Whodunit?
Bulatlat Contributors | Nov 24, 2008
EARLY BIRD
EARLY BIRD
EARLY BIRD. . Long before joining and winning the reality television show Celebrity Duets, Metro Manila Development Authority chairperson Bayani Fernando appears to be campaigning already. (Photo by EDNA CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA)
Guitar Man
Guitar Man
Guitar Man. This man is just one of many traders in Cebu’s thriving guitar industry. Cebu is famous for its fine, often elegant guitars which could rival some of the world’s best. Because of this, Cebu’s guitar stores tend to draw in tourists – both local and foreign. This guitar dealer tries to demonstrate not only the quality of his wares but also his guitar-playing skills – which, in the end, could make people more interested in what he is selling. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)
Amid the Noise
Amid the Noise
Amid the Noise. Amid the blare of horns and the roars of vehicle engines, a man lies under a tree along Taft Avenue, his sleep apparently uninterrupted. He does not seem to particularly mind that the place he has chosen is one of the busiest streets in Manila, a street that does not lose its noise even in the deepest hours of the night. (Photo by RONALYN V. OLEA)
The Crisis In Germany, Das Kapital & The Poll Results
The Crisis In Germany, Das Kapital & The Poll Results
Yes, the big economic crisis is hitting Germany, too. The signs are first, the government coalition conducted hasty meetings to come up with a decision to allot 500 billion Euros top save suffering banks; Karl Marx's famous book 'Das Kapital' is selling better than...
Silence on Immigration
Silence on Immigration
The first of the 388 workers arrested in the immigration raid on the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, were deported in mid-October, having spent five months in federal prison. Their crime? Giving a bad Social Security number to the company to...
Nader’s Stubborn Idealism
Nader’s Stubborn Idealism
"The working class, most of whom do not vote, watch Democratic candidate after Democratic candidate run for office promising to support labor and protect jobs and then, once elected, trot off to Washington to pass the corporate-friendly legislation drawn up by the...
A Third Vietnam?
A Third Vietnam?
"Embedded" In Arroyo's Military, US Soldiers Engage Muslim Insurgents in the Philippines With six hundred engaged on each side, we lost fifteen men killed outright, and we had thirty-two wounded--counting that nose and that elbow. The enemy numbered six...
Undocumented Workers, the Most Vulnerable, the Most Exploited
Undocumented Workers, the Most Vulnerable, the Most Exploited
Undocumented workers are the most vulnerable among migrants. While they are denied legal status and are exploited in so many ways, they are also treated as criminals.
‘Don’t repeat Brazil’s Biofuel Experience’
‘Don’t repeat Brazil’s Biofuel Experience’
A Brazilian lawyer, development specialist and activist, said Brazil has ample experience from which the Philippines can draw important lessons from. She said the most important of which is ‘not to repeat the experience of Brazil in order to avoid biofuel...
Soldiers Raid Evacuation Center in N. Cotabato
Soldiers Raid Evacuation Center in N. Cotabato
Early last month, Rakman Suleik and his 17-year-old son Samsudin, together with a few others, fled from the fighting between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Aleosan, North Cotabato. They had evacuated, to safety or so they thought, at the house of a certain Colonel Maguid of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Barangay (village) Nalapaan in Pikit, North Cotabato. But even in the house that had served as their refuge, they would not be safe from atrocities by soldiers.
Bananas, Anyone?
Bananas, Anyone?
Bananas, Anyone? This man has a different way of selling his goods. He imitates the hand of a Sto. Nino beside him, believing that luck would come to him in these difficult times.
(Photo by >RAYMUND VILLANUEVA /Bulatlat.com)
Ang Pelikula bilang Pabaong Amerikano at Inobasyong Filipino
Ang Pelikula bilang Pabaong Amerikano at Inobasyong Filipino
Ang kasaysayan ng pelikulang Filipino, dulot ng simulain at pabaong ng Amerikanong kolonialismo, ay kasaysayan ng politika at politikal na ideolohiya. Ang isa ring ginawa ng postwar na pamamayagpag at pagiging global na dominant ng Hollywood films ay dalawang...
Int’l Mission: Off-shore Mining Violates Fisherfolk’s Right to Food and Livelihood
Int’l Mission: Off-shore Mining Violates Fisherfolk’s Right to Food and Livelihood
An international fact-finding body, which recently visited communities affected by the off-shore oil and gas exploration along the Cebu-Bohol strait, revealed that the exploration would be detrimental to the livelihood of the fisherfolks in the area. BY RITCHE T....
Mining Town Folk Fear More Landslides, Ask Bishop to Intercede
Mining Town Folk Fear More Landslides, Ask Bishop to Intercede
Fearing another landslide, some 300 residents of nearby Itogon, Benguet appealed for Roman Catholic Bishop Carlito Cenzon’s intervention and assistance to cause the immediate suspension of all mining activities in the area where16 indigenous miners were trapped in...
Int’l Group Bats for Phase Out of Mercury in Hospitals
Int’l Group Bats for Phase Out of Mercury in Hospitals
In a forum, October 15 at the St. Louis University (SLU) Hospital of the Sacred Heart, Faye Ferrer of the Health Care Without Harm (HCWH)-Southeast Asia Program Office for Mercury said that there are substantial reasons for the phase out of the use of mercury in...
Message of Solidarity to the International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees
Message of Solidarity to the International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees
BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples' Struggle DEMOCRATIC SPACE On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I wish to convey warmest militant greetings of solidarity to...
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