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BULATLAT ARCHIVES

2006

APRIL

Vol. VI, No. 11 April 23-29, 2006

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Rights Lawyers Decry Continuous Political Killings
Despite Arroyo’s Position vs. Death Penalty
BY AUBREY MAKILAN

The Cordillera Day: A Continuing Struggle
BY MARIE CONIE DUERME

Uma Hosts Codillera Day ‘06
BY AURA IRENE SEMANERO

Alleviating Poverty: Is Microfinance the Solution?
BY ZOFIA LEAL

Only in the Philippines
BY TRINA FIDERIS

ANALYSIS
Oil Squeeze

BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

Military Rebels Say No to Cha-Cha
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

On the proposed 2006 national budget:
More Taxes, Less Services this Year
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

‘People’s Calvary’ Along the Railways
BY JEWELYN MARANAN

International Mission to Probe Labor Killings
BY ABNER BOLOS

Bien Lumbera: Activist, National Artist for Literature
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Painting a King’s Lexis
BY PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO

STREETWISE
Railroading Charter Change

BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

NEWS AT A GLANCE

-National ID system a major setback for civil liberties - Bayan

-Militants hit Gonzales for reducing charges vs. 3 U.S. Marines

TULA (POETRY)
Pipoy’s Initiative
NI LOLITO R. GO, JR.

Awit ng Proletaryo
NI RAUL FUNILAS

Sabwatan sa Kataksilan?
Sabat Natin: Hustisya Muna!

NI E. SAN JUAN, JR.

alternative reader no. 129

-Baghdad Street Battle Smacks of Open Civil War
BY OMAR AL-IBADI

-US Contractor Admits Bribery for Jobs in Iraq
BY GRIFF WITTE

-Rumsfeld Linked to Guantanamo Torture
BY HAIDER RIZVI

Salungghit
Death Sentence

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Free Swim

 

 

BREAKING NEWS
-Ex-VP, Ex-Senator, Law Dean Join Counsel for Subic Rape Victim
-Gov't to Stop Illegal Quarry Operations in Luisita
-Women Activists Protest Price Increases, Low Wages
-Abducted Youth Leader under NOLCOM Custody
 

 

Vol. VI, No. 10 April 9-15, 2006

People’s Initiative Is Palace Initiative
– Ex-Comelec Exec

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Ex-Comelec Exec Says 2004 Poll Fraud Not Yet Closed
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Analysis

Who’s to Blame for the Country’s Woes?
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

Photo Essay

Reclaiming Mendiola, Water Cannons and Truncheons Notwithstanding
BY ZOFI LEAL

Anti-Terror Bill May Improperly Extradite Joma Sison, Others
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Transfer Ka Bel to a Hospital outside Camp Crame, Doctors Recommend to Court
BY LISA C. ITO

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Tirso Cruz: 14th Luisita Martyr
BY ABNER BOLOS

Migrant Watch

Filipino Priests Flock
to U.S.

BY NICANOR SEGOVIA

In Paquibato, a ‘Sham’ Public Hearing on Atrocities
By Cheryll Fiel

Filipinos Count Cost
of Remittance Society

BY DAVAOTODAY

Related stories
-Overseas Workers Benefit Least from ‘Strong’ Peso

-Billions of OFW Remittance Destroy RP’s Basic Industries

In Valencia, Mayor Gags Critical Commentator
By Grace Cantal-Albasin

People's Initiative under Pretenses: The experience of Barangay 865 in Pandacan 
By Michael Goyagoy

Mining Disaster Looms
in Sipalay City

BY KARL G. OMBION

Blind Poet among CAR’s 10 Outstanding Students
BY MAYETTE INIGUID AND ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

POETRY

The Essence of Success  BY CHESTER STONE BATNAG

RP Ice Cream Companies Compete vs MNCs by Lowering Prices
By Trina Melissa Federis

CULTURE

A Passion for Pasyon
BY DEE AYROSO

nEWS AT A gLANCE

Bayan Muna warns of misuse of 2006 budget for Cha-cha

Media groups hit Valencia mayor’s order to close radio station

Migrant groups slam plan to use P1 B OWWA funds for OFW bank

1 of 4 2006 college graduates will be jobless – Ibon

TULA (POETRY)

