The urgency for real transparency in the domestic oil industry remains despite the recent rollback in oil prices, and vital information needs to be disclosed for the public to be assured that the monopolized domestic oil industry is not profiting at their expense....
The tribal council of the South, the Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao or Kalumaran, has issued a unity statement saying that they support the Bangsamoro cause for self-determination and ancestral lands but doubt the real motives of the national government in...
As the American campaign against suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal areas seemed to intensify on Friday, two missiles fired from remotely piloted American aircraft killed 12 people on Friday in an attack on a village compound in North...
Youth organizations have been targets of the government’s counter-insurgency campaign. Besides killings and enforced disappearances, other forms of political repression are hurled against young activists. BY JEFFREY OCAMPO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to...
The crackdown on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has begun in Kuwait. An organization of Filipino migrants reported that 40 OFWs were detained for not having the proper documents to work and stay in Kuwait. Of the 40, only 11 have been able to go home; the rest...
President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakistani government, according to senior American officials. BY ERIC...
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 31, September 7-13, 2008 Sa hapong tag-lagas may sugat na umaantak Sa lamat ng mga kalsadang aspalto sa lungsod na dating pastulan ng mga katutubong Indyang Pequot. Anong kabulaanan ang itinatago ng mga...
BY SR. M. FRANCIS BURGOS-AÑOVER,RSM Directress, Fatima College of Camiguin DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 31, September 7-13, 2008 Dear friends, I am a Bulatlat subscriber who was once assigned in Tacloban City, Leyte and was featured with...
It is not a crime in journalism for reporters to be human rights advocates –rather we see it as giving clarity to our mission – and it provides us a badge of courage and commitment. BY ALAN DAVIS Director, Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project COMMENTARY Posted...
A new haven for alternative arts and culture is emerging in the heart of Quezon City. Located just across Miriam College, Mag:Net Katipunan is a new hangout for progressive poets, artists and journalists sharing the goal of not only propagating their arts but also...
BY THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 31, September 7-13, 2008 Government has just announced that it has dissolved the peace panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which...
There is nothing new in the so-called policy shift in dealing with Moro rebels of “disarmament, demobilization and rehabilitation” (DDR) recently announced by de facto President Gloria Arroyo. It is simply a rehash of the old, discredited and failed policy of...
BY THE KILUSANG MAYO UNO (KMU or May First Movement Labor Centre) DEMOCRATIC SPACE Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 31, September 7-13, 2008 As freedom and justice-seeking workers and trade unionists in the Philippines, we declare our complete opposition to the...
A leaked version of last month's draft of the proposed US-Iraq status of forces agreement (SOFA) suggests that the Iraqi parliament may not be consulted before it is signed, despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's promises to do so. The pact would govern the...
Dr. Ayad Allawi, the former interim Iraqi prime minister previously referred to even by US Congress members as a "Bush puppet," voiced his strong support for a US withdrawal timeline during a Wednesday Congressional hearing. BY MAYA SCHENWAR, T r u t h o u t Posted...
Even as the Philippine government and the World Bank (WB), entered into a new agreement to review operations and mechanisms in implementing development programs as an attempt to enhance the current set of “readiness filters” in the programming of development...
The recently-implemented Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA) promised increased exports to Japan. But as the IJEPA went into effect in July, Indonesian Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said that Indonesia’s main exports, such as agricultural...
BY NOEL BARCELONA Bulatlat.com September 5, 2008 –5:24 p.m. Members of the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage), staged a picket-protest in front of the Quezon City Hall at 12 noon today to press for a P3,000 salary...
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