Salungguhit: Scramble for the Throne
Scramble for the Throne
Bulatlat Contributors | Apr 10, 2010
Cover-Ups to Protect US Murders in Afghanistan Continue Unabated
Cover-Ups to Protect US Murders in Afghanistan Continue Unabated
By DAVE LINDORFF Truthout Posted by Bulatlat.com So, finally the truth comes out ... sort of. After initially claiming that two pregnant women and a teenage girl killed in a US Special Forces raid on an Afghan home in Khataba in February had been discovered by the...
Behind the Afghan Fraud
Behind the Afghan Fraud
by CONN HALLINAN Commondreams.org Posted by Bulatlat.com All frauds have a purpose, mostly to relieve the unwary of their wealth, though occasionally to launch some foreign adventure. The 1965 Tonkin Gulf hoax that escalated the Vietnam War comes to mind. So, what...
Blowback in Kyrgyzstan
Blowback in Kyrgyzstan
by JOSEPH HUFF-HANNON Commondreams.org Posted by Bulatlat.com The turmoil in a small Central Asian country speaks volumes about US 'democratisation' efforts in the region The timing of this week's revolt in Kyrgyzstan, making headlines around the world, is telling....
Iraq: Seven Years of Occupation
Iraq: Seven Years of Occupation
By RAED JARRAR Truthout Posted by Bulatlat.com An Iraqi man waits in line outside a government headquarters building for food supplies from a humanitarian-aid delivery in northern Iraq. On April 9, 2003, exactly seven years ago, Baghdad fell under the US-led...
Return to Wonderland
Return to Wonderland
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com When news first broke out of another adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland hitting the big screen, everybody was excited. But when news of Tim Burton taking the director’s chair spread, there were mixed reactions. Fans of...
Kayo ay Lalaya
Kayo ay Lalaya
Ni TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com ilang pagkakataon na ring pilit Iwinawaksi ang musang nag-uudyok sa pagtula ng inyong kabanata sapagkat, walang salita, walang kataga, wala ni isang talinhaga ang magsasalarawan ng kirot hapdi hagupit sa dibdib sa bawat...
Poison Letter Against Senatorial Bets Circulated
Poison Letter Against Senatorial Bets Circulated
By ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Three local candidates in Ilocos Norte province received letters from anonymous sender last March 24 demonizing Makabayan party senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza and progressive party list groups. The letter...
The Search for Justice for Beng Hernandez and Other Victims of Oplan Bantay Laya Continues
The Search for Justice for Beng Hernandez and Other Victims of Oplan Bantay Laya Continues
Press Release April 5, 2010 Today marks the eighth year death anniversary of my daughter Benjaline “Beng” Hernandez. Beng was a former student journalist who chose to work for the marginalized as a human rights defender. Together with other human rights workers...
Presidential Candidates Challenges to Stand for Justice for Children Victims of Human Rights Violations
Presidential Candidates Challenges to Stand for Justice for Children Victims of Human Rights Violations
Press Release March 30, 2010 Child rights advocates challenged presidential candidates to make a stand on children branded as “child soldiers” by the military to cover up their human rights abuses. The challenge was made as they commemorate the 3rd death...
A Fulfilled Promise: Lumads Graduate from School Harassed by Military
A Fulfilled Promise: Lumads Graduate from School Harassed by Military
By MARIFE MAGBANUA
Wearing Manobo-designed vestments adorned with colorful bead necklaces and earrings, 24 graduating indigenous youth proudly marched during the third graduation ceremonies of Alcadev. Tears of joy filled the morning of March 10, 2010, as students, parents, teachers and other guests celebrated the end of another school year full of achievements and challenges.
Thirteen Monkayo Farmers Tortured, Detained
Thirteen Monkayo Farmers Tortured, Detained
By GRACE S. UDDIN Davao Today Posted By Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY — Thirteen farmers filed human rights complaints against the 25th Infantry Battalion for illegal detention and torture. They included Alfonso Mangubat and wife Baden; Anastacia Villaniso and her sons...
Fears of a First Time Voter in May’s Automated Elections
Fears of a First Time Voter in May’s Automated Elections
By DAISY C. GONZALES Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY — When farmer Rufina Parojinog, 71, casts her vote on May 10, she would encounter new election gadgets which the poll body, the Commission on Elections, assures us to be easy to use. With her...
Davao Lawyers Oppose Midnight Appointment of Chief Justice
Davao Lawyers Oppose Midnight Appointment of Chief Justice
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Davao lawyers are restive over the issue of the President’s impending appointment of a new Chief Justice, following a Supreme Court ruling that allows her to do this despite a ban on this action in...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Collision Course
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Collision Course
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the most mistrusted president that Filipinos have had to bear with for the last nine years, is set to reap the whirlwind. Facing the end of her disputed term of...
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