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.
A Lazy Day at the Lake
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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