“We wonder what the rush is all about. Of course they may cite court orders and logistics. But really, whisking away from lawyers, friends and kin a sick, frail and gentle though firm old man of peace like that to a far-flung place where they allege him to have murdered and attempted to kill government soldiers?”
Is there a way of combining what is popular and what could be considered as a quality book in contemporary Philippine Literature to encourage more readers?
“A genuine agrarian reform scheme will address the centuries-old problem of peasant landlessness, which the CARP has not solved and in fact worsened. Up till now 7 out of 10 farmers do not own the land they till, in some regions like Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon it is 8 out of 10.” – Bayan Muna Rep Neri Colmenares
“Removing Filipino as a subject in the new GEC is not just a local issue; it is a moral issue that goes against the integrity of our race.” – Prof. Patrocinio Villafuerte
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com It is a book that draws you in. Three-time Palanca Award-winning writer Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin’s collection of 10 personal narratives titled “Anim na Sabado ng Beyblade’ is a testament to the innate power of the well-written word to convey so many things at once. His essays unpretentiously titled with…
By INA ALLECO R, SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Do paintings have the power that photographs could never replicate? In some cases, this is true. Throughout history there have been paintings that have captured the imagination and awakened intense feelings of social and political awareness. It was not only through the scenes or images the paintings portrayed or…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) labor center is protesting against the reported plans of the Aquino government remove 100,000 urban poor from their homes in six major waterways in Metro Manila effective immediately. It said the government is only using arguments of flood control and the urban…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The progressive party-list group Bayan Muna is accusing a group closely allied with the Aquino government of resurrecting a legislative measure that is “ contrary to the interest of human rights victims.” Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares criticized Akbayan lawmaker Walden Bello for allegedly undermining the House…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Human rights advocates all over the world expressed dismay and outrage over January 9 reports that Saudi Arabia has beheaded Rizana Nafeek, the Sri Lankan domestic worker who was wrongly accused of killing a baby under her care in 2005. Nafeek’s case has been widely followed by…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A class action suit filed by over 70 Filipino workers was initiated, even prior to the explosion, against the Grand Isle Shipyard for discrimination, labor trafficking, slavery and forced servitude, and fraud.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — A lawmaker is calling on the Commission on Elections to look deeper into the qualifications of a group currently applying for accreditation for the party list elections. Act Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said the poll body should investigate the claims of the Ant-Crime Community Involvement and…