UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution No. 1718 does not stipulate any explicit permission to the U.S. and its cohorts to launch an immediate military attack on the DPRK but lays down the basis and opens the way for further sanctions and even aggressive military...
BY THE TAGAYTAY 5 Posted by Bulatlat We, the Tagaytay 5, denounce in very strong terms the new round of strong negligence and utter disregard of detainees basic rights and welfare after the wide destruction in CALABARZON in the aftermath of “Milenyo.” Eight days...
BY THE IGLESIA FILIPINA INDEPENDIENTE Posted by Bulatlat “I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO KILL ME NEXT BUT NEVER WILL I ABANDON MY DUTY TO GOD AND MY MINISTRY TO THE PEOPLE” -- A statement of Bp. Alberto B. Ramento to his family The Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI)...
BY THE ECUMENICAL BISHOPS FORUM Posted by Bulatlat The Ecumenical Bishops Forum (EBF), the fellowship of bishops in the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), United Church of Christin the Philippines (UCCP), the United Methodist Church (UMC), the Episcopal Church...
NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Hindi maglalaon muling makikitang malaya ang Bayan. Bayang pinagbuwisan ng sampalataya't dugo ng pangangarap at pagkabigo. ng tagumpay at luha ng pagkukuro at pagkatuliro ng lakas at panghihina. Mamahinga ka na Ikaw na...
BY MILA D. AGUILAR Posted by Bulatlat This woman's playing chess Without a tear. After eating up all the pawns She's now targeting bishops From the rear. No storm, it seems, Can stay her Rather deadly, Definitely Ungodly career. Why don't the people Arise, you ask....
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Inakala ko: natabtab ang mga istik na tao, gagamba, banga at palayok sa dingding ng Petroglyphs sa bundok at gumapang sila hanggang sa bayan. Hanggang sa taas-baywang ng iyong studio at sala sa bahay: lumulutang ang mga...
Before becoming a reporter for GMA 7, Dan Campilan was a member of the League of Filipino Students (LFS) in Cebu. He believed and upheld the principles and ideals of genuine freedom and democracy and could identify with the plight of the poor. His background as an...
The nine punks illegally arrested by the Benguet police have welcomed the appointment of a new prosecutor to investigate them reiterating that they being innocent victims detained for eight months now, the investigation should have been done earlier. BY NESTOR...
Many are lured by the promise of high pay for seafarers. But the film Turbulent Waters takes us back to reality by showing how this supposed lucrative profession produced the galley slaves of the 21st century. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat.com Many are lured by the...
A fully owned subsidiary of US multinational Dole Food Company, DOLE Philippines Inc. (Dolefil), accounts for the bulk of Dole Food Company's total pineapple output. But, said the union, their wages can’t even compare with the salary levels of younger workers in...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has enforced a wave of violent dispersals and food blockade against on-strike garment factory workers within the 276-hectare Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) in Rosario town in Cavite, leaving scores wounded and...
The agreement is biased towards the more powerful Japanese economic interests, so how can JPEPA be positive for the Philippines in terms of trade and investment? BY SONNY AFRICA IBON Features Posted by Bulatlat After negotiating away from public scrutiny for four...
Government and the oil companies are using the series of oil price rollbacks to justify the deregulation policy and make it appear that the fundamentals of free market competition are working. However, the continued overpricing and profiteering of the oil firms...
Isla Puting Bato, located in the breakwater of the North Harbour and the adjacent land of the Philippine Ports Authority, cradles hundreds of families who are becoming more determined to win against the cruel tides that embattle their lives. After a huge fire that...
"Development aggression" and "globalization" have contributed to the destruction of the country's ecosystem (considered one of the richest in the world), traditional protective barriers and once self-sustaining economies that used to enable the people to withstand...
Instead of copies of the Philippine Collegian, there are now several position papers on the bulletin boards of all colleges denouncing the UP administration’s suppression of the publication’s autonomy. By MARK JOSEPH UBALDE Contributed to Bulatlat Copies of the...
The Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (CODAL) urges the Senate to remove Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile as chairman of the Human Rights Committee for his anti-human rights position, shown by ramming the Anti-Terrorism Bill in the Senate and for his lack of respect for...
All of us are in grief and feel a deep sense of loss over the murder of Bishop Ramento. But we are all comforted by the fact that he has lived a full and meaningful life in the service of his faith and the oppressed and exploited people. BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON...
Fr. Terry Revollido said the Iglesia Filipino Independiente (IFI) is under attack because it is the church “of the workers, the peasants and other poor people.” In his homily at the wake of Bishop Ramento in Tarlac City he said that the bishop died because he...
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