With the Melo Commission just a phony, the President exonerating the AFP from any involvement in the extra-judicial killings and the CHR in limbo with regards its own investigation, whom will the families of the victims of political murders turn to for justice? By...
We have gone this far holding mass media as our own, having our trusty old watchdog, though limping and perhaps infested with fleas, bite the hands off dictators and dishonest leaders. Why let a strange collie, no matter how attractive it is, do the gate keeping?...
There are legal and political courses of action available internationally which the victims' families, rights groups, lawyers and civil libertarians can take to seek redress for the unmitigated killings including the prosecution of those responsible. There have...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Bulatlat.com Bakit pumanig ka sa banig na bitbit ng mababagsik Na kongresmang maglilibing sa kasong impeachment Ni GMA? “Dahil ang halalan ay malaong lumalapit, Kaya dapat ay mahigpit na kaming sa tapis ay kumapit.” Maraming nagluksa sa pagsasaya ng...
Marking the sixth month of Rep. Crispin Beltran’s illegal detention, the Free Ka Bel Movement (FKBM) together with Anakpawis Party List led a two-day vigil and protest rally of labor unions, progressive organizations and Beltran’s supporters demanding the...
Photo by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat Do storms and typhoons dampen business? Not so for umbrella repairmen like Mang Ramon here, photographed in Baguio City (246 kms. north of Manila). In fact, for him, business is at its prime during the strongest rains as customers...
NI MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com Tinawag nilang camera obscura, "babasaging salaming may alaala" ang maysa-de-gulat na makinang dumudukot ng mga kaluluwa. Ibinababad ang huwad na liwanag sa nakayukyok na birheng kambas. Doon naglalatak ang mantsa ng gutom, sakit, at...
Two victims’ heads run over by PNP jeep, survivors say The families of two Tabuk, Kalinga residents alleged to have been extra-judicially killed upon orders from suspended provincial police chief Preddro Ramos are seeking justice by urging appropriate authorities...
“We are appalled by the statement of the Task Force Usig branding the people’s martyrs and heroes, who died protecting and upholding the interests of the masses, as ‘thieves’ only to cover up the inutility of the government to solve these cases of political...
Media workers may bask in the limelight and may wield tremendous amount of influence. But, as four topnotch Davao journalists tell davaotoday.com, they are not spared from poverty and the corruption and danger that it brings. BY GRACE S. UDDIN davaotoday.com...
Times like this, even a staunch opponent of the Arroyo administration would wish that government will get its act together, do whatever needs to be done with dispatch, in an organized way and with maximum effect. Alas, that may be asking too much if we go by...
The powers-that-be are creating an atmosphere conducive for a subservient media and a kind of journalism that is biased for the "official line." BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com The political crisis besetting the Macapagal-Arroyo administration has reached a point...
Australia and the rest of the international community have a moral obligation to make sure that democracy in the Philippines does not die. President Arroyo has to act to stop the political persecution and physical attacks upon people who advocate for civil...
BY THE Philippine Political Science Association Bulatlat.com We, officers and members of the Philippine Political Science Association, fully condemn the continuing nationwide extra-judicial killings of leaders/activists of legal mass organizations, social...
Two months of maltreatment forced Mariz Yabes, a 20-year-old mother of two from Isabela, to decide to escape from her employer. The war in Lebanon gave her a chance to flee. BY MAUREEN HERMITANIO Bulatlat.com Mariz Yabes, a 20-year-old-mother of two from Isabela,...
By Simon Jones From AxisofLogic.com Bulatlat.com Just when it became patently obvious that the tail was in complete control of the dog (i.e., Israel in control of US Middle East policy), the dog has decided to try to reassert control over its nether appendage....
The government-backed anti-insurgency war and the plunder of public funds have worsened poverty and terror among rural folk, said the “Tagaytay 5”, a group of five detained peasant advocates. BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat.com The government-backed anti-insurgency war...
Although corruption in the media is rampant in Eastern Visayas (EV), there are still journalists here who believe that it is never justifiable to engage in any form of corruption just because of poor economic condition of journalists. BY MAUREEN JAPZON Bulatlat.com...
Looking for the right supplement to boost your family’s resistance to diseases during the rainy season? No need to look further down the road or dig deeper into your pocket. All one needs is the common malunggay, called the “miracle vegetable” by scientists. BY...
The presidential order forming the commission is widely seen more as a political gimmick rather than as a major step toward stopping the extra-judicial killings. It was meant to mollify public outrage over the killings and clear the constitutionally-impaired...
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