Nicole’s case is not just rape. It is also a case against the presence of U.S. troops in the country, a violation of our sovereignty. It is not only Nicole’s dignity which has been violated. The Filipino people’s dignity is also trampled upon whenever U.S. troops conduct military exercises in our country; participate in combat…
Category: Women & Children
Nicole’s Ordeal is More than Rape
Nicole’s case is not just rape. It is also a case against the presence of U.S. troops in the country, a violation of our sovereignty. It is not only Nicole’s dignity which has been violated. The Filipino people’s dignity is also trampled upon whenever U.S. troops conduct military exercises in our country; participate in combat…
Current Challenges to Feminism: Theory and Practice
Restoring feminism’s emancipatory project would require a solid comprehension of the basic operations of the global economic order, first of all, and how it is relations of production that underpin nation, race, and gender. Without this, the international division of labor that has engendered vast class, racial and national divisions among women will remain concealed…
Uniquely Singapore!
Gagastos ang Singapore ng SD$3 milyon para magkaroon ng isang brand image. Isa rito ang “Uniquely Singapore” na nagpapahiwatig na espesyal ang magiging karanasan sa bansa. Subali’t sa likod ng magarbong imahen na nais ipalaganap ng bansa ay ang mga kwento ng mga katulong sa Singapore. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Gagastos ang Singapore ng SD$3…
Nicole’s Grit, Key to Her Search for Justice
As the trial of the Subic Rape Case approaches judgment, the complainant’s private prosecutor Evalyn Ursua hopes for a conviction for the four U.S. Marines sued for allegedly raping Nicole in November last year. On her client’s 23rd birthday celebration, the lawyer says that the case’s greatest strength is Nicole’s grit and determination to pursue…
Scars of an All-Out War
The stories do not end with the deaths and disappearances. Beyond the names and faces of the victims are the equally tragic stories of their families who are left to face not only the loss or absence of their loved ones but also a life permanently scarred and a shattered family longing to be whole…
Scars of an All-Out War
The stories do not end with the deaths and disappearances. Beyond the names and faces of the victims are the equally tragic stories of their families who are left to face not only the loss or absence of their loved ones but also a life permanently scarred and a shattered family longing to be whole…
Relatives Cry Justice for Desaparecidos
BY BULATLAT Relatives of desaparecidos, or those who were abducted and missing, paid tribute to their loved ones and vowed to fight for justice on the International Day of the Disappeared today, even as human rights workers fear there will be more victims of abduction and killings under the Arroyo administration. Some 2,000 activists and…
Breast Is Always the Best – DOH
Owing to the successful advertising and promotion of breastmilk substitutes intended for infants and young children, 98.6 percent of Filipino infants are formula-fed with cow’s milk. At six to seven months of age less than two percent of Filipino infants are exclusively breastfed. By Maria G. Salamat Bulatlat.com When Tina, a first-time mother, was awkwardly…
Cordillera Reds Vow to Punish Attackers of Claver Family
“How dare they ambush a helpless family, murder a woman of their own kin, and put in danger a child’s life?” the spokesperson of the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front said of last July 31’s attack on a doctor and his family. By Ace Alegre Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas vow…
Claver: Death Squad Killed My Wife
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com In a videotaped testimony presented before media today, Dr. Constancio “Chandu” Claver pointed to military-backed death squads as perpetrators of the July 30 shooting that killed his wife, Alyce. The tape was presented by the fact-finding team that investigated the killing. Two assassins fired at the van of the Claver family…