By REP. RAYMOND PALATINO
Manny Villar’s brave decision to openly embrace a platform-based unity with the Left has smashed the taboo in Philippine politics. From now on, the participation of the Left will be expected in future electoral contests for top political posts.
Evacuees affected by the recent typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) and Pepeng (Parma) welcome the new year in evacuation camps in Brgy. Dos, Calamba in Laguna. Due to damages brought about by the typhoons, over 1,000 families are still displaced and live in crowded evacuation...
And You Thought Your Christmas Was Bad
Alternet International Posted By Bulatlat.com 'The governments which moved so swiftly to save the banks have bickered and filibustered while the biosphere burns.' Last night a tentative agreement was reached between major parties at the COP15 climate change talks...
By David Bacon International Posted by Bulatlat.com Everyone knows Oakland, CA, is a diverse community. Probably more people from more races and nationalities live in the city than anywhere west of New York or north of Los Angeles. But before we celebrate...
Truthout by: Jeremy Scahill | Rebel Reports Posted By: Bulatlat.com A hearing in US Senator Claire McCaskill’s Contract Oversight subcommittee on contracting in Afghanistan has highlighted some important statistics that provide a window into the extent to which the...
Mahal ang Bugas, Barato ang Kopras
A grade one student from Marcelo H. Del Pilar Elementary School in Quezon City blows a horn to remind people to keep it safe as we welcome 2010. Members of Ecowaste Coalition organized a public outreach activity to encourage the public to stop using firecrackers...
Arroyo's Human-Rights Record Atrocious as Ever
Rep. Satur Ocampo and Rep. Liza Maza of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makayaban) announced on Monday that they have joined the Nacionalista Party ticket as senatorial guest candidates in the 2010 elections. They also said they are supporting the candidacy...
At least 7,000 protesters from the church, lawyers, media, teachers and the basic sectors led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan in Southern Mindanao marched to commemorate the 61st International Human Rights Day in Davao City, December 10. They condemn the sorry state...
By WILLIAM BLUM Counterpunch International All the crying from the left about how Obama "the peace candidate" has now become "a war president" ... Whatever are they talking about? Here's what I wrote in this report in August 2008, during the election campaign: We...
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Counterpunch International A friend down the coast here in California called Wednesday to say that her mother, 95, had fallen, cracked her ribs, got a cough and told her daughters, “That’s it. I’m checking out.” She’s given up eating. I...
t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed by: J. Sri Raman Deals for 16 reactors in a single day - so read India's nuclear score card on December 7, 2009. On this date, an agreement was reached in Moscow, under which the country would get four more nuclear reactors from Russia....
By IBON FEATURES Posted by Bulatlat.com The Arroyo government’s human rights record is considered one of the worst in history, not just in violations of civil and political rights but also in the economic, social and cultural realm. Thirty-five years after the...
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com The declaration of martial law in Maguindanao is not the answer to the cry for justice for the victims of the Nov. 23 massacre allegedly perpetrated by top local government officials...
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