BY Cheryll D. Fiel Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com COMPOSTELA VALLEY --- The New People’s Army (NPA) released last Sunday November 28 a soldier they seized at a check point in Sitio Mabatas, Barangay Upper Ulip in Monkayo town, Compostela Valley province....
Ni VIJAE ALQUISOLA 1 Ginising ng tinig ng mga kuliglig yaring aking balahibo sa batok, braso’t binti kagabi, nais ko sana silang hanapin. Subalit paano, gayong tanging tainga ang sa kanila’y nakakikita rito sa matuwid na kalsada ng lungsod? Humarurot ang aking...
International Posted by Bulatlat.com Pyongyang, November 24 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Wednesday issued the following statement: As already reported by the Supreme Command of the KPA, the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK on Nov. 23...
By TOM ENGELHARDT Tomdispatch International Posted by Bulatlat.com Going, going, gone! You can almost hear the announcer’s voice throbbing with excitement, only we’re not talking about home runs here, but about the disappearing date on which, for the United States...
AMPATUAN, Maguindanao -- Marking the first year since the massacre of 58 people in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao, thousands troop to Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman, to pay tribute and demand justice for the victims. The families of the victims offered flowers, candles and prayers and demand for the speedy resolution of the case. The families were joined by various human-rights and media groups led by Alliance Against Impunity in Mindanao, InPeace Mindanao, Union of Peoples' Lawyers in Mindanao, National Union of Peoples' Lawyers and National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Leonardo Co wrote two very important books: on medicinal plants and the forest trees of Palanan. He could speak fluent Filipino, English, Mandarin, and Latin. He could sing, play classical Chinese music with his harmonica, and make people laugh with his antics. But most of all, he dedicated his life in the service of the people.
Sidebar: Groups Say Impunity in Human Rights Violations Resulted in the Killing of Renowned Botanist
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com It features two men who use powerful hands to come up with knock-out results but, it is not a fist fight. Opened last Tuesday, November 16 and will run until the end of this month, Mano mano is a two-man exhibit that brings...
Ni RON DE VERA kung wika ang sandata at tugmaan ang digma gawan ng sarswela ang aping magsasaka ikuwento ang buhay ng nasa selda at ipagbalagtasan ang tunay na paglaya kung lapis ang sandata at nasa papel ang digma sumulat ng tula para sa mga nawawala gawan ng...
The Obama administration just decided to leave countless kids stranded on some of the world’s bloodiest battlegrounds. By MICHELLE CHEN Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The phenomenon of child soldiers, like genocide, slavery and torture, seems like...
By KAREN GREENBERG TomDispatch International Posted by Bulatlat.com Liberty versus security, that initial heated debate over the war on terror, is again rearing its head with much bravado, nowhere more so than in our nation's courtrooms where American justice...
Stum Casia Mayabang na nakatayo sa harapan namin ngayon ang istasyong ito. Pinagpipilitang siya ang Patrol ng Pilipino. Nagpupumilit na siya ang numero uno. Ang kanyang tore, ang kanyang logo. Ang kanyang slogan na In the Service of the Filipino. Tinititigan kami...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Leonard Co, unarguably one of the country’s foremost botanists and biodiversity experts, as well as an indefatigable conservationist, was killed in a forested area in Kananga, Leyte last...
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Experiences show PPPs did not guarantee savings for the government but even bloated the public debt. It can only get worse under the Aquino government's new schemes for more of PPPs.
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com LAGAWE, Ifugao – An apology not only to Cordillerans but to all indigenous peoples of the world is being demanded by three Igorots (Cordillera natives) who experienced discrimination for wearing a native Igorot “wanes” (g-string) at...
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