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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Ni RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng (Bulatlat.com) Habang may ugat na natatabunan ng tigang na lupa At nadidilig ng mahibik at mahikbing luha, Patuloy na susupang, mamamalumpong at magdadagta Ang bagong sibol na mandirigma Upang kamtin ang paglayang inaadhika Ng isang...
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...
Groups Mourn Choices for National Artists
By NOELLE JIANG Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific Democratic Space Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The Rice Crisis of 2008 saw rice stocks at their lowest in 30 years and rice prices increase by up to 40 per cent. While agrochemical transnational...
A Study in Contrasts, The sea of humanity that accompanied former President Cory Aquino on her journey to her final resting place attests to her popularity – something she was able to earn because though she had her own faults as a leader, in the end she stood by the people in their fight against tyranny. (By Flon Faurillo)
By RITCHE T. SALGADO Culture (Bulatlat.com) The lighting was subdued, the atmosphere somber; in front was a makeshift altar filled with wreaths and candles. A prayer was offered and then one by one, guests gave their eulogy to an accolade that for decades has...
By MIKE WHITNEY Counterpunch International Posted by Bulatlat We're making this way too complicated. It's simple really. The Fed has only one tool at its disposal; to create more money. Typically, the way the Fed adds to the money supply is by lowering interest...
By RITCHE T. SALGADO (Bulatlat.com) CEBU CITY --- Engineer Vic Obando, his wife and three daughters wake up every morning knowing that every second of their life, they are breathing in toxic chemicals that may cause a myriad of illnesses. Coal Ash disposal site....
By SARAH ROBINSON Truthout/The Campaign for America’s Future International Posted by Bulatlat There are dangerous currents running through America's politics and the way we confront them is crucial. All through the dark years of the Bush Administration,...
By DAHR JAMAIL and JASON COPPOLA Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Award-winning journalist and Associate Editor of the Nation Institute's tomdispatch.com Nick Turse writes in his book "The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives": "As a product of the 1980s...
By RITCHE T. SALGADO (Bulatlat.com) CEBU CITY -- Three thousand households from urban poor and rural communities are expected to benefit from the re-conceptualization of the only fair trade shop in Cebu. The People’s Fair Trade Shop along Osmeña Blvd. in Cebu City...
By Chalmers Johnson Tomdispatch.com International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) However ambitious President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in...
By ALIYA MUGHAL Medical Foundation for the care of victims of torture International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) First they were captives of a conflict in which their freedom and security was thwarted at every turn. Now huge numbers of the Tamil population of Sri Lanka...
Still Playing the Deadly Game, Retired military general Jovito Palparan may have shed off his Army uniform and donned the barong of Congressmen. But he still has maintained his military mindset – accusing activists of being communists, which, during his days in the military, meant being a target for abduction, torture, and extrajudicial killing. (By Flon Faurillo)
Anti-Sona Protests in Manila, Provinces
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