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2005

FEBRUARY

 

Vol. V, No. 3 February 20-26, 2005

Shift of U.S. Forces from Okinawa to Philippines Seen  BY BULATLAT

A Legacy of Failure By Carlos H. Conde

Mindanao Blasts a Ploy for U.S. Armed Presence? BY CHERYLL D. FIEL

Anti-VAT Hike Protest Sends Waves through Senate
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Feminist activist, writer Ninotchka Rosca: RP Is Major Exporter of Sex Slaves  By Edwin C. Mercurio

Anti-Terror Bill: Legalizing A Monster  BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

P8,000 Daily for a PMA Cadet; a Paltry P43 for the State Scholar
BY RONALYN V. OLEA

Baguio Students Win Fight vs P24,000 Fee  BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Life of the Homeless  BY JANE CATHERINE CHUA ROJO

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WATCH

Kalingas Forge Peace the Bodong Way By Lyn V. Ramo and Marlon Gomarcho

BOOK REVIEW
Uncovering the Forbidden Truth  BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

alternative reader no. 105

- Mining firm moves to evict Subanen folks and farmers in Zamboanga

- Statement on mining  By the Ecumenical Bishops Forum

- Unjust, Unsustainable Mining Industry  By Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment

SALUNGGUHIT

Pushing Them Out of Their Land

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Flowers Over Food

DEMOCRATIC SPACE

Statement on Church People’s Conference on Mining

By Ecumenical Bishops Forum

 

Vol. V, No. 2 February 13-19, 2005

Nationwide Anti-VAT Protest Set on Feb. 16   BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

VAT Increase: A Crime Against the Poor, 2 Groups Say  BY BULATLAT

Related:
CWR Facts & Figures Alert:
Unmasking the VAT Myth

CWR Facts & Figures on the VAT increase

Church Conference Bats for People’s Mining Policy BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

GRP Charged with Violating Peace Pact  BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

CULTURE

‘Para Kanino’? The poet should perform his poems - Lumbera

BY RONALYN V. OLEA

Mulong Sandoval: Revolutionary Poet  BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Valentine: A Heartless Month for Tuition Payers  BY NOEL GODINEZ

Log Ban Hurts Asin’s Famous Woodcarvers  By Lyn V. Ramo and Marlon Gomarcho

LABOR WATCH

'No Union, No Strike Policy' is Tearing Cavite Workers Apart

BY DENNIS ESPADA

RP’s Oldest Power Coop Saddled with Huge Debts, Mismanagement

By Gilbert Pacificar and Jetty Ayop-Ohaylan

Presidential Idolatry and the Constitution   By Sen. Aquilino Pimentel

Apocalypse Now!  How Mankind is Sleepwalking to the End of the Earth

By Geoffrey Lean

alternative reader no. 105

On the Palestine-Israel Ceasefire

- Hamas, Jihad to Hold Talks with Abbas before Deciding on Attacks  
By Arnon Regular

- The real enemy of the Jews By Robert Thompson

- Peace Without Justice  By Robert Fisk

More on the Bush Inaugural

- Gore Vidal on Bush's Inaugural Address:
"The Most Un-American Speech I've Ever Heard"

SALUNGGUHIT Against the Victims

PHOTO OF THE WEEK Memorabilia

 

Vol. V, No. 1 February 6-12, 2005

5,000 Luisita Workers To Lose Jobs in Cojuangco-GMA Land Plan
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Taxpayers’ Revolt in the Making?
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

VAT Hike Will Stir Social Unrest – Economist
‘Government has lost its power to tax’

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

IP, Environment, Church Groups Picket International Mining Confab
BY NOEL GODINEZ

Church Leaders, Lumads Gear for Anti-Mining Protests in Mindanao
BY TYRONE VELEZ

Using the Virtual to Discuss Real-World Issues
BY ROWENA CARRANZA-PARAAN

Messages:

