By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Amid jeers that his government is engaged in “hardcore US puppetry,” President Benigno Aquino III sat at an extended bilateral meeting in Manila held by visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Wednesday, after which he witnessed the signing in Malacañang of the Partnership for Growth (PFG) agreement…
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Lohika ng Rali
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Naitatanong ko sa mga estudyante kung nakadalo na ba sila ng rali. At parati pa rin akong nagugulat na mangilan-ngilan lamang ang magtataas ng kamay para magsabing nakadalo na sila. Iniisip kong ang rali ang isa sa mga check-activity sa UP, kundi man sa buhay-kolehiyo. Hindi ba’t…
The People’s SONA
PHOTO ESSAY PHOTOS BY ANGIE DE LARA AND RONALYN V. OLEA TEXT BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 26, August 3-9, 2008 The sky was cloudy and there were intermittent rains on July 28, when activists took to the streets to greet Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) with protests.…
Students Stage Protest vs Tuition Hikes
BY HANNAH FAITH S. DORMIDO Bulatlat Posted 5:25 p.m., May 15, 2008 Youth groups staged a protest action in front of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to demand an immediate moratorium on tuition increases given the present socio-economic crisis. “Parents are now being forced to choose between sending their children to school or spending…