian Assange could be Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2010. If he is so named, he will be in the same company as Charles Lindbergh (1927), Mahatma Gandhi (1930), Queen Elizabeth II...
Remembering Church Worker Jose ‘Pepe’ Manegdeg
Remembering Church Worker Jose ‘Pepe’ Manegdeg
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte -- With the sound of Tibetan gongs and the chatter of family and friends, the reunion of Dom-an Macagne-Manegdeg and her in-laws served not only to commemorate the death of her husband Pepe, but more importantly,...
Administration, Faculty, Employees, Students of State University in Ilocos United against Budget Cut
Administration, Faculty, Employees, Students of State University in Ilocos United against Budget Cut
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur -- As a third year Tourism student at the University of Northern Philippines (UNP), Tracy Lee Galang has a lot of school-related expenses. Aside from the on-the-job trainings, she and her classmates have to travel...
SELDA-Kabuhayan, Hindi Karahasan! (PR)
SELDA-Kabuhayan, Hindi Karahasan! (PR)
PAHAYAG SA MIDYA 6 Disyembre, 2010 Naninindigan ang mga drayber ng kuliglig, na marahas na dinispers at ikinulong noong nakaraang Disyembre 1, 2010 sa Maynila, para sa pagpapatuloy ng laban para sa aming karapatan sa kabuhayan. Mariin naming kinukundena ang marahas...
Luis V. Teodoro | Unkindest Cut
Luis V. Teodoro | Unkindest Cut
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com They’re called state universities and colleges (SUCs) -- part of a public educational system that’s supposed to enable those who either can’t afford to pay the huge fees most private schools...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Education Blues
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Education Blues
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The adage that Filipino families put top priority on education – after basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter – is often held up as an example of traditional values that we can be...
Tula: Tatlong Bagong Tula Para Sa Morong 43
Tula: Tatlong Bagong Tula Para Sa Morong 43
I. Rehas Isang karsel ang dibdib; kulungan itong binibisita ng kanyang istetoskop upang tukuyin ang sakit ng kasukasuan at nakalagdang kirot sa ubod ng kalamnan. Bawat lapat at diin, kasabay nang malalim na buntung-hininga, ay maingat na paghimaymay sa s/ugat ng...
Filipinos to Shoulder Php 44 Billion in CCT Loan Repayment
Filipinos to Shoulder Php 44 Billion in CCT Loan Repayment
Research group IBON calls on lawmakers deliberating on the budget for the controversial Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program to look into the resulting additional debt burden that Filipinos will shoulder to repay the program’s loans. Depending on interest rate...
Two Dismissed Broadcasters of Bombo Radyo Davao File Labor Case vs Employers at NLRC XI
Two Dismissed Broadcasters of Bombo Radyo Davao File Labor Case vs Employers at NLRC XI
BY Cheryll D. Fiel Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Two former Bombo Radyo Davao broadcasters Dennis Lazo and Arthur Borneo filed a complaint of illegal dismissal before the National Labor Relations Commission regional officer here last Wednesday...
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