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Archive for February, 2007
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Saturday, February 24, 2007
Sino Nga Ba ang Terorista?
NI MANG LINO
Inilathala ng Bulatlat
Sa depenisyon ng may kapangyarihan –
Ang bumubulabog sa Malakanyang
Ang layunin ay destabilisasyon,
Maghasik ng takot at pumaslang.
At bakit hindi?
Matagal nang walang direksyon ang pag-unlad,
Sagana sa buwitre at buwaya ang bayan;
Marami sa kanila’y nagmumugad sa Malakanyang,
Kongreso at husgado.
Garapalang pagyurak sa karapatang pantao.
Nguni’t paano nga ba pinapalayas ang mabangis na hayop,
Hindi ba’t binibulabog?
Kung may [...]
DAGLI SA KRISIS: Balita nang Nakaraang Linggo
Hindi nauubusan ng isyu ang bansang ito. Malalim ang balon ng pandarahas at pandarambong. Mabuti na lamang at mayroong gising – nangangampanya, tumututol, nagsasalaysay, gumugunita at nag-aaklas – habang ang marami ay natutulog na, o ipinaghehele ng mga jingle at indayog na “Boom Tarat Tarat” at “Itaktak Mo,” nagmo-malling na parang zombie (gising at nakakalakad [...]
Saturday, February 24, 2007Semantics of Colonization and Revolution
A review of Philippine history shows an analysis of certain events and historical figures like Andres Bonifacio that border on the ridiculous and the sinister.
BY ROSALINDA N. OLSEN
Contributed to Bulatlat
Too often we transfer ourselves into what we see, hear or read. The author’s meaning and intent can therefore affect our own predisposed ideas. Add to [...]
IFJ declares int’l day of action for Filipino press safety
Members of the media in Baguio City wore black T-shirts as their contribution to the nationally- coordinated observation of the international day of protest against media killings in the country.
BY KIM QUITASOL
Northern Dispatch
Posted by Bulatlat
BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila) – Members of the media here wore black T-shirts on February 23 as their [...]
‘Tagaytay 5’ Fast for Freedom
On the wall in their cell Calamba, Laguna, a big sign reads, “WE ARE ON INDEFINITE FASTING. The “Tagaytay 5” started fasting in protest against what they say is “miscarriage of justice in various forms and levels” and the “cruel” treatment of political detainees under the Arroyo government.
BY DENNIS ESPADA
Bulatlat
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Protest actions [...]
No Evidence in Slay Raps Filed vs NDFP, Study Shows
The Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has on file 28 complaints against the GRP for extra-judicial killings. Twenty-three of these cases have corresponding complaints filed against the NDFP. There is no evidence in most of the corresponding [...]
Saturday, February 17, 2007Utang
NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC*
Inilathala ng Bulatlat
Paano babayaran
Ang utang ng aking bayan?
Nakayapak ang batang sinanla
Para sa mga sapatos ng isang
Unang Ginang.
Putol ang kamay ng manggagawa,
Habang lumalambi-lambitin sa daliri
Ng dating Pangulo
Ang kanyang mahal na tabako.
Gula-gulanit ang katawan
Ng magsasakang naninibilhan
Sa air-conditioned na kuwadra
Sa asyenda ng madasaling
Bayani ng Edsa.
Paano babayaran
Ang utang ng aking bayan?
Sapat na ba ang kapirasong [...]
Pro-Arroyo Landlords in Congress to Reap Profits from Biofuels Act
The Biofuels Act by itself cannot address the most urgent problem of exorbitant and soaring oil prices caused by foreign monopoly control. Worse, only landlords and bourgeois-compradors like Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri and his co-authors are the ones who will benefit most from it.
BY ARNOLD PADILLA
IBON Features
Posted by Bulatlat
Going by the hype created by its [...]
Zaynab Ampatuan and the Travails of the Moros
Zaynab Ampatuan, 27, hardly looks like one who has experienced being driven from home by bombs and bullets courtesy of the military. But she has – and more than twice. Her experiences with the oppression of Muslims in the Philippines led her to become an advocate for the Moro cause.
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Bulatlat
Petite and [...]
Love without Borders
Four couples find love across the Pacific
Being in a foreign country does not prevent one from falling in love, even in a time of diaspora. Globalization and love have something in common since both can cut across all borders. Unlike the former, however, the latter does not have any ill-effects.
BY CAESAR A. BAROÑA
Bulatlat
These are the [...]
Just to earn money for education, family OFW in Kuwait Goes Home almost Paralyzed
With nine screws placed in her left foot and two big screws in her spinal column, Carmelita Lagata, a domestic helper in Kuwait, was teary-eyed relating the pain she had to endure after an accident while running away from her employer. She even had to fend for herself during those trying times as the government [...]
Video: Filipino Women Take a Day Off to March
Freedom March for Morong 43
Critics Slam Martial Law as Ruse, Cover-Up
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