By PAULINE GIDGET ESTELLA
In the bible, the Israelites marched seven times to bring down the walls of Jericho. The protesters did the same to call the attention of the Comelec.
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com Can you imagine reading about zombies and all sorts of sea monsters in the middle of a Jane Austen novel? Or do you expect to read about Animal (the talking ones) rights and other political brouhaha on the journey to Emerald City?...
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Batch by batch, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were deployed by Annasban were repatriated. And since then, they have been knocking on the doors of different government agencies to seek redress for their plight. But they were always given the runaround by government agencies that were non-committal and seemingly apathetic, until Monday April 12, 2010.
Bulatlat.com Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement) yesterday asked the power distributor Meralco to stop imposing additional power rates and instead refund around P7 billion (or more than US$157m) overcharges that it had collected from over 4...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino's entire appeal to the Filipino people to elect him President of the Republic, from television ads to live and press statements to written platform, rests on a...
By PAULINE GIDGET R. ESTELLA
Farmers assert that the Cojuangco-Aquino clan has exploited the “overextended” temporary restraining order used by the Supreme Court, enjoining the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council and former Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman from distributing Hacienda Luisita lands to farm worker beneficiaries.
Families and friends of Rogelio Calubad, a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) who was abducted with his son three months ago, commemorated with songs and speeches, on the occasion of his birthday, his self-less dedication and...
Protesters commemorated the massacre of 20 activists and wounding of tens of others in Escalate town during Martial Law. Twenty-one years after the massacre, the military perpetrators in the killing remain unpunished, while the massacre survivors and the families...
Veteran fisherfolk activist Peter “Tata Pido” Gonzalez survived Martial Law without being touched by government soldiers. It is only under the current regime that he had his near-brush with death. He survived an attempt on his life but continues to fight, saying we...
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com Step aside, Hercules. There’s a new demigod in town. In Clash of the Titans (2010), Perseus—son of Zeus—steps up to the plate to defeat the mighty Kraken. To do that, he must go to Medusa’s lair, chop her head off and return to Argos...
By GILL BOEHRINGER Bulatlat.com Forty three health professionals and community health workers were illegally arrested February 6 in a dawn raid by a swarm of Philippine Army and Police personnel. Incredibly, the arrest was trumpeted as a huge triumph in the...
By D. L. MONDELO
Will there be a failure of elections? What can the people expect after the May 2010 elections? Will a just and lasting peace be finally achieved? These are just some of the questions that Bulatlat tackled in an interview with Jose Maria Sison.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) hired as bus drivers in Saudi Arabia and their families in the Philippines are crying foul over a “double whammy.” They sought the help of Migrante International, a migrants' rights advocacy...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
A college degree is believed to be a ticket to a decent job and a better future so parents work hard and scrimp on expenses to put their children through college. But with the crisis, there are no guarantees.
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