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...
By IBON FEATURES
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...
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet– Workers of the mining giant Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company filed a “notice of strike” Nov. 12 at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board in Baguio City. The Lepanto Employees Union and the Lepanto Security...
Ang Makata ay Tulad ng Ipis (I) Ang antena mong pangkapkap ay bolpen ng manunulat; pagkapa’y dapat maingat upang masundan, masilat ang talinghagang mailap. -Richard R. Gappi Angono, Rizal, Pilipinas ************************************* Ang Makata ay Tulad ng Ipis...
By RONALYN OLEA
LFS chairman Terry Ridon said the greatest terror threat present in the Philippines is the continued US intervention. Gabriela Women’s Party Luzviminda Ilagan added that there is a terror scare because the ‘lopsided VFA not only allows the entry of terrorists in the country, it also guarantees their protection from suit and accountability.’
Sidebar: The VFA, A History of Abuses
Indie filmmaker John Sayles rides again. By ED RAMPELL Posted by Bulatlat.com Writer/director John Sayles went to Hollywood Saturday night, but that’s not to say the über-indie filmmaker -- creator of independent features such as 1979’s Return of the Secaucus...
Para Kanino Ka Bumabangon? ni Mark Angeles I Para kanino ka bumabangon? Para sa anak? Para sa kaibigan? O sa hindi mo kakilala? Para sa bata? Sa isip-bata? Para sa marami? Para sa sarili? II Nang hapong iyon, sinundan ko ang nakagawian kong daanan pauwi. Sinalubong...
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...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com One would wish that at least part of then presidential candidate “Noynoy” Aquino’s campaign line were unequivocally true - that having been a victim of oppression under martial rule when...
Progressive groups in Southern Mindanao Region, led by human-rights group Karapatan, on Tuesday revealed that farmers in Maco, Davao del Norte, continue to experience threats and psychological torture from members of the Philippine military. According to Karapatan-SMR, the farmers have been tagged as members of the New People's Army and were included in The Order of Battle, which forced them and their families to evacuate their homes.
BALITA 7 Nobyembre 2010 Kasama ang Bayan Muna, muling nagnoise-barrage ngayong hapon sa may Bustillos sa Sampaloc, Manila ang mga isandaang kuliglig at pedicab drivers na bumabyahe sa Sampaloc at Espana area upang ipahayag ang kanilang pagtutol sa planong...
PRESS RELEASE November 8, 2010 Various youth groups protesting what they call an ‘anti-youth’ 2011 national budget marched to the House of Representatives to coincide with the re-opening of the session of the 15th Congress. “In a time where the livelihood of many...
Hundreds of OFWs troop to the Philippine Consulate Generaloffice in Hong Kong on Sunday to reiterate their demand for the immediate recall of Labor Attaché Romulo Salud.
Ibon Foundation Posted by Bulatlat.com IBON Features—The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which take up the largest part of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), have many points of appeal. Giving cash to poor families appeals to...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCT) scheme is a quick fix, Band-Aid solution aimed at giving substance to Pnoy’s claim that he is addressing the poverty problem. It...
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