Prelates to PGMA: Trash EO 464, Stop ‘Culture of Corruption’

admin — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:55:32 -0500

BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA
Contributed to Bulatlat
February 26, 2008 - 11:51pm

Million-Dollar ‘Kickback’ Could Have Paid For Public School Shortages

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:33:20 -0500

BY THE EDUCATORS’ FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-Marcy 1, 2008

O Bakwet* (Rights Victims Flee from Quezon Province)

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:29:58 -0500

By dabet castañeda
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

Balikatan 2008 Raises Fears of Rapes, Other Atrocities by U.S. Troops

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:26:41 -0500

This year’s RP-U.S. Balikatan military “exercises” in Sulu, Basilan, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, and North Cotabato start just shortly after two sexual assaults by U.S. troops in Okinawa, Japan – in which one of the victims was a Filipina. They also come less than three years after a Filipina was raped by U.S.

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In the Face of Compulsory AFTA Tariff Reduction in 2010: RP Sugar Fights for Survival

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:24:54 -0500

Philippine sugar industry leaders have recently intensified calls and lobby work to exempt local sugar from the compulsory tariff reduction program under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). The AFTA seeks to eliminate all tqariffs on imported sugar by 2010.

BY KARL G. OMBION
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

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7 Out of 10 See Themselves Poor

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:24:11 -0500

Many Filipinos also have trouble looking for jobs, paying bills

Seven out of ten Filipinos believe that they are poor, according to the results of the latest IBON nationwide survey.

BY IBON FOUNDATION
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

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People Power Fatigue?

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:19:40 -0500

The Arroyo government and its allies say that the Filipino people are tired of people power. Does this mean that the Filipino people are tired of condemning massive electoral fraud, putting a stop to extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, resisting repression, fighting corruption, struggling against hunger and poverty?

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Kalayaan, Midya at si Jun Lozada

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:18:33 -0500

Kung ang midya ay patuloy na nakakapanayam si Lozada, hindi ito nangangahulugang may tunay na demokrasya sa ating bansa. Kung si Lozada ngayon ay may kalayaan, ito ay dahil sa pagkilos ng mga taong simbahan at iba pang sektor ng lipunan para protektahan siya.

NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO
Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly
Inilathala ng Bulatlat

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The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:17:43 -0500

BY TOM HAYDEN
ALTERNATIVE READER
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

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O-Bummer – The Man Without a Past for a Country Without a Future

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:16:24 -0500

BY WILLIAM BOWLES, http://williambowles.info/
Posted by Bulatlat
ALTERNATIVE READER
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

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The Broad United Front of Patriotic Forces is Determined to Mobilize the People Nationwide Against Arroyo Regime

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:15:30 -0500

By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Posted by Bulatlat
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

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Open Letter to the President of the Philippines on the Plight of Overseas Filipino Workers

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:14:40 -0500

POSTED BY BULATLAT
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

21 February 2008

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Republic of the Philippines
Malacañang Palace
PHILIPPINES
Fax: +63 2 736 1010

Dear President Arroyo,

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OFWs in Kuwait Stand Up vs. Oppressive Company, Gets No Support from RP Labor Office

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:13:18 -0500

After enduring contract-substitution and being underpaid, overworked, and intimidated by the company they were working for, 11 OFWs in Kuwait decided to file a complaint and fight for their rights. And what did Philippine Labor officials do?

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191 OFWs Still Stranded in Jeddah, Says Migrante-Saudi

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:12:11 -0500

A Saudi-based Filipino migrant group said that there are still 191 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Jeddah alone, including 103 OFWs who originally camped out under a bridge in Jeddah since December 2007.

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Baguio Media Join Manila Colleagues’ SC Case vs. Press Freedom Threats

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:11:00 -0500

Media practitioners in this summer capital city have signed a petition to intervene in a press freedom case filed by Manila-based media practitioners before the Supreme Court. The original petitioners in the case seek the aid of the Supreme Court in stopping top government agencies from continuously threatening press freedom.

BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
Northern Dispatch

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Pornograpiya at Politika

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:10:05 -0500

May afinidad ang pornograpiya at politika—pareho itong nagpapakita ng kalabisan, kadalasan isang paulit-ulit o tematikong akto (sex sa pornograpiya, skandalo sa politika) na nakasentro sa spektakularisasyon ng katawan ng mga aktor, at ang naturalisasyon ng kahindik-hindik na afekto sa manonood.

NI ROLAND TOLENTINO
KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA
Bulatlat

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Bakwet

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:09:15 -0500

O bakwet, kami po ay bakwet
Mula sa probinsya, kami ay umalis
Nagbakwet, kami ay umalis
Doon po sa amin, sundalo’y malupit

Sundalo’y walang galang, hindi yata nag-aral
Matanda at bata, sinasaktan, pinapatay
Hindi nila pakinggan ang aming katuwiran
Agad dadamputin at sinasaktan

O bayan ko, o bayan ko
Paano ang pag-aaral ko?

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Elehiya kina Bernabe Laquindanum, Dante Evangelio, Danilo Arjona, atbp. na Pinaslang sa Tulay ng Mendiola, Taong 1986

admin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:07:42 -0500

NI PAPA OSMUBAL
Inilathala ng Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008

sa dugong tumagistis
buhat sa inyong dibdib
napagluksa ang lupang luoy
na sinilaban ng mabangis
na araw

umusbong at lumago
ang hubad na butong binhing
kalinga ng mapagbatang
panahon
yumapos nang mahigpit

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Amparo Petition Filed for Ex-Marine

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:14:04 -0500

A petition for the writ of amparo has been filed in behalf of a former Marine who was recently included in a police and military “wanted” list even in the absence of charges against him. The petitioners, his wife and his mother, said his being thus included in the “wanted” list threatens his life, liberty, and security.

BY BULATLAT
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

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OFW Group Not Content with Suspension of POEA Memo, Demands for its Junking

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:13:28 -0500

Even as migrant workers rejoice over the suspension of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Memorandum Circular (MC)-04, a coalition opposing it reiterated their call for its scrapping as well as stricter regulation of the practices of recruitment agencies and a review of other policies oppressive to OFWs.

BY AUBREY MAKILAN
MIGRANT WATCH

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ARCHIVES

Prelates to PGMA: Trash EO 464, Stop ‘Culture of Corruption’

Million-Dollar ‘Kickback’ Could Have Paid For Public School Shortages

O Bakwet* (Rights Victims Flee from Quezon Province)

Balikatan 2008 Raises Fears of Rapes, Other Atrocities by U.S. Troops

In the Face of Compulsory AFTA Tariff Reduction in 2010: RP Sugar Fights for Survival

7 Out of 10 See Themselves Poor

People Power Fatigue?

Kalayaan, Midya at si Jun Lozada

The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam

O-Bummer – The Man Without a Past for a Country Without a Future

The Broad United Front of Patriotic Forces is Determined to Mobilize the People Nationwide Against Arroyo Regime

Open Letter to the President of the Philippines on the Plight of Overseas Filipino Workers

OFWs in Kuwait Stand Up vs. Oppressive Company, Gets No Support from RP Labor Office

191 OFWs Still Stranded in Jeddah, Says Migrante-Saudi

Baguio Media Join Manila Colleagues’ SC Case vs. Press Freedom Threats

Pornograpiya at Politika

Bakwet

Elehiya kina Bernabe Laquindanum, Dante Evangelio, Danilo Arjona, atbp. na Pinaslang sa Tulay ng Mendiola, Taong 1986

Amparo Petition Filed for Ex-Marine

OFW Group Not Content with Suspension of POEA Memo, Demands for its Junking