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Sharing Struggles

Sharing Struggles

At the ongoing strike of Lepanto mineworkers in Mankayan, Benguet, women and youths take turns to extend support. One of them, a young female pharmacology student in Baguio, shares a story. By Abi T.Bengwayan Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet — Salem Dilem sits...

Samar Island in Agony

Samar Island in Agony

Interfaith Mission reports 2 rights violations every day This is one of those cases when cold figures can heat one up. From February to May alone, a total of 276 cases of human rights violations were recorded in Samar, involving the controversial Brig. Gen. Jovito...

For Good Health

For Good Health

Photo by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat Bulatlat.com No, this is not a baptism. The newlywed couple, caught by Bulatlat’s camera in Currimao, Ilocos Norte (464 kms north of Manila), have their heads washed by relatives with vinegar and rice straw. It is a traditional...

Government by Repression

Government by Repression

While crushing the insurgency is the immediate aim of a policy decision to use all means including torture, assassination, and the suppression of free expression, the opportunities for bureaucratic plunder the entry of foreign mining companies into the country...

A Plague unto Itself

A Plague unto Itself

By Jasper Almirante/ Bulatlat Bulatlat.com President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s attempts at preempting an alleged destabilization plot by her political opponents have only put her in a position where she holds fort in a sand castle being battered by the waves....

Oust-Gloria Call Mounts

Oust-Gloria Call Mounts

For allegedly stealing the 2004 elections, the 14th President of the Philippines faces mounting calls for her resignation. An increasing number of groups and individuals believe there is only one penalty for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s crime of electoral fraud – her...

In the Heart of Barlig

In the Heart of Barlig

Photo by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat Bulatlat.com An old farmer in Kadaklan village, in the heart of Barlig, Mountain Province (about 13 hours ride north of Manila) arranges his rice harvest. He is preparing for the next planting season. The seeds he plants on his payao...

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