The coming 12th ASEAN Summit to be held in Cebu this December would continue the neo-liberal liberalization agenda, to the continuing disadvantage of the peoples of Southeast Asia. By IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat.com The US and Japan may use the Association...
It’s the school needed for our times and it’s for free, without the exorbitant fees and yearly increases. The only requirement is an open mind and a willing spirit to take on a critical and alternative perspective of society and reality. By KAREN PAPELLERO...
The University of the Philippines (UP) as the premier academic institution in the country remains one of the bulwarks of academic freedom. But its students are being harassed and military and police forces are intensifying surveillance operations inside the campus....
A peasant leader was shot to death in Baggao, Cagayan (500 kms. north of Manila) on November 11, and a Protestant pastor survived an attempt on his life in Vigan City (407 kms. north of Manila) last November 9. By Emily Vital Bulatlat.com Two more cases of...
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...
Government authorities appear in a hurry to integrate five public hospitals to promote medical tourism. However, there is as yet no law calling for the integration, health authorities are themselves divided on its wisdom and health workers are in protest. BY AUBREY...
Theresa-Ladeli Jegenstorf, a prestigious Swiss development organization, has protested the abduction of Lourilie Naiz, 22, and Mary Bernadette Solitario, 21, staff workers of the Disaster Response Center, Inc. (DIRECT) last Nov. 4 while on field work in Tulunan,...
Port workers of the Manila North Harbor fear that they will lose their jobs once the port is privatized effective 2007. An executive of the Philippine Ports Authority says about 75 percent of their organic employees will be laid-off once the winning private bidder...
Kung iginagalang itong makulay na mundo ng pagka-Filipino, bakit naghihikahos ang driver at pasahero sa loob nito? Trip down memory lane tayo: magkano ang pamasahe mo noong sumasakay ka ng jeep, at sa ikot noong nag-aaral ka sa UP? Magkano na ang pamasahe ngayon?...
Not only in the Philippines! Even in Australia, Filipino workers could get fired for joining unions as experienced by three welders in Queensland. By CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROÑA Bulatlat Three Filipino welders in Queensland, Australia were fired last week for joining a...
Will Nicole get justice? The U.S. government and the Arroyo administration have done all they can to deny her justice in a court of law. Perhaps only the court of public opinion and the triumph of the Filipino people's struggle against foreign, imperialist...
When a country fails in its obligation to protect the lives of human rights defenders but is elected to such a prestigious UN body, it dishonors the UN as an institution and makes a mockery of its ability to promote and protect human rights. By Asian Human Rights...
The PPT Second Session indictment shows that the Philippines has not substantially moved away from political repression and military abuse despite the ouster of a military-backed, U.S.-propped dictatorship nor has it broken free of its neocolonial status despite...
This is a country where seeking justice leads to further injustice, where the culture of impunity is aggravated by a culture of fear and defenselessness, where a corrupt and lawless government in all its brazenness invokes the “rule of law” to justify assaults on...
Families of victims of forced disappearance may still be looking for their missing kin, but they have found strength in each other, and in their common search for the truth. They lit candles on Nov. 2 as a symbol of their ardent struggle for justice and to light...
A Mindanao-based group of nuns has condemned the Oct. 31 Philippine National Police (PNP) raids and searches of the convents of the Contemplatives Good Shepherd (CGS) and the Missionary Sisters of Mary (MSM) in Butuan City as an “attack on the church and the...
The results of the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) regarding the incidence of hunger and poverty are better indicators of the economic situation instead of the so-called growth statistics released by the government. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat...
Is tourism more important than job security for the Macapagal-Arroyo administration? Enlightened workers of public hospitals think so. By PHILIP PARAAN Bulatlat The Macapagal-Arroyo administration is currently promoting medical tourism to have an “effective and...
“Not all solutions to the ongoing conflict in Mindanao can be found in the Constitution.” This was the observation made by MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu in a phone interview with Bulatlat. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat “Not all solutions to the ongoing...
With its trade, mining, and economic interests in the Philippines, it is no wonder that Australia is pushing for the signing of military treaties with the Philippine government. There were reports that even without a treaty, 20 soldiers from the elite Australian...
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