Activists Rally in Makati to Protest Sison's Arrest

admin — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:27:03 -0400

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Bulatlat
August 29, 2007 - 2:27pm

Sison Nabbed, NDFP Office Raided

admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:45:56 -0400

BY BULATLAT
August 28, 2007 - 10:45pm

Arroyo Government ‘Watchlist’: Targeting Progressive Foreigners

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:35:49 -0400

The Arroyo government has been keeping a secret political “list” of foreign nationals and some Filipinos residing abroad whom it doesn’t like.

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Court Junks Slay Raps vs Cebu Activists

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:34:48 -0400

A regional trial court in Cebu dismissed for "utter lack of probable cause" trumped-up charges filed by the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) and the Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion against 27 activists and four other individuals.

BY KAREN PAPELLERO
Bulatlat

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Bill Criminalizing Enforced Disappearances to be Filed, Gov’t Asked to Ratify International Convention

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:33:08 -0400

There is no existing law in the Philippines criminalizing enforced disappearances. While Republic Act No. 7438 guarantees the rights of persons arrested, detained or under custodial investigation, it does not punish perpetrators of enforced disappearances. Victims of enforced disappearances are denied the protection of the law.

BY EMILY VITAL
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

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Escaped Desaparecidos are Vital Witnesses vs Palparan

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:30:24 -0400

Brothers Raymund and Reynaldo Manalo who were given protection by the Supreme Court are not only victims of enforced disappearances who were lucky enough to survive, they are also vital witnesses against retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan.

BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Bulatlat
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Vol. VII, No.29, August 26-September 1, 2007

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Marcos and Arroyo: Hounded by Rights Abuses

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:30:05 -0400

An increase in U.S. military assistance results in a corresponding increase in the number of human rights violations. During the Marcos dictatorship, the unprecedented amount of military assistance given to the government went to the persecution of people and mounting human rights violations. This is what is happening also under Arroyo.

BY DR. RAINER WERNING

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The Bane of Urban Militarization

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:26:07 -0400

The fascist mindset of the Arroyo government is reflected in the logic of Marikina City Mayor Marides Fernando, in justifying urban militarization, that “order precedes peace.” That is the logic of the all-out wars in Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog, Bicol, Samar and Leyte, Cagayan Valley, CARAGA region, among others, and recently in Basilan and Sulu.

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Abu Sayyaf in Basilan: A Deadly Redux

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:25:19 -0400

The Balikatan exercise in Basilan in 2002 has always been sold to the public as a success story — indeed, as a model for how the U.S. military should engage other nations in the fight against terrorism.

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Tuba Dads Hands Off in Philex Row

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:24:27 -0400

BY KIM QUITASOL
Northern Dispatch
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007

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Philex’s Operations Illegal, Gov’t Lawyer Says

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:23:03 -0400

BY ACE ALEGRE
Contributed to Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007

TUBA, Benguet – Philex’s open-pit mines in a 98-hectare gold-rich area in Barangay (village) Camp 3 here are being operated illegally, a government lawyer has disclosed.

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Land Claimants Want Philex Mine Permit Recalled

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:21:20 -0400

BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
Northern Dispatch
Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007

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Gov’t Selling Protected Seas to TNCs – Environmental Groups

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:19:28 -0400

In line with its thrust of attracting foreign investments, the Arroyo government is now opening up the country’s protected seas to oil and gas exploration by transnational corporations.

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Basilan Warrants Include Dead Men, Opposition Mayoral Bet

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:14:50 -0400

Is it possible for dead men to engage soldiers in an encounter that would be soon followed by the beheading of 14 Marines? It is, if we ask the authorities who filed the charges on the basis of which the warrants of arrest were issued. The plot thickens further when the identities of a few others who are included in the warrants are taken into consideration.

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Ang Perigrino

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:10:14 -0400

NI RAUL FUNILAS
Inilathala ng Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007

Isiniwalat mong isa kang Perigrino.
Kung tunay kang Perigrino, ipakita mo at patunayan ang pagkapudpod ng mga lansangan sa kalunsuran
Kaparangang hindi malipad ng uwak ang layo

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Sino ang Nagnakaw ng Nunal ni Gloria?

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:08:45 -0400

NI REYNA MAE TABBADA
Inilathala ng Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007

Ang most wanted na tao sa Pilipinas
ay ang nagnakaw umano ng nunal ni Gloria.

Binigay daw ito sa kanilang angkan
upang maging gabay sa katarungang
hindi maiiwasang may kilingan.

Ang nunal ang panghatak sa bawat kusing,

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Kung Sakaling Suya Na, Sawa Na o Antok Na Kayo sa Dakdakan tungkol kina Ruffa at Yilmaz, Baka Mapag-isipan Ninyo Ito:

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:04:39 -0400

NI E. SAN JUAN, JR.
Inilathala ng Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007

Habang humihigop ng di-kuno’y malahimalang tubig na bukal sa kanlungan ng Birhen
sa Ephesus, pansamantalang natigil kami sa paglalakbay sa Turkiya,
nakaligtaan kong kilatisin ang bigat ng pagsusumamo ni Lorena Santos

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‘New’ Kadayawan Goes Back to Its Tribal Roots

admin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:39:34 -0400

As the city announced a shift in the way the annual Kadayawan Festival is celebrated — that is, for one, showcasing Lumad culture and tradition not for tourism’s sake — tribal leaders remain concerned that the festivities hardly depict the struggle of Mindanao’s indigenous peoples to pursue their unique way of life and retain control of their ancestral lands, which have been enc

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National Dance

admin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:25:28 -0400

Grade schoolers in La Union perform the tinikling, the Philippine national dance. The tinikling is at risk of vanishing with the inroads of dances popularized by Hollywood celebrities and their local imitators. Its being in danger of dying out is part of the Philippines’ overall deculturization through inundation of Western influences.

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Ghost of 2004

admin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:24:06 -0400

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ARCHIVES

Activists Rally in Makati to Protest Sison's Arrest

Sison Nabbed, NDFP Office Raided

Arroyo Government ‘Watchlist’: Targeting Progressive Foreigners

Court Junks Slay Raps vs Cebu Activists

Bill Criminalizing Enforced Disappearances to be Filed, Gov’t Asked to Ratify International Convention

Escaped Desaparecidos are Vital Witnesses vs Palparan

Marcos and Arroyo: Hounded by Rights Abuses

The Bane of Urban Militarization

Abu Sayyaf in Basilan: A Deadly Redux

Tuba Dads Hands Off in Philex Row

Philex’s Operations Illegal, Gov’t Lawyer Says

Land Claimants Want Philex Mine Permit Recalled

Gov’t Selling Protected Seas to TNCs – Environmental Groups

Basilan Warrants Include Dead Men, Opposition Mayoral Bet

Ang Perigrino

Sino ang Nagnakaw ng Nunal ni Gloria?

Kung Sakaling Suya Na, Sawa Na o Antok Na Kayo sa Dakdakan tungkol kina Ruffa at Yilmaz, Baka Mapag-isipan Ninyo Ito:

‘New’ Kadayawan Goes Back to Its Tribal Roots

National Dance

Ghost of 2004