With the country’s human rights situation already in dire straits, rights advocates say the passage of an anti-terror bill is like creating a new monster that would trample on the rights of innocent Filipinos. As a human rights lawyer said, “Fighting its...
“The sex trade and trafficking of women and children is tantamount to virtual slavery, an act of violence and a grave violation of the fundamental tenets of human rights and the guarantees enshrined in the UN Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” – Ninotchka Rosca By...
Is there a connection between the Valentine’s Day bombing in Davao City and plans to hold more military exercises between the Philippines and the United States? By CHERYLL D. FIEL Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Was the Valentine’s Day bombing here self-inflicted?...
We take a look at President Bush's inaugural address with Gore Vidal, one of America's most respected writers and thinkers and the author of more than 20 novels and 5 plays. Vidal says, "If the United States does go abroad to slay dragons in the name of freedom,...
By Robert Fisk The Independent So, the Palestinians will end their occupation of Israel. No more will Palestinian tanks smash their way into Haifa and Tel Aviv. No more will Palestinian F-18s bomb Israeli population centres. No more will Palestinian Apache...
By Robert Thompson AxisofLogic.com February 5, 2005 -- I have read with considerable interest the item from Electronic Intifada of 4th February 2005 by Professor Avi Shlaim of Saint Antony's College, Oxford. His analysis is to my mind a sadly clear example of a...
By Arnon Regular Haaretz Hamas and Islamic Jihad are waiting until Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas updates them Wednesday about the previous day's Sharm el-Sheikh summit before they decide whether to halt attacks on Israeli targets. Israel Radio...
“I charge the President with culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust on three counts for which she is answerable under Section 2, Article XI.” By Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Posted by Bulatlat Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Mr. President, for...
Floods, storms and droughts. Melting Arctic ice, shrinking glaciers, oceans turning to acid. The world's top scientists warned last week that dangerous climate change is taking place today, not the day after tomorrow. By Geoffrey Lean Independent / UK Posted by...
According to workers, the failure of the cooperative to solve its troubles might pave the way for its privatization, which could mean higher electric rates for consumers in the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley and the possible loss of job of its...
The revival of the "no union, no strike" (NUNS) policy in Cavite appears to be making labor organizing more tortuous. BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat DASMARINAS, Cavite – The revival of the "no union, no strike" (NUNS) policy in Cavite appears to be making labor...
The Arroyo government faces charges for violating a peace agreement signed with the NDFP in 1996. One of the violations is government’s failure to indemnify thousands of torture victims during the Marcos dictatorship. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat.com Members of a...
A Subanon and a mine worker met for the first to share their testimonies in a mining conference in Manila. Their testimonies led to the drafting of a people’s mining policy – a counter-measure to what Church leaders call government’s pro-TNC and destructive mining...
By Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment Contrary to the claims of Mines and Geosciences Bureau Director Horacio Ramos, in his letter to the editor (PDI Jan. 7, 2005), the Mining Act of 1995 which embodies the mining program of the Arroyo government...
Statement on mining Ecumenical Bishops Forum Church People’s Conference On Mining St. Thomas Aquinas Research Complex University of Santo Tomas Contaminated and rapid sedimentation of the Antamok and Luneta Rivers, downstream river and coastal area; tailings...
The Supreme Court has upheld with finality the constitutionality of the Mining Act of 1995 but the struggle against this law that allows transnational corporations to engage in destructive mining activities continues, especially in Mindanao. By TYRONE VELEZ...
Gate 1 of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac, where seven lay dead after the Nov. 16 carnage, remains as the battleground between the Cojuangcos and the striking sugar mill and farm workers. This is where hundreds of battle-scarred strikers have held their ground...
Shots shattered the evening calm as a peasant leader, Marcelino Beltran, went out of his house to greet some “visitors.” The visitors pumped bullets into his body and he died two hours later – the eighth to fall following the Nov. 16 massacre of seven farmers at Hacienda Luisita.
By Arnold Padilla, IBON Senior Researcher A recent article by Reuters tried to explain why oil prices are high. It gave five major reasons: Rising demand driven in particular by Chinese and Indian markets, lack of spare supply capacity, political tensions in the...
By SAMAR ASSAD Counterpunch Statements by presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry and his running mate Sen. John Edwards on issues concerning the Palestinian-Israeli conflict indicate that if elected this coming November 2nd, they would follow the same policies as...
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