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BULATLAT ARCHIVES

2006

DECEMBER

 

Vol. VI, No. 47 Dec 24 - 30, 2006

Open-Pit Mining Destroyed Village in Zambales
BY ABNER BOLOS

LABOR WATCH

Bananas Stained with the Blood of Workers
BY MARYA SALAMAT

DAGLI SA KRISIS
Awit (para sa pamilya Nadera)
Ni Roland Tolentino

 

Vol. VI, No. 46 Dec 24 - 30, 2006

Japan Aid Threat Prompts GMA to Act on Peasant Leader’s Killing
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

Asian Rights Body says Arroyo Gov’t Can’t Deliver Justice to Victims
BY BULATLAT

Christmas Outside Prison Walls
BY DEE AYROSO

Southeast Asia and the Philippines:
The Second Front in the U.S. ‘War on Terror’

(First of three parts)

By Benjie Oliveros

Propping up a Bankrupt, Illegitimate Regime
(Second of three parts)

By Benjie Oliveros

Political Killings, Part of U.S.-Phil. Counterinsurgency Strategies
(Conclusion)

By Benjie Oliveros

ANALYSIS

After the Con-Ass Debacle, the Elections
By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)

U.S. and Latin America: Overview for 2006, Perspectives for 2007
By James Petras

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Resist Political Persecution, Defend the People’s Rights
By Edre U. Olalia

Cagayan Peasants Denounce Unabated Killings
BY ABE ALMIROL

Aftermath of Bersamin assassination
Abra Still `Northern Luzon’s Killing Fields’

BY ACE ALEGRE

We Honor and Cherish the Memory of Aloysius 'Ochie' Baes, a Scientist for the People
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison

Aloysius 'Ochie' Baes, 1948-2006: Scientist for the People
By the ADVOCATES of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM)

Ilocos Town Tries Guinness for its Indigenous Sleeping Mat
BY ACE ALEGRE

STREETWISE*

The Bishops - Missing the Historical Moment
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo

DAGLI SA KRISIS
Singapore Urban Legends
Ni Roland Tolentino

ALTERNATIVE READER

DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Ang Paskong Mahal ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas
Ni Mykel Andrada

SalunggUhit
Duplicity

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Five Christmases – and Then, What? 

 

Vol. VI, No. 45 Dec 17 - 23, 2006

SPECIAL REPORT

Bleak Christmas for Workers in CL Economic Enclaves
(First of two parts)

BY FRED VILLAREAL

Litany of Woes for Workers in CL Special Economic Zones
(Last of two parts)

BY FRED VILLAREAL

UP Increases Tuition by 300 percent
BY REYNA MAE TABBADA

‘Philippines among Most Dangerous for Lawyers’
Seven lawyers slain in RP this year

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Human Rights in Mindanao: A Year of Living Dangerously
BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE

Face to Face with Terror in the Philippines
By Ted Alcuitas

Canadian Govt’s Aid to RP in Question due to Intensifying Rights Violations
BY EDWIN MERCURIO

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Daughter Hopes to Still Find Missing Parents
BY ZOFIA LEAL

Call Centers: Boon or Bane?
BY PIO VERZOLA, JR.

In Brussels: 1,000 Protesters, Parliamentarians Denounce Arroyo Political Killings

America’s Wars for Profit in East Asia and Oceania
By Bobby Tuazon

Jueteng Operated by Baguio Local Execs Raided
BY ACE ALEGRE

NGO-Village Project Lights Up Sagada Village
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

CULTURE
The Indiestream: The Lens of that ‘Cheap Cam’
BY PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO

DAGLI SA KRISIS
Pancreas
Ni Roland Tolentino

TULA (POETRY)
To a Murderer Investigating Murder
BY CHERYL DAYTEC-YAÑGOT

DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Mayon Lahar Avalanche:  A Repeat of Pinatubo
When will the government learn from its negligence (mistakes)?

