Sons of Sacadas
Sons of Sacadas. Three sons of agricultural workers gather sugarcane to eat. In Negros island, known as Sugarlandia, children are vulnerable to malnutrition and hunger. (Photo by OWEN BAYOG)
Sons of Sacadas
Junk food Downs more than 100 Mankayan Pupils
Junk food Downs more than 100 Mankayan Pupils
BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by(Bulatlat.com) MANKAYAN, Benguet (263 kms. north of Manila) – Assorted snack goodies dumped along the road near the Tubo bridge in barangay Tabbak here Friday downed more than 100 school children, 57 of whom were...
‘Backyard’ View
‘Backyard’ View
‘Backyard’ View. You are looking at what serves as the “backyard” (actually, the laundry area) of one of several families in a relocation site in Mandaue City, Cebu. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)
Stamp ‘Congress’
Stamp ‘Congress’
Stamp ‘Congress’. The way these rubber stampers are gathered along a street in downtown Manila, they look as though they’re in a stamp “congress”. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)
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.
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