- Bulatlat: The People’s Courageous Advocate BY LUIS V. TEODORO

- The day Bulatlat is no longer needed will be a great day for Philippine media’ BY INDAY ESPINA-VARONA

Ang Pang-Ekonomyang Krisis noong 2004 At ang Hinaharap ng Mamamayang Pilipino
NI DR. EDBERTO M. VILLEGAS

Andap Scares Farmers of Little Alaska, Other Benguet Towns
BY JOHNNY FIALEN

The Artemios of Rural High Schools
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ

Cotabato Gov Sends Pastor, 3 Others to Jail
BY TYRONE VELEZ

NEWS AT A GLANCE

- NUJP condemns killing of Damalerio slay witness

- RP-US Mutual Defense Board is accountable for HR abuses – Anakpawis solon

- Cebu inmates’ deaths alarm rights watchdog

- Abused nanny in Canada

alternative reader no. 104

I. On the elections in iraq

- Reading the Elections  By Phyllis Bennis

- What They're Not Telling You About the 'Election'  By DAHR JAMAIL

- The Vietnam Turnout Was Good as Well; No amount of spin can conceal Iraqis' hostility to US occupation  By Sami Ramadani

II. tightening the pressure on iran

- Next Target: Iran   by Richard M Bennett

- Rice Says U.S. Won't Aid Europe on Iran Incentives

BY STEVEN R. WEISMAN, ELAINE SCIOLINO and DAVID E. SANGER

SALUNGGUHIT

Muzzling the Media

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

COMING SOON: YEAR OF THE ROOSTER

 

Vol. IV, No. 52 January 30-February 5, 2005

Employer Group’s Doomsday Scenario - a Myth; Militant solon sees House passage of wage hike bill
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Understanding VAT Leads One to Oppose It
BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

Increased VAT: Unfair Burden to Most Filipinos
BY JOSEPH YU

Appeals court rules: Power Consumers to Get P6.4-Bn Refund
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Ever Increasing Rates from the EPIRA: A closer look at the electric power industry in the Philippines 
By Dr. Giovanni Tapang, Engr. Ramon Ramirez, Kim Gargar

MIGRANT WATCH

Filipino Alliance Launched in Canada vs Discrimination, Others
By EDWIN MERCURIO

Fields of Cane, Fields of Struggle: Video Documentary Review of Sa Ngalan ng Tubo
By BOBBY TUAZON

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WATCH

For Lubuagan and Guinaang tribes: Baguio Now a ‘No-War’ Zone
BY LYN V. RAMO and MARLON GOMARCHO

Notorious Mining Firms in Gov’t Priority List
BY IBON Foundation

Danding Eyes Takeover of Aussie Dairy Firm
BY CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROÑA

A Hundred Years after the Noli: The Three Centennial Novels in English
By R. Kwan Laurel

Meningo Scare and the Dying Public Health System
By Community Health Education, Services and Training in the Cordillera Region
(Chestcore)

POETRY

The Shadow of Imperialism
By KATRINA

NEWS AT A GLANCE

- Macapagal-Arroyo pressed to intervene in Malaysia

- Hacienda Looc bombing a prelude to Luisita-like carnage?

- 8 of 10 Filipinos thumb down water rate hike

- Soldiers, cops real threat to Luisita strike - KMP

- Environment chief breaks word

alternative reader no. 103

I. On the Iraq Elections

- Iraq’s Non-Election  
By Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood

- The Poll Watcher's Guide to the Iraqi Election  
By Michael Schwartz

- How Much Power Will the New Iraqi Government Really Have? 
By Stephen Zunes

- The Salvador Option  By Scott Ritter

II. The Bush Presidency Part 2

- The Scandal Sheet  
By Peter Dizikes

- A Statement of Conscience Against War and Repression 
By Not in Our Name

- World Media: Bush Inaugural a Jolt 
By Jim Bencivenga

- Arabs Say U.S. Rhetoric Rings Hollow By Scott Wilson

- Freedom's New Ring: War on Terror Recast
By Roger Cohen

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

A DYING BREED