By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Benigno Aquino III said upon taking office last July that he hoped the “honeymoon period” between him on the one hand and the media and the citizenry on the other would last throughout his...
In solidarity with the people of Cuba, the International League of People's Struggles (ILPS-Philippines) and the Philippines-Cuba Friendship Association (Amistad) held a protest action near the US embassy in Manila on Monday, urging the US government to free the Cuban 5.
On Friday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the Islamic faithful in Baguio City gathered to celebrate Eid'l Fitr.
Martyrs of the Filipino People
By TOM ENGELHARDT TomDispatch International Posted by Bulatlat.com The fall issue of Foreign Policy magazine features Fred Kaplan’s “The Transformer,” an article-cum-interview with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. It received a flurry of attention because Gates...
By RICK WOLFF Truthout / MR Zine International Posted by Bulatlat.com The basic issue is the same there and here. Capitalism generates another of its regular, periodic crises, only this one is really bad. It begins, as often happens, in the financial sector where...
Mula sa IBON FOUNDATION (Alay kina Alex at Ka Roda) Kung papaano kayo umanib Sa sanlaksang kandilang nagsaboy-liwanag, Kung papaano kayo nakiguhit Ng pagbabago na pluma ng taumbayan ang gamit, Kung papaano kayo naghinagpis nang tahimik Habang kung di nakangiti't...
By IBON Foundation 8 September 2010 Pinasulat kita ng magasing pambata pasimplehin mo lang 'kako nang malaman nila ang ating rebolusyon, gawin mong dahan-dahan hakbang-hakbang, baytang-baytang nang matutunan nilang marating ang kasaysayan. Subalit pinili mong...
By JOAN GARCIA
Due to landlessness and intrusions of both foreign and local commercial fishing vessels in the region, children are forced to work for their family’s survival. CRC-Ilocos also documented that children are most affected from the aerial bombardment of the 41st and 50th IBPA, which is part of the military’s counter-insurgency campaign.
Ni SINING GALIAN mangungulila ang mapanlabang panulat sa iyong pagpanaw; ngunit kailanman, hindi papanaw ang iyong panulat upang ipaglaban ang pangungulila ng sambayanang pinaglingkuran mo sa iyong pagkilos para sa kalayaan, hustiyang panlipunan at bagong...
Ni LHON PANKS Natanggap ko ang masamang balita, Nanlamig ang buo kong katawan at Saglit ay natulala; Huminto ang oras ng Sandali at napako ang tingin. Mariin ang pagkakatitig sa tasa ng kape, Tila bang hinihintay ang dagli nitong paglamig. Malamig ang gabi......
Ni FELIPE UNLAYAO Binigyan mo ng teynga ang tulog na lupa Sinuutan ng pakpak ang balisang balita binigyan ng tapang mga diwang timawa. Ginuguhit ng iyong pinsil ng landas na dakila plumang may talim na may bugang adhika gumigising sa layong nahimbing sa panata...
By RICKY A.M. SANTOS A bunch of coconuts crashes To the earth below With each deft tug Of a picker’s arm On his bamboo pole. A shout away, A cart of coconuts Tumble out, Without disturbing the Focused gaze Of a brown-skinned farmer Clutching a nut Over a blade...
Ni RAUL FUNILAS Unang nakilala doon sa Maynila nang minsang magbuklod, Yaong magsasakang ang kubling prinsipyo’y sinagkaang lubos. Siya ang lalaking kay-tagal hinanap sa magulong lungsod— Mabikas ang tindig, may singkiting mata’t may Sakay na buhok. Laging...
The firing of reporter Wheng Hidalgo and other personnel, all from ABS-CBN’s Technical Operations Department, brought to 110 the number of workers from the network’s Internal Job Market dismissed since June 16.
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