There are two important, parallel events concerning migrants happening in the country from October 28-30. One is the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and the other is the International Assembly of Migrants and Refugees (IAMR). At the GFMD, migrants...
The Arroyo government is frantically working for an increase in the deployment of Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East to cushion the impact of the probable lay-offs and decrease in remittances of overseas Filipinos in the US and other counties hit hard by...
The Philippine government has every reason to be worried. With countries such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates that are all in the top 10 sources of remittances of Filipino migrants participating in the call...
Representatives of Protestant churches and indigenous peoples all over the world condemned the abduction of missing activist James Balao, an indigenous Ibaloi of Benguet, have called for a speedy investigation, and urged the government to locate and surface him. BY...
Delegates of the International Solidarity Mission (ISM) to Surface James Balao were frustrated and disappointed over government inaction in resolving the case of the missing activist. BY CYE REYES HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Northern Dispatch Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet...
Detained National Democratic Front consultant Elizabeth Prinsipe is heartened after an Ilocos regional trial court judge dismissed the rebellion charges against her and ordered her release. It’s one down, three more pending cases to go, for Prinsipe. BY ROD TAJON...
In his prepared remarks, Alan Greenspan, considered as the infallible maestro of the financial system, said he was in "a state of shocked disbelief" about the breakdown in the ability of banks to regulate themselves. He also warned about the economic consequences...
As Halloween neared in 2006, the looming mortgage crisis was already apparent and now two years later the horror of it all hasn't gone away. It keeps getting worse. We've spent the last few months talking about the possibility that two million people might lose...
The view of women as sexual prey has always been present in military culture. Indeed, civilian women have been seen as sexual booty for conquering soldiers since the beginning of human history. So, it should come as no surprise that the sexual persecution of female...
To compensate for the losses caused by corruption, Transparency International reports that an additional $45 billion would have to be invested over the next decade in order to reach the Millenium Development Goals, particularly increasing the access to safe water....
The current GDP of China is reportedly already USD 3.251 trillion. But China is a huge country with a huge population of 1.33 billion. With a per capita income of only around US$ 2,700, China is still a very poor country, a far cry from the US per capita income of...
With the impending 36 percent hike in electricity rates, AGHAM, an organization of scientists and technologists, called anew for the scrapping of the EPIRA or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, and the VAT on electricity. BY BULATLAT The AGHAM (Science and...
Even as the Arroyo government publicly declares it is for peace in Mindanao, a National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission conducted in North Cotabato and Maguindanao from Oct. 22-24, 2008 concluded that: “The military offensives in North Cotabato and Maguindanao are carried out under the pretext of pursuit operations against Kato and his group, but these in reality fall within the context of an all-out war.” Even evacuation centers are not spared from the military offensives, the mission said, resulting in the deterioration of the situation reaching the proportion of a “humanitarian crisis”.
Delays in government irrigation projects, and unresolved inquiries and cases of corruption pertaining to these are costing taxpayers millions since 2002. But in the end, it is the small farmers bear the brunt of corruption, said IBON Foundation Research Head Jose Enrique Africa.
The family of Cecilia Armia Alcaraz who was sentenced to die by firing squad in Taiwan appealed for help during a press conference hosted by Migrante International October 17. In the same press conference, Ileno Terojas, uncle of Jenifer Bidoya, an OFW who was...
NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Saan ko ipadadala ang puting-puting rosal? Ang sampagitang ang bango'y pawid ng hanging amihan? Kanino ipagbibilin ang tinipong ilang-ilang Gayong hindi mapagtanto ang iyong likmuan? Saan ko ipadadala ang pulang mga...
Sa karaoke, dalawa ang isinasaad ng pagbabago ng kulay ng sinusundan titik—ang kapasidad umalinsabay, at ang pag-alinsabay na may lakas o tikas ng paninindigan (tandaan ang karaoke score ay nakabatay din sa lakas ng boses). Maging ang politikal na protesta ay...
A farmers’ group in Tabuk City, Kalinga last week criticized the government's Food Security Program that heavily endorses the planting of hybrid rice, saying it did not consider the real situation on the ground. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat...
If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant in most sugar farms, “arendo” or leasehold system is becoming rampant in areas covered by the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat If “pakyao” (piece-rate) system is rampant...
More than 400,000 Cebuanos and inhabitants of other Central Visayas provinces engaged in the fishing industry are affected by the oil exploration that is being conducted by NorAsian in the waters of Bohol Strait. BY RITCHE T. SALGADO Contributor Bulatlat CEBU CITY...
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