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2005

APRIL

 

Vol. V, No. 11 April 24-30, 2005

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Defending the Lawyers BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

News Analysis When Lawyers Are Lawyers  By Bobby Tuazon

Drivers’ Income Nosedives as Oil Price Soars; Diesel prices up by P21.50/liter since deregulation  BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Secret National ID Order Stirs Public Uproar  BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

SPECIAL REPORT 

Maids Work to Teach, Teachers Work as Maids (First of three parts)
By Carl Marc Ramota

Future Looks Dim for Education Graduate  (Second of three parts)
By Carl Marc Ramota

Education: A Low State Priority  (Last of 3 parts) By Carl Marc Ramota

Pampanga Residents Accuse SMC of Water Pollution BY RONALD B. ESCANLAR

Fewer Poor Filipinos? A New Trick Did It  By Joseph Yu

Villagers Oppose Multimillion Fish Plant  BY JHONG DELA CRUZ

LOA Campaign Reaches 51%: Mapua or Malayan? Students say No to Change of Name
BY RONALYN V. OLEA

A Rare Treat  BY BULATLAT

The Spirit of Bandung: The Relevance of the 1955 Afro-Asian Summit in Bandung 
By Carolina Pagaduan-Araullo

Related Article:

International Research Conference in Bandung:
Commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Asia Africa Conference 1955

PHOTO ESSAY

Living on Corn – and Goats and Cattle
PHOTOS BY DABET CASTAÑEDA/TEXT BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

NEWS AT A GLANCE

- Filipinos want a new President

- Use P100-million fund to save OFWs in Iraq – Migrante Party

- KMP probing into land-grabbing case in Solana

alternative reader no. 112

- The Catholic Church Steps Backwards  By Derrick Z. Jackson

- The Vatican’s Enforcer By John Nichols

- Journalism's Crisis of Faith By Norman Solomon

SALUNGGUHIT

Priests Are being Killed, 'Long Live the Pope'

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Entourage in a Jeepney

DEMOCRATIC SPACE

GMA Endangers People and the Environment
Earth Day Statement  By the Kalikasan-People's Network for the Environment (KALIKASAN-PNE)

 

Vol. V, No. 10 April 17-23, 2005

BREAKING NEWS

Nationwide Strike Cripples Transport in Key Cities, Provinces   By RONALYN OLEA

LABOR WATCH

Wage Hike Pressed Anew  By RONALYN OLEA

‘Will They Next Kill Senators?’ Q & A with Sen. Joker Arroyo
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Shot more than 22 times: Paramilitary RPA-ABB Blamed for Labor Leader’s Killing in Negros  BY KARL OMBION

Related article:

Union Leader Was in RPA-ABB Hit List BY JAIME ESPINA

Hell in Paradise  BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

Black Friday: Journalists wear black vs killings, ‘enemy’ tag  BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

State Violence  By Elmer A. Ordoñez

Silencing the Critics  By GERARD NOONAN

William Hinton on the Cultural Revolution   By Dave Pugh

alternative reader no. 111

- Now the Church May Rise Above the Pope  By Elisa Marincola

The nine contradictions of Pope John Paul II  By Hans Kung

SALUNGGUHIT

Sole Recourse

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

In the Heart of the Hills

DEMOCRATIC SPACE

Unrestrained Killings of Filipino Activists Demand Immediate Gov’t Action

By the Asian Human Rights Commission

 

Vol. V, No. 9 April 10-16, 2005

A Special Report on Human Rights in Sulu: 

The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back (First of 3 parts)   BY LEILA HALUD

The Hidden War Continues  (Second of 3 parts) BY LEILA HALUD AND TYRONE VELEZ

Waiting for the Elusive Peace (Last of 3 parts)  BY LEILA HALUD

No Graduation, No Jobs for Poor Filipino Students BY CARL MARC RAMOTA

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Protest vs State Terror Violently Dispersed  BY RONALD ESCANLAR

God’s ‘Apostles’ Under Siege  BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Analysis

Gov’t Deceives Filipinos on Oil Price Hikes, Deregulation; 52 oil price hikes since 1996   BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

Analysis

IMF’s 11 Disciples in U.P.: Pro-VAT paper is filled with inconsistencies
By EDBERTO M. VILLEGAS

Davao’s Limestone Reserves Up for Grabs   By Amabelle Plaza-Laminero

Farm Policy Yields More Landless Farmers in Davao  By Amabelle Plaza-Laminero

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

AFP Operations Stepped Up in Mines-Rich Abra  By Abigail Taguba Bengwayan

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

‘Knowing the Enemy’ in Negros: Government troops sow terror in rural hinterlands
By Karl Ombion

Commentary

Camp Bagong Diwa Massacre: A Reflection of U.S. Prison, Criminal Justice Systems
BY DYLAN RODRIGUEZ

In Praise of an Honorable Man   By Ninotchka Rosca

PHOTO ESSAY

Summer in Sapang Kawayan
PHOTOS BY DABET CASTAÑEDA/TEXT BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

NEWS AT A GLANCE

- Solon urges gov’t to curb prostitution

- KMP `celebrates’ IRRI’s 45th year with rally

- No help for undocumented Filipino migrants

SALUNGGUHIT

Open Targets

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Sagada Ham

 

Vol. V, No. 8 April 3-9, 2005

Heads Must Roll! Arroyo asked to sack 7 Cabinet, AFP officials;
75 solons denounce killings
by GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ

A Statement of Concern on the Wave of Killings of Political Activists

Analysis

Bleeding the Poor Dry is UP-11 Professors’ Least Concern
BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

MIGRANT WATCH

Caregiver Recruitment: A Front for Women Trafficking? Congress to probe into Canada’s caregiver program  By Edwin C. Mercurio

GRP-NDFP Peace Talks Doomed? By Bulatlat

AFP, Police Can’t Win ‘Hearts and Minds’ at Hacienda Luisita
BY ABNER BOLOS

A Narrow Escape from a Military Plot
Willy Marbella’s Odyssey from Bicol to Metro Manila

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

13 Days of Torture Under the Military BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

BULATLAT EXCLUSIVE:
‘Cops Shot ASGs After Assault’ – Bicutan Inmates
BY NINGNING STA.CRUZ

Leyte Lawyer Silenced  By Maureen Japzon

The Guerrilla Is Like a Poet and Other Songs:
Review of the CD album Songs of Love and Struggle

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

A Day in the Life of the Aetas: A Photo Essay
Text and photos by Aubrey Sc Makilan

Call Centers: Boon or Bane for New Graduates? By AVA DANLOG

Baguio’s College for the Mute  BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

The Town that Lost Its ‘Black Gold’ By Jhong dela Cruz

The Untold Peoples History: Samar, Philippines A Review by Bob Couttie

Big White Brother, Little Brown Brother and Two vs Three Bells of Balangiga: Colonial versus Nationalist Writing of Philippine History 
By Ricco Alejandro Santos

SALUNGGUHIT

Crossroads

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Mountain Market