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Sidebar | ‘Done and decided’? Baguio court declines to review constitutionality of Anti-Terrorism Act’s implementation
Sidebar | ‘Done and decided’? Baguio court declines to review constitutionality of Anti-Terrorism Act’s implementation
The constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act can still be questioned with regard to how it is actually implemented. In contrast, however, Judge Belmes refused to rule on the matter at all, despite the clear ruling of the Supreme Court in Calleja allowing the same.
AT GROUND LEVEL
SATUR OCAMPO
South Africa slams Israel at ICJ for genocidal acts
“Genocides are never declared in advance but this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows, incontrovertibly, a pattern of conduct and related intention that justifies a plausible claim of genocidal acts.
South Africa takes Israel to ICJ on ‘genocide intent’
Israel’s unrelenting, devastating attacks on the Gaza Strip in its war against Hamas has spurred South Africa to formally raise the issue of potential genocide before the International Court of Justice.
The case of Manalo brothers
The Manalo brothers continue to fight for justice as Bulacan court acquitted retired major Jovito Palparan over the kidnapping and illegal detention charges.
BALIK-TANAW
PROMOTION OF CHURCH PEOPLE’S RESPONSE
Balik-Tanaw | Broken and blessed to carry out God’s mission
Typhoon Carina and monsoon rains have both had an impact on the country in recent days. Metro Manila experienced the worst flooding in most places, resulting in damage to people’s lives, homes, and livelihoods. River water levels surged as a result of severe rainfall. Many people needed shelter, food, and clothing for the next few days. People are desperate for even the most basic essentials.
Balik-Tanaw | ‘Broken banga’
The 71-year old congregation to which I belong to, took a hit early 2023 when many of our members seceded in relation to a wider struggle of the church that is dividing the institution globally. Despite being relatively small in number, we decided to move on with new leadership and vowed to continue serving and worshipping as those who came before us did. In my view, this experience has broken an old “banga”, which was molded from the grounds by diverse communities of faith journeys and witnessing experiences.
Balik-Tanaw | Sleeping in Church
Many people sleep during Sunday services. Many people find such behavior unacceptable. Many other people understand the reasons why many people sleep during Sunday services.
BALIKSAYSAY
FRANCIS GEALOGO
Ang mga piging at mga byahe ng pinuno ng Republika
Sa panahong pinipiga ang mga ahensya ng pamahalaan na nagbibigay serbisyong panlipunan sa mga mamamayan sa pambabarat sa kanilang badyet, pati na ang di pagbibigay ng umento sa mga guro at pagtatanggal sa mga kontraktwal na mga nars at kawani dahil sa kulang sa perang pampamahalaan - patuloy pa rin ang mararangyang piging at mga byahe Pangulo at ng mga kaalyado nito.
Si Rizal at ang alegorya ng dalawang magkapatid
Sa panahong inagaw ng mga Amerikano ang nakamit ng rebolusyong Pilipino, maraming nagkabilang bakod agad at kumampi sa bagong mananakop habang iniiwan ang mga nanatili sa labanan. Gayundin ang nangyari sa panahon ng mga Hapones, at ang kontrobersyal na usapin ng kolaborasyon sa mga kaaway. Sa panahon ng batas militar, maraming nagbanggit na mabuti sa kanila ang diktadura at awtoritaryanismo kahit na kapuna-punang maraming mga kababayan ang naging biktima nito.
Tanong ni Jacinto: Qualified ba ang pinuno?
Ayon sa kanya, ang pinuno ang dapat na maglilingkod sa mga tao, at hindi ang tao ang maglilingkod sa mga pinuno – ang pinuno ang dapat na mag iisip sa kapakanan ng nakararami bago ang sarili.
BLOODRUSH
SARAH RAYMUNDO
Chile today: Allende’s anti-neoliberal autumn
One of the supreme ironies in the history of protest movements is the fact that Chile, a US laboratory for covert action and direct military aggression is also the place in which the slogan "¡El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido!” (The people united will never be defeated) originates. It is chanted by peoples in protests and meetings which honor revolutionary international solidarity.
Right on time
The book offers direct and comprehensive answers on various questions and debates on development. Organized movements of farmers are often viewed as a group of people whose stakes are an obstruction to development, especially when asserting their right to the land they till and opposing foreign capital-driven “development projects” sponsored by government.
Presyong kartel, presyong hassle!
We can only cringe at the US-Saudi imperialist war machine's audacity to make us believe that we are all hapless victims on the same side. The price of oil is controlled by the global oil cartel.
FIRST PERSON
BULATLAT CONTRIBUTORS
First Person | Uphold human rights
Once you curtail freedom, social unrest will rise. We have gone through this. Those who are drunk with power never learn from history.
First Person | Amanda’s doleful eyes, a window to a bright, gentle soul
It didn't surprise me when bright, gentle Amanda passed the highly competitive exam for the Philippine High School for the Arts and then UP Diliman, and scripted a whole play about feisty Nanay Mameng, urban poor leader Carmen Deunida. I learned she could also paint and write poetry, a true Renaissance talent maybe owing to her illustrious genes.
