Interfaith rally gathers big anti-GMA crowd People power is alive in this highland city as shown in mass actions launched here calling for the immediate resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, belying administration claims that there is widespread...
"Producing muscovado sugar from the coconut is far more profitable than copra, with less labor," said Eliseo Ganibe Sr., a coconut farmer. BY RUSSTUM G. PELIMA Sarangani Information Office Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 5 March 2-8, 2008 KIAMBA, Sarangani – Soon...
This interesting streamer was sneaked up to the stage during the Feb. 29 interfaith prayer rally in Makati City. It uses a common Filipino joke, “Sana kunin ka na ni Lord” (May God take your life away), as a political statement. This one calls on God to take...
While calling on the Catholic faithful, the biggest religious bloc in the Philippines, to destroy “the roots of corruption,” the recent statement by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo – whose...
(An interview with Atty. Felix Vinluan) In this interview with Atty. Felix Vinluan, one of the counsels of the Sentosa 27++ (he lawyers for the Avalon 10, now among the Sentosa 27++ “fighters”), it is hoped that all grey areas about the Sentosa 27++ case will be...
What now for ARMM in view of the framework of rights-based approach to development? Has ARMM become an obstacle to development? BY ATTY. ALGAMAR A. LATIPH Contributed to Bulatlat HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VII, No. 48, January 13-19, 2008 Nearly four decades after the...
An organic fertilizer, known as Bio Green Grow Organic Fertilizer, can increase farm yield, protect the environment and restore soil bio-diversity. It was first produced in a demonstration at Barangay Balugan, Sagada, Mountain Province. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW...
Both the Democrats and Republicans come from the same corporate elite which exerts a strong influence on U.S. foreign policy. They may differ on some domestic issues but they are of the same mold with regard to America’s global trade, investment and security...
NI KAYAN LIWARI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 26, August 5-11, 2007 Kung saan ako nanggaling hindi pa nakakarating ang balitang ipinasa na pala ang Human Security Act at patuloy na sumisikip ang mga lansangan ng Maynila para sa mga pulis na nanggigigil...
Officials and alumni of the Benguet State University (BSU), including his mentors, added their voice in the demands of various sectors and personalities to surface Jonas Joseph Burgos, an alumnus of their institution, who was believed to have been abducted by military agents.
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com To date, there have been 601 cases of political killings. Political killings or assassinations may be the appropriate term to describe it. But the way these killings were carried out, the use of authority and superior force over an...
Despite the recent oil price rollbacks, IBON computations show that oil products in the country are still overpriced by P2.12 ($0.043) per liter. While the Filipino people suffers from increases in the prices of basic goods and services, oil companies earned P3.32...
By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY – All the gunman had to do was pump one bullet into the head of Renato Pacaide. His death would have been quick, perhaps relatively less brutal. But it took more than a bullet to kill a man known as “Ka Atong” to many...
As the May election is fast approaching and candidacies are filed with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the election fever surges even in Abra with announcements by alleged warring parties and individuals of their intention to run challenging each other, at...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Posted Feb. 16, 2007, 4:52 p.m. In the midst of the ongoing investigation of the United Nations special rapporteur on extra judicial executions, Philip Alston, on the spate of political killings in the country, another student leader of a...
PHOTOS BY AUBREY MAKILAN Posted Feb. 13, 2007, 12:46 p.m. At the start of the campaign for the May 14 elections, progressive partylist groups vying for seats in the House of Representatives have started doing the rounds to make known their platforms and programs....
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Posted Feb. 13, 2007, 6:32 p.m. SURPRISE: United Nations special rapporteur on extra-judicial killings Philip Alston (right) and his entourage cross EDSA from the police headquarters in Camp Crame to the army headquarters in Camp...
Nananaginip si Bobet gabi-gabi ng pagbukas niya sa bintana at rumaragasa ang putik at bato. Maitim ang ilog sa bukana ng bahay. Tinatangay ang sumasalungat na tao, manok, baboy at kalabaw. Naghuhimiyaw ang mga ito pero hindi kaya ng dambuhalang tunog ng pagragasa....
Ang pagiging written at spoken art ng tula ay makitid na dimension lamang ng pag-iral nito. Mas malawak ang hamon sa tula na makalampas pa sa mabusising pagkakasulat, mahusay na pagkakabigkas o kaiga-igayang pagkakatanghal, papunta sa pagtanggap ng mambabasa, na...
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