BY BULATLAT Breaking News June 16, 2007 – 12:50pm A peasant activist was abducted yesterday morning in Sitio Artemia, Brgy. Bubog, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Rogelio Marquez, 27, a member of the Alyansa ng Magsasak sa San Jose (Peasant Alliance in San Jose) and Anakpawis (Toiling Masses), was on his way home with his cousin…
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Teachers Condemn Killing of Witness on Maguindanao Fraud
Y EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Posted June 15, 2007, 6:22 p.m. Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) held a picket rally June 15 to condemn the killing of Musa Dimasidsing, one of the witnesses on Maguindanao fraud. The protesters held a short program in front of Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila where the…
Disqualification Case vs Bayan Muna Dismissed
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Posted June 14, 2007 – 6:56 a.m. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) dismissed the disqualification case against progressive party-list groups Bayan Muna (people first), Anakpwis (toiling masses), and Gabriela Women’s Party. In its 14-page ruling signed by Commissioners Florentino Tuason, Nicodemo Ferrer and Rene Sarmiento dated June 1, the Comelec said…
EU to Send Technical Mission on Extrajudicial Killings to RP
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Breaking News June 14, 2007 – 6:40pm The Delegation of the European Commission has announced that the European Union (EU) will send a team of six experts on a 10-day technical mission on extrajudicial killings to the Philippines starting June 18. The experts will be coming from Finland, Germany, Sweden,…
Panlilio’s Real Fight Has Just Begun
BY RICKY GELIDO Posted by Bulatlat Democratic Space Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 The most dramatic part of 2004 elections could be the entry of the Catholic priest Ed Panlilio for the Pampanga gubernatorial derby. When Panlilio launched his candidacy, he had no machinery. When he broached the idea of entering politics, many…
The Root Cause of Electoral Fraud, Violence and Vote Vending in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
When job, health care, education, food and water, and physical security are wanting people are shut off from their choices. The hapless marginalized people become vulnerable and exposed to exploitation aggravated by government’s impotence to guarantee human security. BY ATTY. ALGAMAR A. LATIPH Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 Once again…
Smoking Gun
For anyone seeking proof that the extrajudicial killings, frustrated assassinations, enforced disappearances, tortures and massacres of progressives, activists and even bystanders are state policy, this case of Pastor Guerrero is the smoking gun. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Business World Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 In undemocratic, politically repressive societies such as…
Agrarian Violence Continues in Sugarlandia
“CARP’s goals of bringing about social justice, increase productivity and income, and agricultural development have not been achieved; on the contrary, it has only worsened landlessness, poverty and violence.” The truth in this observation by a Negros Occidental farm workers’ leader is highlighted by the recent experiences with agrarian violence in the said province. BY…
We Have Not Fallen at All (Remembering the Martyrs)
BY CHERYL DAYTEC Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 We are as leaves that have fallen from puny twigs on a blustery day Soon verdant leaves will bud from the trunks of the hoary tree Such is how death becomes life. Our blood streamed through vile holes created by shells, into…
Sa Eat! Bulaga, Pinupukpok ng Tray sa Ulo ang mga Comedian
NI RUSTUM CASIA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 Nang tanungin namin sila kung nasaan si Jonas, kantang “‘Wag Kang Pasaway” ng K and The Boxers at “Jumbo Hotdog” ang isinagot nila. Tsk, tsk. Matalino talaga silang sumagot. Produkto ng closed-door command conference. Masusing pinag-isipan. Pinagbuhusan ng panahon. Para bang ang…
Justice Still Elusive for Kalinga Pangat
Justice remains elusive for a Kalinga Pangat (tribal leader) Rafael Markus “Makoy” Bangit who was extra-judicially executed last year as it does in the cases of other victims of political killings throughout the country. BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of…