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...
“It is a dream come true. Old women in the village are literally crying with happiness when they saw long stretches of palay (unhusked rice grain) being spread on the concrete road to dry under the sun. They say this is what they have been waiting for all these...
For testifying against a fund that never reached them, witnesses to the P728-million fertilizer scam reportedly engineered by former Agriculture Undersecretary and now U.S. immigration detainee Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante, are now being chased by suspicious burly men...
By Will Dunham Reuters October 11, 2006 Posted By Bulatlat.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 655,000 Iraqis have died from the Iraq war, exceeding previous estimates, researchers said on Wednesday, but President George W. Bush called the findings not credible and a...
By Abner Bolos Gitnang Luzon News Service Bulatlat.com Posted 6:20 p.m., Oct. 5, 2006 TARLAC CITY- Bayan Muna party representative Satur Ocampo said on Wednesday that the killing of Bishop Alberto Ramento is part of the long string of extra-judicial executions...
NI LYN O. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Balita ay lutong putahe Pinipili ang sangkap sa mga detalye Hinuhugasan ayon sa ikakasariwa. Hinihiwa ayon sa tema… Ngunit kadalasan – Minamabuting dikdikin ang mga sangkap, Nang gayo'y saglit lang na isasalang Sa kwadradong kalang...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Giniyahan ka upang matalunton Ang lingas ng lantay na landas. Subalit, hinila ka ng iyong sarili Paa upang palimpingi'y Ang madawag na gubat. Walang retina kumisap sa pag-abot Ng medalya at diploma, Bagkus, inasinta mo ang...
Kailangang ipaalam sa madla na ang ugat ng mga ideya ng mga naghaharing uri na ipinapakalat ng mga binabayarn nilang mga alagad sa sining at panitikan ay naka-ugat sa kanilang pagnanais na panatiliin ang kaugalian ng kanilang uri. NI EDBERTO M. VILLEGAS Inilathala...
Bangus (milkfish) has given fame to Dagupan – and income to thousands of families and vendors. This may all change when a big fish processing plant rises in the city. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan (212 kms north of Manila) ? No town beats...
What is Operation Phoenix? How can an almost-40-year-old counterrevolutionary program mounted on foreign shores provide relevant insights in explaining the current murderous spree in the Philippines? By Joel Garduce IBON Features Posted by Bulatlat Splashed all...
It should not be difficult to see that any attack on any lawyer should have an impact on other lawyers in other countries. After all, we all believe in the rule of law; in effective and independent legal representation; in due process; in freedom, democracy and...
Please read, sign and pass to other journalists (email you name and media network to nujphil@gmail.com) There are presently 43 journalists in the Philippines facing libel charges filed by First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo. The sheer number betrays a wanton...
Bayan Muna’s Jariz Vida survived two assassination attempts. But in a twist of fate, he had to post bail and face charges of frustrated murder filed against him by soldiers from the 9th Infantry Division. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Looking thin and pale,...
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples” Struggle Posted by Bulatlat.com Driven by self-interest and malice, Gloria M. Arroyo cannot be expected to comply with the memorandum of the Amnesty...
Between January 2001 to September this year, records from the human rights alliance Karapatan-Southern Tagalog showed 142 extra-judicial killings in the region. Cases of human rights violations have reached 2,280 affecting 9,222 individuals or 13,102 families. By...
As the ranks of victims of human rights violations under the Arroyo administration continue to grow, their families, survivors of rights abuses and rights advocates had formed HUSTISYA, or justice, which they vowed will tirelessly fight until justice is served. BY...
By Nopporn Wong-Anan Reuters Posted by Bulatlat BANGKOK - Even though Thailand's last military coup was 15 years ago, when Bangkok motorists spotted tanks rolling down the street last week, many thought the army was up to its old tricks once again. "I received more...
Country in southeast Asia on the Gulf of Siam, bounded east by Laos and Cambodia, south by Malaysia, and west by Myanmar (Burma). Government A hereditary monarch is head of state. A number of constitutional changes were implemented through the 1990s. There is a...
By Shawn W Crispin Asia Times BANGKOK - As Thailand's military settles into its provisional authority role and awaits to see which prominent figure assumes the interim leadership role, for all intents and purposes His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej has, through...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Si Bang-aw ay isa lamang sa limang batang lagalag na ligalig Sa lansangang naglalansa ang kalan ng kanal at imburnal. Ang limang daliri’y isinuksok sa naglalantiting garapong pawis, Upang bumalani ang pampasabog na lasa ng...
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