Sa Unang Limang Oras ng Pagdinig sa Di-matapus-tapos na Tagisan ng Argumento sa Pagitan ng mga Numero at Alpabeto tungkol sa Kung Maaari Nga Ba na Bigkasing O(OW) ang 0(Zero)
NI LOLITO R. GO, JR.

alternative reader no. 128

-Five Days of April in Iraq
By Larry C. Johnson

-How GI Resistance Altered the Course of History
By Paul Rockwell

-Political Upheaval
By Nadia Martinez

-Taliban on the Front Line at the Pakistan Border
By Françoise Chipaux

Democratic SPace

Writers' Manifesto of Unity on the Freedom of Expression
BY THE AMADO V. HERNANDEZ RESOURCE CENTER

Salungghit
Ticket to Hell

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Cooling Off Safely

 

Vol. VI, No. 9 April 2-8, 2006

Petition to Junk Charter Change, Arroyo Revived
By Emily Vital

Related article:

Anti-Chacha Signature Drive Kicks Off in Davao
By Jetty Ayop-Ohaylan

POOLED REPORT

Clueless on Cha-cha People’s Initiative
Signatures exchanged for sardines, P20, Philhealth cards

By BULATLAT TEAM

Related articles:

- Davao Officials Denounce Malacañang for IRA-Cha-cha Scheme
By Germelina A. Lacorte and Cheryll D. Fiel

- Law Groups Unmask Cha-Cha’s Public Deception
- General Assembly for Cha-Cha: A Day of Deception?

Analysis

For Better or for Worse?
On charter change, Arroyo style

BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

Analysis

People’s Governance, Not Arroyo’s Charter Change
Solution to corruption

By Antonio Tujan Jr.

LABOR WATCH

Odd Jobs under the Arroyo administration
BY MARYA G. SALAMAT

Call Center Jobs: Hope for the Unemployed?
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Job Fairs:  Not for the Choosy
BY ZOFI LEAL

STREETWISE
To Rebel Is Justified
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

Photo Essay

Victims of the Killer Landslide
by Johann Hein B. Arpon

Hooded 'Witness' a Military Asset, Says Rights Group
By Dennis Espada

City Council Demands Due Process for ‘Batasan 5,’ Beltran
By Cheryll Fiel

International Groups Denounce Deportation of Bangladeshi Peasant Leader
By Gerry Albert Corpuz

Armed Struggle still Relevant – CPP Founding Member
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Anti-DPA Hysteria victim speaks out after 18 years
Hysteria, Healing and the Correctness of Armed Struggle

BY DEE AYROSO

Groups Call for Probe on Marines’ ‘Role’ in Jolo Blast
BY DAVAOTODAY.COM

Negros Media Demands Broadcaster’s Delisting from AFP Order of Battle
BY KARL G. OMBION

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Missing Negros Labor Leader in Order of Battle
BY KARL G. OMBION AND RYAN B. LACHICA

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Pimentel Urges Release of ‘Sagada 11’
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

Interfaith Pilgrimage Holds Rites to Oppose Mining in Siocon
BY TYRONE VELEZ

Irisan Residents Block Realty Firm’s Joint Relocation Survey
BY KIM QUITASOL

MIGRANT WATCH

Filipinos in U.S. Denounce Anti-immigrant Bill
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

Rick Gonzalo: From Star Complex to Stardom
BY PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO

TULA (POETRY)

Corrido (Sa Ngayong Ulinig)
NI RAUL FUNILAS

alternative reader no. 125

- Philippines: The Killing Fields of Asia
By James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya

- Fear Brings McCarthy, Orwell Back Into Spotlight
By Ed Rampell

Democratic SPace

So What's Wrong with Being a Nationalist Artist?
By Joi Barrios, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of the Philippines

Salungghit
She Could Almost Taste It

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Hair Tricks

 

BREAKING NEWS
-Protesters Reach Mendiola, Clash with Police

-Luisita Youth Leader Abducted, Missing