By the CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG) Analysis Posted by Bulatlat The current row in the presidential race regarding preference ratings and the alleged use of public funds for election infomercials has been expected, as in past elections....
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Those who predicted the fizzling out of moves to enlist Senator Noynoy Aquino to run for President in the wake of the massive turn-out at the burial of his mother, former President Corazon...
Hundreds Honor the Desaparecidos
By FIDEL CASTRO RUZ International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) I was amazed to read the wire services issued during the weekend about the US domestic policy, evidencing a systematic decline in President Barack Obama’s influence. His surprising electoral victory had not...
Blackwater is said to be the main private security company in charge of protecting the US staff in Iraq during the George W. Bush administration. Reportedly, its aggressive tactics were criticized on different occasions. The most serious case occurred on September,...
By JASON LEOPOLD Truthout/Perspective International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Among the treasure trove of documents released on Monday related to the CIA's detention and torture program is a 20-page background paper that, for the first time, describes in...
By MARK WEISBROT The Guardian International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Americans are famous for not paying much attention to the rest of the world, and it is often said that foreign wars are the way that we learn geography. But most often it is not the people who...
The Writing on the Street
By Jeremy Scahill The Nation/Alternet International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) In April 2002, the CIA paid Blackwater more than $5 million to deploy a small team of men inside Afghanistan during the early stages of US operations in the country. A month later, Erik...
By PATRICK COCKBURN Counterpunch International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) In Iraq and Afghanistan American and British forces became participants in civil wars which their own presence has exacerbated and prolonged. The US and UK governments persistently ignore the...
Rags-to-Riches Not At All. A rag vendor takes a rest by the sidewalk. (By Pom Cahilog-Villanueva)
By GRACE UDDIN Indigenous Peoples Watch Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat DAVAO CITY— A partylist representative and leaders of indigenous peoples’ groups in Mindanao said there is no reason to celebrate the 15th year of International Day of Indigenous Peoples as the...
Display of Callousness, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her entourage engaged in a display of callousness when they paid exorbitant amounts for dinners in Washington DC and New York City recently, during Arroyo’s state visit to the US last month. (By Flon Faurillo)
By SCOTT THILL AlterNet International Posted by Bulatlat In the past six months, big players in the global economy have grabbed 50 million acres of arable land, from Africa to Southeast Asia. Stop me if you think you've heard this one before: Investment banks,...
By MARK WEISBROT Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat The Great Recession is allowing some widely held beliefs about the US economy – which were the source of much evangelism over the last few decades – to run up against a reality check. This is to be...
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By MARSHALL AUERBACK Counterpunch International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Once all the TARPs are tidied up and the quarterly profits no longer a revelation, American consumers will still be swaddled in debt. What’s to stop them from just walking away from it–and...
Page 2 of 2 The reason we apparently do not adopt this alternative approach is because the banks wanted to avoid price discovery on their “legacy assets” by all means possible. They do not want the world knowing how many toxic assets they really have on their books...
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