BY FRANK MANGULABNAN, UGNAYAN-CENTRAL LUZON

SalunggUhit
Representatives of Whom?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Cha-cha vs Chacha

 

Vol. VI, No. 44 Dec 10 - 16, 2006

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

2 Days of Torture Force Couple to Take Own Lives
By ABNER BOLOS

ANALYSIS
Cha Cha is about Political Survival
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

Chacha will Make Impeachment Impossible, Lawyer Says; ‘Constituent assembly without the Senate is usurpation of authority’
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Progressive Solon Calls for Vigilance amid Postponement of Con-Ass
By Bulatlat

Arroyo Called Off ASEAN Summit Due to Storm of Protests, Activists Say
By Emily Vital

American Rights Lawyer Deported by Philippine Airport Authorities
Blacklist of foreign lawyers and priests confirmed
 

By Bulatlat

Only 27 ‘High-ranking’ Elective Officials Convicted in 27 Years
By Bulatlat

Rights Groups Warn vs Prolonging Arroyo Regime
BY ZOFIA LEAL

MIGRANT WATCH

Canada, Not All ‘Rosy’ for Filipino Migrants
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

MIGRANT WATCH

Fil-Am Immigrants Launch U.S.-wide Alliance
BY BULATLAT

As With Iraq, American Oil Giant Exxon Follows U.S. Troops in Sulu
BY MINDANAOTODAY.COM

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Church Groups Seek Release of Moro Detainees
BY BULATLAT

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

In Cordillera, Right to Life is the Most Violated Right
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

The New Roman Empire
A Case Study Reflection from a Victim People 

BY BP. ERME R. CAMBA

ATB, an Arm of Greater Terror – Senator Madrigal
By Sen. M. A. MADRIGAL

BOOK REVIEW

Making It Hit Closer to Home
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

DAGLI SA KRISIS
Fantasya
Ni Roland Tolentino

ALTERNATIVE READER

DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Ukol sa mga Sayang na Tubo
NI JESSA MEI JAMILA

SalunggUhit
Custodial Tug-of-War 

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Dancing against Trafficking

 

BREAKING NEWS
- Women Groups Unite vs Arroyo’s Chacha
- Village Chief Gunned Down in Bulacan
- Militant Solon Urges Continued Vigilance vs Chacha
'They’ll ram it through the first chance they get’

Vol. VI, No. 43 Dec 3 - 9, 2006

In aftermath of typhoon ‘Reming’: Bigger Disasters Coming, Environmental Groups Warn
By Bulatlat

Modernize and Demolish
Port privatization to displace 849,000 Tondo residents

By DABET CASTAÑEDA

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Anti-Crime Group Calls for Army Pullout from Bicol
Bicol peasant ‘autopsied alive,’ shot dead

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Patriotism is Dead?
Senator blames it on lack of ROTC reservists

BY ZOFIA LEAL

ANALYSIS
Martial Law and Back

ANALYSIS
Desperate Times
BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE

Nicole Rape Trial Highlights U.S. Defense Pacts’ Threat to RP Sovereignty
BY IBON FOUNDATION

STREETWISE

U.S. Interference
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Missing Leopoldo Ancheta
BY DEE AYROSO

Ambushed Pastor Urges Arroyo to Stop Killings, Repression 
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

Migrante Joins Melbourne Rally vs Anti-Labor Laws
BY REYVI MARIÑAS

Filipino Workers in Hong Kong: Fending for Themselves
By Bobby Tuazon

LABOR WATCH

Courage, KMU Assail Arroyo's Silence on Wage Hike Demands
BY LYN V. RAMO

Doctors of the People
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

- Dr. Julie Caguiat: From Exposuree to Trainor

- Dr. Natie Castro: The 'Misyonera' Doctor

- Dr. Chandu Claver: ‘Do Right by the People’

Diagnosing the Future of Community Medicine in the Philippines
BY PHILIP PARAAN

Slain Guerrillas’ Remains Held by Soldiers; Kin Stopped from Claiming Bodies
BY DENNIS ESPADA

Joma Sison Yearns for Mangoes, Sings `Mao’s Way’
BY RUDY D. LIPORADA

DAGLI SA KRISIS

100 Good Reasons to be ‘Pinoy’
(Thought Balloons, Ikalawang Bahagi)

Ni Roland Tolentino

TULA (POETRY)
Invisible II (For the Philippine indigenous peoples)
BY CHERYL DAYTEC-YAÑGOT

Bayan
NI REY TAMAYO, JR.

SalunggUhit
Nicole’s Fight is the Nation’s Battle 

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Selling while Sailing

 

BREAKING NEWS
- Justice Should be Served on Subic Rape ― Makati Residents
- Militants on Subic rape verdict: ‘It Falls Short’
-
On the Subic Rape Case, Smith Guilty, 3 other U.S. Marines Acquitted!
- On eve of decision on Subic rape case:Justice is above ‘Special Relations,’ Women’s Group Says