Third of four parts by Mylene Buensuceso, Ronald Caraig, Likha Cuevas, and Jenielle Marie Enojo Life was just starting for the eight minors when they were incarcerated inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinglupa City, 28 kms south of Manila. A DSWD Head Office report said they were sentenced to death. Some legal experts…
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Slow Justice for Detained Children
Last of four parts by Mylene Buensuceso, Ronald Caraig, Likha Cuevas, and Jenielle Marie Enojo Alvin (not his real name) was incarcerated for 6 months for his alleged crime of shoplifting a 200-ml shampoo worth P89 ($1.59, based on an exchange rate of P55.83 per US dollar) from a big grocery store. In another municipal…
Images of Strife and Struggle: Photographs as History and Critique
When photojournalists transcend their occupation of using the lens just to observe or break the news and dare step into the workers’ front lines, their images can rouse the viewer out of detached contemplation. By Lisa C. Ito The power of photojournalism lies in its ability to capture the struggles of its milieu: the narrative…
General Out to Quell Opposition vs GMA’s NorthRail, Expressway Projects?
A peasant congressman from Central Luzon said that the heightened militarization in the region – which is taking place while Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan was designated commander of the 7th Infantry Division last September – has a hidden agenda: To neutralize the people’s dissent over two priority projects of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA…
Europe has a New ‘Terrorist’
The widow of the late Dutch finance minister and chairman of the EU Central Bank is accosted and detained by Israeli immigration authorities on suspicion of being a “terrorist.” By D. L. MONDELO Political Correspondent for Europe “If you are not with us, you are against us.” This now infamous line of U.S. President George…
Walterina Markova: The ‘Comfort Gay’
World War II in the Pacific ended 60 years ago with the infamous bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the Philippines, the end of the war was hardly observed even if only to reflect upon the atrocities committed at that time with the Filipinos as the principal victims. A hidden chapter of those dark times…
People Power and the Transition Council as Alternative
By the Gloria Step Down Movement (GSM) Posted by Bulatlat.com In these times of political crisis, turmoil and uncertainty, one thing stands clear: Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) must go. However there is yet no consensus as to how she will be made to step down and who or what must replace her government. Indeed, there…
Right and Wrong
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise BusinessWorld, Aug. 5-6, 2005 Posted by Bulatlat.com the supposition that the alternatives to a Gloria presidency are so unpalatable they are practically none existent. The Malacañang propaganda machine and its paid media hacks are working overtime to picture the obvious candidates to replace Mrs. Arroyo as either incompetent in governance, recycled…
Election scandal and impeachment send Arroyo government reeling, and Filipinos to the streets
By Larry Chin Online Journal Associate Editor July 27, 2005The Philippines is set to explode, as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faces impeachment after being caught in the act of rigging her 2004 re-election, sparking outrage and threats of popular revolt. Military intelligence agents opposed to Arroyo wiretapped conversations between Arroyo and a man believed to…
Bulatlat Interview: ‘Patriotic AFP Members Can Join Council’ – Sison
By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Bulatlat last week held an email interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison as a political analyst and inspirational leader of the national democratic movement in the country with regards the current political crisis. Sison, who is on forced exile in The Netherlands, is also the current chief political consultant of the…
Defector Calls for GMA Ouster
Negros Oriental’s No. 2 intelligence officer called for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after defecting to the New People’s Army, saying “people very, very close to Malacañang” and even “inside the Palace” are running big time-illegal gambling and smuggling operations, including large-scale sugar smuggling in Negros. BY JAIME ESPINA Bulatlat.com BACOLOD CITY – Citing…