By Flon Faurillo / Bulatlat The Melo Commission, formed purportedly to probe the spate of extra-judicial killings under the Arroyo administration, takes pains to present itself as an independent body. Retired Supreme Court Justice Jose Melo, who heads the...
It was around 8 p.m. when we reached Manila and was shocked to receive a text message informing us that Ka Fort, union president of Nestle Philippines, was killed. Just hours earlier, we had lunch with Ka Fort when we visited the picket line of Nestle workers. That...
Closing statement of the 6th Human Rights Folk School of the Asian Human Rights Commission BY THE ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Posted by Bulatlat.com The 6th Human Rights Folks School of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was held in Hong Kong from 21 to 26...
BY THE ORDER OF CARMELITES Posted by Bulatlat.com Pope Benedict XVI “Hear me, you who know justice, you people who have my teaching at heart: Fear not the reproach of men, be not dismayed at their insults.” (Isaiah 51:7) We, the members of the Carmelite Family...
BY THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES (CODAL) Posted by Bulatlat.com CODAL condemns the Commission on Election for colluding with Sigaw ng Bayan, a party to a petition before it, to railroad the approval for a people’s initiative by taking the hypocritical...
Draconian surveillance, identification, behavior modification measures being implemented right outside your door By Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Posted by Bulatlat.com Escalating security measures, body scans, lie detector tests and behavior analysis now...
The criminal frame-up of young Muslim-South Asian British citizens by the British security officials was specifically designed to cover up for the failed Anglo-American invasion of Iraq and the Anglo-American backing for Israel's destructive but failed invasion of...
The Melo Commission, in marked contrast to the Palace hype, is widely perceived to be neither powerful, credible nor independent. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Malacañang's creation of a supposedly "independent commission to address...
Even if controversial Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan is set to retire on September 11, residents of Central Luzon are still gripped in fear. They said that Palparan has failed in what he has set out to do and that the full extent of the damage he has done may only be...
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...
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