Salungguhit: Make Way
Make Way
Bulatlat Contributors | Jun 5, 2010
Uyaying Naghahanap ng Radikal na Kantor
Uyaying Naghahanap ng Radikal na Kantor
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Tulog na, bunsong sinta, sayang lang ang luha mo Ang ina mo’y malayo’t sumugod na sa dilim Hanap mo’y dating tamis sinisipsip hinihigop Meme na, bungangang humihikbi’t nakanganga Kundi’y isisilid ka sa gusit kapalit mo’y...
Kabataan’s Priority in Congress: Blocking Arroyo’s Move to Become Speaker, Pushing for Higher Education Budget
Kabataan’s Priority in Congress: Blocking Arroyo’s Move to Become Speaker, Pushing for Higher Education Budget
By PAULINE GIDGET ESTELLA Bulatlat.com For Kabataan Partylist (Kabataan), the first important thing to do when the 15th Congress opens in July is to derail President Gloria Arroyo’s bid for the House speakership. Kabataan, which currently represents the youth...
Prince of Persia: Another Hollywood Movie
Prince of Persia: Another Hollywood Movie
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com I have never played Prince of Persia. Not on MS-DOS, Sega, Dreamcast or even PS2. However, that didn’t stop me from watching the recently released movie version of it. And that shouldn’t stop the rest of you from doing so either. After...
KMU on Thai Unrest: Government Crackdown on Red Shirts Overkill
KMU on Thai Unrest: Government Crackdown on Red Shirts Overkill
News Release May 31, 2010 'Genuine progressive movement in Thai necessary' The Philippines’ militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno strongly condemns the political repression and human rights violations committed by the Abhisit Vejajiva regime in Thailand against...
Government Employees to the Aquino Administration: Do Not Do An Arroyo
Government Employees to the Aquino Administration: Do Not Do An Arroyo
News Release May 31, 2010 The militant group COURAGE, the national center of government employees representing some 300,000 members, today dares presumed President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to go beyond his rhetoric and make good on his campaign promise of...
Twelve Days in the Forest
Twelve Days in the Forest
By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com BOSTON, DAVAO ORIENTAL— Police Officer 3 Alan Dapitanon said he was very nervous when guerillas of the New People’s Army (NPA) held them at gunpoint in the checkpoint the NPA mounted in Pasian village in Monkayo,...
Bayan Muna Member Killed in Panabo
Bayan Muna Member Killed in Panabo
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Over a week after the May 10 polls, another activist was killed by still unidentified gunmen in Panabo City. Jim Galez, a member of the regional secretariat of party-list group Bayan Muna, was...
MILF Not Involved in Election-Related Violence – Iqbal
MILF Not Involved in Election-Related Violence – Iqbal
By ANNE EDNALYN V. DE LA CRUZ Bulatlat.com Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Panel Chairperson Mohagher Iqbal denied allegations that his group was involved in election-related violence in Lanao del Sur last May 10. “We denounce the allegation as entirely...
Maguindanao Massacre: Half a Year of Mourning for Justice
Maguindanao Massacre: Half a Year of Mourning for Justice
To date, the Ampatuan massacre is still the worst political killing in the country with the most number of journalists/media practitioners killed in a single event. By JENNY S. DE VENECIA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Justice has been elusive for the families of the...
Philippines Under New Gov’t: Is There Hope for our Backward Economy
Philippines Under New Gov’t: Is There Hope for our Backward Economy
By IBON FOUNDATION
Will the incoming administration take the bold steps needed to ensure land distribution and enhance agricultural production? Will the president-apparent promote measures in favor of building and strengthening local industries?
How an Ingredient Found in Everything from Chocolate to Chips Is Causing Massive Environmental Destruction
How an Ingredient Found in Everything from Chocolate to Chips Is Causing Massive Environmental Destruction
By SARAH NEWMAN Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The production of palm oil, the common ingredient in an astounding number of products, is causing deforestation, global warming emissions and a loss of biodiversity. The aisles of any American grocery...
The Real Cost of Cheap Oil
The Real Cost of Cheap Oil
The Gulf disaster is only unusual for being so near the US. Elsewhere, Big Oil rarely cleans up its mess. By JOHN VIDAL Commondreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat.com Big Oil is holding its breath. BP's shares are in steep decline after the debacle in the...
Karzai’s Washington Visit: The War Awaiting Kandahar
Karzai’s Washington Visit: The War Awaiting Kandahar
By RAMZY BAROUD Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com Clad in his usual attire of a colorful, striped robe, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appeared more like an emperor as he began his fourth day in Washington. Accompanying him on a somber visit to the...
Critical Criminology Meets The 2010 Philippine Elections
Critical Criminology Meets The 2010 Philippine Elections
By GILL H. BOEHRINGER Bulatlat.com For many millions of Filipinos May 10 was a historic watershed. They voted for Noynoy Aquino, and the Aquino legacy as they understood it. Believing that corruption is the major problem that needs to be tackled by their next...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | AES – a Lemon?
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | AES – a Lemon?
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Technology has always been a double-bladed tool. In the right hands and wielded properly, it is like a magic wand that can make everyday living easier, work lighter, production faster and...
Nograles, House Dared: Lead, Ratify FOI Now!
Nograles, House Dared: Lead, Ratify FOI Now!
By ANNIE RUTH SABANGAN and JUSTINE ESPINA-LETARGO Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Posted By Bulatlat.com FARMER Jose Rodito Angeles did not know that he had a right to own the land he has been tilling for ages until someone from a non-government...
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