De Facto Entourage. When boxer Manny Pacquiao returned to the Philippines after winning his bout with England’s Ricky Hatton, he was accompanied by a de facto entourage of politicians who did not have to be with him in Las Vegas. (By Flon Faurillo/Bulatlat.com)
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Office (ILO) warned the governments of the world over the cost of occupational-related diseases and injuries. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent LABOR WATCH Bulatlat Annually, 1.1 million people die...
An uphill battle has begun to save Northern Luzon’s watersheds as they face further deterioration. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – An uphill battle has begun to save Northern Luzon’s watersheds as they face further...
Gitnang uri ang panuntunan ng Lakan ng Parokya. Pinagkagastusan ang fantasy costume na dwende, zombie, tikbalang, taong lobo, engkanto, halimaw at taong-ahas. Lamang-lupa ang motif ng buong pageant, na na-assign na tema mula sa apat na elemento para apat na tampok...
The Artists’ Response to the Call for Social Change and Transformation (Artists’ ARREST), the Kilometer 64 Poetry Collective, and the Free Randall Echanis Movement (Freedom) organized last May 5 a cultural political event titled “Enemy of the State” at the...
Every year, many Filipinos leave the country to seek greener pastures abroad. This scenario usually involves parents leaving their families and believing that a career overseas will be able to provide a better future for them. They sacrifice by being away from...
NI GELACIO GUILLERMO Inilathala ng Bulatlat “Bakit Amado Guerrero?” Ginunita ng Ambot, Tulad ng elepanteng hindi nakalilimot (Alam mo na, mula sa kantang may linyang ‘Like an elephant, I’ll never forget’) Pero hindi natuto makaraan ang apatnapung taon, ang iyong...
(nang magpamisa ang Free Jonas Movement) ni Mark Angeles May bailehan sa Kampo Aguinaldo. Dalawang loud speaker ang inilabas. Nambulahaw ng mga miron at pasahero Na regular na dumaraan sa kanilang tapat. May kasiyahan sa Kampo Aguinaldo. Sa anong okasyon?...
NI ARNOLD PADILLA Inilathala ng Bulatlat .ang nanuhol at nanakot ang siyang agrabyado sa odnum an datgilaB .ang saksi sa krimen ang siyang naging preso sa odnum an datgilaB .ang mamamatay-tao napupunta sa kongreso sa ondum an datgilaB .hindi rape ang rape kung ang...
NI OLIVER CARLOS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Huwag bulabugin ang sawa na nakapulupot sa kanlungang sanga; hayaang mag-abang ng kanyang masisila. Itulad siya sa taludtod ng tula. Sa mga salita—banayad nguni’t kagyat. May talas, may pangil ang kataga. Tahimik na...
The Arroyos are destined to exit from the Philippine political scene in disgrace, perhaps even worse than the dictator Marcos. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat The Lozada perjury case may be the most celebrated example of the...
Let us just hope that the A/H1N1 virus does not enter the country. Because if it does, how could we prevent its spread when 44 million Filipinos struggle to survive on P18 to P44 ($0.38 to $0.93) per day? How could we stop it from contaminating people when...
Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison BY THE INTERNATIONAL DEFEND COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The oral procedure in the case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison against the...
When Jonas Burgos’s relatives and friends trooped to Camp Aguinaldo last April 28 to mark the second anniversary of his disappearance, their prayers and speeches were drowned out with loud and lewd music. (BY FLON FAURILLO/Bulatlat.com)
Highly touted as the biggest job fair to hit the country, Jobapalooza 09, which aimed to provide 250,000 career opportunities to jobseekers, was held at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City, in celebration of Labor Day. DoLE and OWWA...
Officials of Bayan Muna and Anakpawis in the Visayas belittled the effect of Jobapalooza in Cebu, citing that only 81 applicants landed a job. Calling job fairs as a band-aid solution, they said the Labor Department should, instead, scrutinize the books of...
Yes, he stole $65 billion from some already quite-wealthy people. I know that's upsetting to them because rich guys like Bernie are not supposed to be stealing from their own kind. Crime, thievery, looting - that's what happens on the other side of town. The rules...
Jay Bybee, in thanks for his being the loyal soldier to the Bush administration's policies of torture, was nominated and confirmed by the US Senate as a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he sits to this day in his lifetime appointment. Jay Bybee,...
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