The chances that justice will come for the 22-year-old Filipina who has accused six US soldiers of raping her last November 1 inside the former US base in Subic, Olongapo City is no better than previous cases of rape and even homicide that were lodged against...
This poem was written by Gelacio Guillermo in 1998 in the heat of the debates on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Written in Filipino, this creates scenarios if the VFA were approved, a decision that the Philippine Senate eventually did in 1999. The recent case...
He is comfortable around journalists, who are, in turn, easily fascinated by him. By Germelina Lacorte DAVAO CITY -- Just by looking at how media people swarm City Hall every time he is around, he is probably the city’s most covered mayor. He attracts journalists...
To those who fear him, Duterte is “the punisher,” as Time magazine described him three years ago. To those who respect him, he is the man who keeps the peace. To his political adversaries, he plays dirty. To others whose lives he touched through his generosity, he...
Using his unmatched political savvy, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has kept the City Council under his thumb. By Germelina Lacorte DAVAO CITY – A few months ago, war erupted at the City Council. It was between a large group of people identified with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte...
While most people rared to go back to work last Nov. 6 after a long vacation, farm workers of Hacienda Serafica who have long been suffering from unjust working conditions have decided to stop working and hold a picket. According to them, they intend to stay until...
Union condemns harassment Human rights violations at the Hacienda Luisita continue as 10 strikers and a striker's son, were arrested, detained and beaten up last Nov. 14. The military is said to be once again behind the dastardly act. BY ABNER BOLOS At about 2 a.m....
Philippine Laws Prohibit Their Transfer Abroad By Atty. Neri Javier Colmenares COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES (CODAL) Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be committing a culpable violation of the 1987 Constitution if she allows the United States to continue...
While visiting their dead last Nov. 1, All Saints’ Day, this family in La Loma Cemetery in Quezon City took the opportunity to earn some money by selling pre-paid loads passed from cellphone to cellphone, popularly known as the e-load. The e-load allows one to load...
Bulatlat.comBy Sarah Raymundo Posted by Bulatlat.com "they should have not let his brain spattered on the floor like that; or his eyes dismembered from his face it's the kids, it's too painful for them to have seen him so horribly lifeless or worse, remember him...
By Tomas Talledo Posted by Bulatlat.com I. Our Empress shoves us into scoundrel time. Her terrible reign inverted our simple world: right is wrong and wrong is right. She wants us to praise her fineries but struts naked unashamed. She urges us to labor night and...
The Canadian government is not taking any drastic action against human rights and environmental abuses of Canadian mining companies abroad, including the Philippines By Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo Ibon Features Posted by Bulatlat.com The chances of getting the...
While visiting their dead last Nov. 1, All Saints’ Day, this family in La Loma Cemetery in Quezon City took the opportunity to earn some money by selling pre-paid loads passed from cellphone to cellphone, popularly known as the e-load. The e-load allows one to load...
Four years after he graduated from a prestigious university here, Mark Dicaleng landed a job in a medical transcription (MT) company. He has only been with the company for a year but he is earning a five-digit income. By Lyn V. Ramo Northern Dispatch...
A total of 120 political activists and supporters of progressive party lists and people’s organizations have been killed from January to October 26. For the sake of human rights, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her mean killing machine must be prevented from...
Peasant leader Danilo Ramos said some congressmen in Bicol are “fast-tracking” the distribution of fertilizer bags and even cash allegedly to refute claims that no farm inputs were distributed to farmers under the controversial P728-million fertilizer fund of the...
Official statistics show that seven out of every 10 Filipinos die without ever seeing a doctor and that the nearly 75 percent of the population living below poverty line are mainly in rural areas where there is no access to basic services such as health and medical...
In its Nov. 4 statement of concern, the National Christian Council in Japan (NCCJ) condemned the spate of “political killings” in the Philippines which has victimized church leaders, trade union leaders, human rights defenders and members of progressive...
Canadian Gov't Fails to Address Mining Abuses in RP The Canadian government is not taking any drastic action against human rights and environmental abuses of Canadian mining companies abroad, including the Philippines By Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo Ibon Features...
Are attempts to hide the truth behind the fertilizer funds now taking place? Peasant leader Danilo Ramos said some congressmen in Bicol are “fast-tracking” the distribution of fertilizer bags and even cash allegedly to refute claims that no farm inputs were...
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