Bulatlat Staff | Sep 16, 2008
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Pump Prices Still Above Normal Levels
Pump Prices Still Above Normal Levels
Even as world crude prices have gone down to approximately their January 2008 levels, current pump prices are still above the averages for the period January-March 2008.
An Activist Looks Back on Edsa 2
An Activist Looks Back on Edsa 2
We were young, full of energy and were willing to do anything to contribute toward change.
“Sampung taon na pala iyon?” I told Sally, and laughed. “Naramdaman mo bang tumanda tayo ng sampung taon?” I added. We went on sharing memories, those moments when we held meetings until the wee hours of the night at the Anakbayan headquarters on P. Noval in Sampaloc, Manila; the allies we encountered during the campaign; all the “gimmicks” we devised to oust Estrada and even the times when we skipped meals because we had no money; and many more.
2010 Elections: ‘Caught in the Middle’: A Journalist Witnesses Violence in Lanao del Sur
2010 Elections: ‘Caught in the Middle’: A Journalist Witnesses Violence in Lanao del Sur
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA / Kodao Productions / Bulatlat.com
I was caught in the middle of a gunfight that lasted hours in Tugaya, Lanao del Sur while covering the country’s first-ever automated elections. I don’t know if being ‘caught in the middle’ is a correct description because I was there as a journalist and had prior knowledge that that town is a poll hotspot. But I use it nonetheless because I did not want the gunfight to happen, much less witness it up close.
2010 Elections: Voting Made More Difficult
2010 Elections: Voting Made More Difficult
Automation and computerization are supposed to make life easier. It is supposed to speed up processes by minimizing human intervention. After all, machines are more efficient, more precise, and do not tire easily compared to humans. However, this is not the case with the first Philippine Automated Election System.
Photo of the Week: Dumpsite-Angels
Photo of the Week: Dumpsite-Angels
Dumpsite Angels. The innocence of these girls contrasts with the harsh realities of Manila’s old dumpsite in Tondo, where they struggle to eke out a living.
(Photo by Raymund Villanueva)
Questionable partylist groups accredited again by Comelec, says Bayan
Questionable partylist groups accredited again by Comelec, says Bayan
The Comelec has accredited at least nine party-list groups identified with the Arroyo regime, according to Bayan.
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