It was at the same time a tribute concert to poet-revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio – whose 142nd birthday fell that day – and a protest concert calling for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The concert was organized by the Artists for the...
Review of the CD album Songs of Struggle and Liberation Produced by the Euro-Philippine Inter-Cultural Solidarity (EPICS) Manufactured and distributed in the Philippines by IBON Foundation The artists behind Songs of Love and Struggle are at it again. But this...
The Philippines hosts United States soldiers allegedly tasked with training their counterparts in the Philippine Armed Forces. Six of these soldiers are accused of raping a 22-year old Filipina—an event that has correctly provoked questions on the wisdom of the...
Many municipalities and provinces have suffered financing shortfalls causing the diversion of health funds to other priorities. There was also no prior development of health staff including those retained by the DoH, or local government executives and officials for...
In the last preliminary investigation of the controversial Subic rape case in Olongapo City, prosecution lawyer Katrina Legarda raised alarm over the perceived bias of the country’s justice system for the six U.S. Marines accused of raping a Filipina. A judge who...
“We should be out there and we should be telling everybody else and we should do our part in seeing to it that this does not happen again. Not to another woman, not to another girl, definitely not to our youth,” a participant told the audience. By Angely Chi DAVAO...
Last of three parts A paper by Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan, former Vice-Chancellor for Research of the University of the Philippines-Manila and executive director of the National Institutes of Health-Philippines, entitled “The Brain Drain Phenomenon and Its Implications...
The “How’s my driving” sign appears on public utility vehicles around the country so that motorists would know what number to call when they want to tell on errant drivers. But the baby peeping out from this jeepney in Baguio City, 246 kms. north of Manila, lends...
Ni Gelacio Guillermo Posted by Bulatlat.com Dipa ne ning alte, Gloria Parang reyna ng Pyestang Tugak sa Pampanga Sa kakokokak sa Malakanyang nagdonya Pekeng reyna'y tigre't santa kung umasta Sa palasyo't kampo, sa batasa't korte Nagpipista ang mga palakang mabuni...
“My paintings,” Papo de Asis wrote in 1992, “yearn to be the anguished expression of a people long denied of justice and equality...The convoluted reality of my historical past wrote the scenario to my present sources of sorrow.” By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com In the...
A grand global fight looms in Hong Kong in December—a fight between the rich corporations and governments of the First World, and the vast number of people in the Third World worst hit by the W.T.O. By Joseph Yu Ibon Features Posted by Bulatlat.com With two failed...
Gushes of spray bathed me, and even when I looked down, the water would sting my eyes. After a few minutes, the loud drum roll of the waterfalls faded into light pelting and my vision cleared. We were past the waterfalls and before us was the large green patch of...
Bankerohan and the other public markets in Davao are places to explore, not only for fun but for a few pesos of savings in this increasingly difficult times. By Daisy C. Gonzales davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY -- If you are a first-timer here -- if, let's say, you don't...
Here, one may find herself in the middle of the jungle of Mount Apo, the Philippines's highest peak, and finds that she is still within city limits. By Germelina A. Lacorte davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY -- Far from the Moro settlement that the Spaniards found when they...
Government employees are overworked and underpaid. Their security of tenure is threatened by reengineering and privatization schemes. Worse, they have no right to strike or undertake collective action. But now they are fighting back. By Karl G. Ombion Bulatlat.com...
Even with the removal of the U.S. Bases, the sex trade never stopped in Olongapo and Subic. In the 80s, prostitution catered to U.S. servicemen. Now prostitution caters to businessmen, mostly Chinese, Taiwanese, and Filipinos, who frequent the casinos inside the...
Macapagal-Arroyo is not literally deaf and blind to the persistent protests and appeals here and abroad to cease the wanton violations of human rights. Out of lust for power, she has been consumed by her own “war on terror.” Crafted to stop the criminal activities...
BY Johann Hein B. Arpon Within a week, motorcycle-riding gunmen had turned two women into widows and five children fatherless, as political killings continue in Eastern Visayas. On Nov. 7, at past 5 p.m., Jose Ducalang, municipal coordinator of Bayan Muna-Ormoc...
First of three parts “Health is wealth” is an old adage usually drummed by teachers on pre-schoolers during lessons on proper grooming and hygiene. But under the health agenda of the government, the adage now has a new meaning - transforming the public health...
After five sessions, 21 witnesses and more than 20 hours of testimonies, the Citizens Congress for Truth and Accountability adjourned. The historic initiative brought to light the evidences that administration allies sought to keep in the dark with the junking of...
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