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...
Domus Dei (House of God), jointly set up by the Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties (MCCCL)-Bulacan, Alyansa ng Mamamayan para sa Makataong Karapatan (ALMMA or People’s Alliance for Human Rights), the Religious Inter-faith Dialogue and local...
By MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY AxisofLogic.com Bulatlat.com Barely acknowledged by the Western media, military exercises organized by Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan under the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, (CSTO) were launched on the 24th of...
Police fears that blood might spill between Kalinga and Maranao tribes in Baguio City after a Maranao vendor shot a Kalinga government official. BY ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Bloodshed between Northern and Southern tribes – Kalingas and Maranaos – looms...
The town of Lupao in Nueva Ecija province was the site of a massacre where government soldiers under President Corazon Aquino killed 17 peasants in 1987. The same town is now reeling under a “continuing massacre” – the onslaught of killings and abductions of...
Following the reported foiling by British authorities of an alleged new terror plot, the Arroyo government renewed its pitch for the immediate enactment of the proposed Anti-terrorism bill. But the Senate remains unmoved by government appeals and human rights...
An eruption of a different kind is happening in Tabaco City, and this has nothing to do with the hot lava coming from Mayon Volcano, the Bicol region’s crown jewel and located to its south. BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com TABACO CITY – Isn’t it strange that this...
In the wake of the nursing exam leakage scam, the resigned national president of the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) reportedly urged leaders of the professional nurses in Baguio to go slow on the scam and reportedly reprimanded a media liaison officer for...
By the Liga ng Kabataang Pilipino We, members and officers of the Liga ng Kabataang Pilipino (League of Filipino Youth or LINKAP) based in the Netherlands, express our alarm and concern over the politically motivated killings, disappearances, persecutions and...
“I have been unjustly jailed without seeing any hope for freedom and justice. But my resolve remains strong, and I remain hopeful that the causes and the ends that we are fighting for will triumph, along with the masses.” – "Unjustly" jailed party-list congressman,...
By Ghali Hassan AxisofLogic.com Bulatlat.com Most people associate German Fascism with crimes against Jews and powerful German army. What they forget are the death of millions of non-Jews, the repression of minorities, and the premeditated wars of aggression and...
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