The last elections show no considerable move towards real societal change. The pursuit of meaningful change, reform in government and social justice remain the outstanding challenge to the Filipino people. The very first automated national elections have committed...
By MYKEL ANDRADA Bulatlat.com Isa sa madalas na ikomento ng mga estudyante kong kumuha ng Pan Pil 17 (Panitikan at Kulturang Popular) ngayong Summer 2010 ay "Sir! Ang hirap ng manood ng pelikula nang hindi nag-a-analyze." Sinabi ko kasi sa mga estudyante ko sa...
By CAMILLE ANNE DE ASIS and ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO With reports from Cielo Eunice Flores Bulatlat.com It has been two years since the death of Crispin Beltran, also known as “Ka Bel” to his family and colleagues. But his memory, his legacy is very much alive. A short...
As Europe frantically shores up an unravelling economic system, popular protests are erupting against adjustments made to placate the finance markets. Austerity measures and bailouts may keep the banks happy, but what about the people? By ANNA WHITE Share the...
By JOHN PILGER Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com As Britain's political class pretends that its arranged marriage of Tweedledee to Tweedledum is democracy, the inspiration for the rest of us is Greece. It is hardly surprising that Greece is presented...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com AFP Chief Gen. Delfin Bangit’s admission that the AFP will not be able to meet de facto President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's 2010 deadline to defeat the New People's Army (NPA) comes as no...
By D. L. MONDELO
“The automated electoral system does not prevent the cheating tactics of the past but in fact allows cheating in a bigger and faster way.”
By CAMILLE ANNE DE ASIS and CIELO EUNICE FLORES
“Media did a better job, but some of the old problems remain,” said Dean Luis Teodoro, Deputy Director of Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.
By CIELO EUNICE FLORES
“In theory or by law, the Comelec is legally responsible for the problems encountered in the elections…” Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, co-chair of the Joint Congressional committee on automated polls told a group of international observers.
By ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO AND ALEXANDRA FRANCISCO
“This bill protects BPO workers from understaffing or overloading and provides them freedom from interference or coercion, protection from discrimination, freedom from company bond and safeguards in administrative proceedings, among others,” said Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino.
By JENNIFER CHAN Democratic Space Bulatlat.com This year’s presidential elections marked a huge and significant change in Philippine politics. And it’s not just because of the automation process although that, too, is a big deal. For the first time in a long while,...
By ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO
“No consultation has been conducted between us and the government” – San Roque Community Council (SRCC)
By BULATLAT Manila -- The new administration is challenged to put forward pro-people initiatives to address the fiscal crisis, but front-running presidential candidate Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino has yet to take a strong progressive position on the country’s...
By BULATLAT Manila— The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya has received information on fraud committed during the May 10 elections in one of the island municipalities in Basilan. The area is a newly created municipality with no electricity and with weak cellular phone...
News Release May 17, 2010 Three of the seven journalists who were trapped in Camiguin from May 9 to May 11 after two of them were physically attacked allegedly by Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo and his supporters have reported receiving death threats. Disclaimer |...
By CJ KUIZON Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – In April 2007, the remote town of New Bataan in the province of Compostela Valley–some three to four hours from downtown Davao City–hogged the headlines when a nine year old girl was killed and soldiers...
By GERMELINA LACORTE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY—Twenty-three years after the ratification of the Philippine Constitution that ensured the public’s right to know, the hunt for information in the country remains a deadly game, the former chair of...
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