Ship captain had no oil management and safety training Initial findings from a Board of Marine Inquiry investigation of the Aug. 11 oil spill in Guimaras reveal that the safety management certificate of Solar 1, the ship that figured in the disaster, had already...
After studying the documents submitted by six progressive lawmakers and the Philippines’ justice secretary, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), has expressed concern over the political persecution of six party-list representatives. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat.com...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Bulatlat.com Lumalabo itong lawa sa paglurok nitong ulan, May ragasa yaong bahang nanggaling sa kabundukan; Dahil walang sagkang ugat libong punong ibinuwal Lupang pikat ay naagnas, umaangkas, gumagapang Na ang alam kong puntahi’y ang puntod ng...
As the prosecution panel in the Subic rape case trial ends its presentation of witnesses and evidence, its lawyers are confident that they have pieced out the puzzle showing the four accused U.S. Marines guilty. BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com Prosecution lawyers...
By Ghali Hassan AxisofLogic.com Bulatlat.com ‘Terrorism’ means activities that - (A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if...
Two months after the Arroyo government declared an intensification of the all-out war against the armed Left, there are no claims of big battles being won by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Truth is, it is the ordinary village folk, and the members and...
By the Hong Kong Christian Institute Bulatlat.com The Hong Kong Christian Institute (HKCI) is deeply concerned about the increasing number of political killings and human rights violations in the Philippines. We urge the Philippine government to take stronger...
Even as controversial Kalinga police Chief Supt. Pedro Ramos, was relieved from his post to create a “climate of trust” between police investigators and relatives of victims of political killings, calls for an investigation on his alleged involvement or negligence...
Photo by Dabet Castañeda / Bulatlat Bulatlat.com The cedula (community tax certificate) was the symbol of the subjugation of the Filipino people during the Spanish colonial period. Revolutionary forces under the banner of the Katipunan led by Andres Bonifacio tore...
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI Bulatlat.com Sa mga gabing di makatulog, iniisip ko ang mga kaklaseng siguro, siguro isinilid sa drum at pagkatapos sinimentuhan; ang mga kakilalang ang mga mukha ay pinasabog ng pasistang mga bigwas, bala at putok; ang mga kapwa makata at...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com At around 10 am today, the House of Representatives voted 173-32 upholding the decision of the Committee on Justice junking the impeachment complaint filed against Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for “insufficiency in substance”. Justice...
By Jhong dela Cruz Bulatlat.com The parents of two missing students allegedly abducted by the military asked the Court of Appeals to issue a warrant of arrest for Army commander Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, who again failed to appear at the habeas corpus petition...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com Eight members of the human rights group Karapatan- Southern Tagalog were abducted today while on a fact finding mission in Catanauan, Quezon. The fact finding mission team was on their way home at around 10-11a.m. when soldiers from the...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com On the eve of Benigno Aquino Jr.’s death anniversary, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed an order creating “A Commission to Conduct an Independent Probe of the Killings of Media Practitioners and Militant Activists.” The commission will...
BY THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES Bulatlat.com CODAL finds unacceptable Pres. Arroyo’s creation of a probe body to investigate political killings without any consultation from the victims and the human rights sector to assure the public that the body is...
First of three parts In the long-drawn war against the Marxist guerrillas where force takes the lead, the country’s security forces have had a reproachable record in human rights threatening even legitimate political dissent, the peaceful advocacy of radical reform...
Last of three parts The issue of political murders is tied to the issue of regime survival. BY BOBBY TUAZON Bulatlat.com The recent directive of Macapagal-Arroyo to the justice department and Philippine National Police (PNP) to solve at least 10 political killings...
Top nursing educators and former CHED authorities say that the recent nursing board exam leakage is just the tip of a bigger problem – the deterioration in the country’s nursing education and government’s export of nurses abroad. By Arthur L. Allad-iw Northern...
“The poor should have a way to use the justice system for their benefit. The high price of pursuing justice makes the poor choose to evade it.” – FLAG lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno By Jhong dela Cruz Bulatlat.com The relatives of 21-year-old Jonas “Chukoy” Nucum and...
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