First Person | The case of Rey
They kept Rey jailed because he had another case. This was in Lupon, Davao Oriental, where he has never set foot until case trial started after over a year in prison. Yet he was charged with murder and attempted murder against government troops in an alleged encounter between them and the New People’s Army (NPA).
KALIBUTAN
KALIKASAN-PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Digging deeper into the global mining context | 4 ominous trends in global mining
Understanding the global mining industry’s “Boom and Bust” behavior of weakening surges and worsening downturns is critical, as it affects the export-oriented and foreign-dominated local mining industry.
Four heroic women for Mother Earth
But hope springs eternal. Environmental defenders everywhere are tirelessly working to protect the last frontiers of nature and restore our despoiled environment.
Fool’s gold under Duterte
It looks like gold, shimmers like gold. But scrape its surface off and it's just muck. Like Duterte's promised 'change.'
KONTEKSTO
DANILO ARAO
Konteksto | Plano
Bukal ng karunungan ang karanasan ng mga nasa laylayan sa lipunan. Sa kanila rin nanggagaling ang motibasyon para pahusayin ang kaalaman tungo sa klase ng pagbabagong makatutulong sa kanila.
Konteksto | Liham
Para sa ating dalawa, susing salik sa mas malakas na pagsasama ang pagkakaroon ng isang anak. Sinisikap nating palakihin siya nang matino, gamit ang dangal at husay hindi lang mula sa libro kundi mula sa nakakasalamuha niya.
Konteksto | Sampaguita
Napanood mo ba ang viral na bidyo? Sige, panoorin mo pang muli. Sana nama’y higit pa sa 42 segundo ang pagninilay-nilay sa konteksto ng mga pangunahing karakter. Huwag din sanang mabilis na maghusga, lalo na sa ginawa ng guwardiya.
LAB NOTES
Advocates of Science and Technology for the People
Science for a sustainable future
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Privatization of LRT bleeding us dry
Unknown to many, Filipinos taxpayers and their families are made to carry the burden of paying for various deal sweeteners included in the LRT1 concession agreement. This includes a P5-billion project startup subsidy, P105 billion in tax exemptions, revenue shortfall subsidies, and assured fare increases of up to 10.25% every two years and 5% upon completion of the LRT1 extension. These are on top of a sovereign guarantee amounting to P7,519,428,667 to be paid next year in penalties and fees. All these will be drawn out from the pockets of Ruby and us, the taxpayers and commuters – a clear mass robbery in broad daylight.
Ubuntu GNU/Linux sa araw-araw na computing
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OPINION
BULATLAT EDITORS
The political economy of the Ukraine crisis
The Ukraine conflict is an example of how sovereign countries become launching pads of inter-imperialist proxy wars mainly because of their geopolitical and economic positions.
US and NATO mastermind and engineer armed conflict between Russophobe Ukrainian regime and Russia
The US and NATO masterminded, engineered and openly funded from the US embassy in Kyiv the Maidan protests in 2013 and the bloody coup d’etat against the pro-Russian government in 2014 in order to bring to power the Russian-hating Bandera-type fascists (the National Socialists of Ukraine), the political descendants of Nazis, and a new breed of Zionist fascists, all servile to the US and West European monopoly capitalism and the NATO. Thus was institutionalized a Russophobic and neo-fascist regime in Ukraine in 2014.
Mga salitang bawal, mga rehimeng nabuwal
Sa buktot na pagtingin, inaakala ng mga nasa kapangyarihan na ang pagsikil sa pagkalat ng teksto ay sapat na para tuldukan ang mga ideyang nais nilang pigilan. Subalit kasaysayan na rin ang magtuturo, gaya sa mga halimbawang nailahad sa itaas, na ang mga “subersibong ideya” ay hindi lang kalipunan ng mga salita kundi produkto ng kolektibong pagkilos ng mga taong naninindigan.
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#15YearsofBulatlat | The cat that got me out of my rut
Bulatlat’s jester wears a fur coat.
#15YearsofBulatlat | Choosing journalism for the people
I was not only honing my writing skills in Bulatlat, but also deepening the commitment to serve the people’s interests and their struggles.
QUESTION EVERYTHING
MONG PALATINO
Question Everything | When analysts get it wrong about the Philippine Left
Deliberate or not, the glaring error of some partisan critics of the Left is to polemicize with a distorted sense of history and improper reading of the local political landscape.
Question Everything | The books I read in 2021
Mong Palatino's reads in 2021 are a mix of history, culture, revolution, and technology.
Question Everything | Ligalig at social media
Narito tayo sa libro. Bilang netizen na social media ang almusal, freelancer na litong araw-gabi ang pasok sa trabaho, botante, aktibista, artista, konsyumer prosumer, at tagaliklha ng luma at bagong impormasyon, mga humaharap at pinangingibabawan ang mga ‘digital kuyog’, mga indibidwal na naghahanap ng pag-ibig, kilig, at saysay sa buhay.
ROOT ACCESS
COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS UNION
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