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2005
DECEMBER
Vol. V, No. 44
December 11 -17, 2005
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
From Jan to Nov 2005:
12 human rights victims every hour
First of two parts
By Dabet Castaneda
Still No
Justice for Human Rights Victims
Second
of two parts
By Dabet Castaneda
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Palparan's Men
Disperse Tarlac Rights Rally
BY ABNER BOLOS
State Atrocities to Continue in 2006
By Jhong dela Cruz
4 Anti-WTO Filipino Activists
Detained in HK
Solon threatens to file diplomatic protest
BY BULATLAT
P1 Trillion in Revenues Lost Due to WTO Accord
BY BULATLAT
LABOR WATCH
700,000
Gov’t Employees to Lose Jobs? BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
A Diagnosis of Public Hospitals
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
LABOR WATCH
Despite P5,000 Xmas bonus:
Gov’t Employees Slam Arroyo for Low Wages
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Power Companies Slam Napocor Rate Hike In December
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ
Mayor
Capitalizes on Poor Water Supply
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ
Trade Liberalization and the Demise
of the Local Shoe Industry
By JP Andaquig
Ibon: RP Industry, Fisheries Endangered More
under Non-Agri WTO Trade Talks
BY
BULATLAT
LABOR WATCH
3-Day
Strike at Tommy Hilfiger Shirt Factory Ends
by
Dennis Espada
Homage to a Fallen Comrade
By Kim Quitasol
culture
Ibahin ang Paksa?
Ang Kasalukuyang Panulaang Makabayan
sa Panahon ng Krisis at Rebolusyon
BY Gelacio Guillermo
TULA (POETRY)
Sa mga
Anak ng Bayan
(para kay Andres
Bonifacio at kanyang mga apo)
Ni
Angelo San Pablo
TULA (POETRY)
Literally Speaking
In memory of the
Palo (Leyte) 10
BY RAYMUND VILLANUEVA
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Take My Picture, Please!
SALUNGGUHIT
Public Health
on the Brink of Death
SPECIAL RELEASE
Luisita Strike Ends
By Abner Bolos
Vol. V, No. 43
December 4 -10, 2005
Special Report
Devolution and Corporatization of Health Services
The solution or the
problem?
Second of three parts
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Poor Pay,
Working Conditions are Driving Health Professionals Abroad
Last of three parts
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Related article:
The Price
of Devolution
Subic Rape Case:
Does the Country’s Justice System Favor the Accused U.S.
Marines?
By Dabet Castaneda
Subic Rape: A ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Davao’s Women
By Angely Chi
Bonifacio Day Anti-Gloria Concert Rocks UPLB
BY
ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
REVIEW
From
Bladed Poems to Heroism
BY
ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
ANALYSIS
VFA: A
Threat to All Filipinos
By Center for People Empowerment in Governance
Saving the Philippine Environment
Forum tackles solutions to Philippine ‘environmental crises’
BY
FELICISIMO MANALANSAN
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Militants Blame GMA, AFP for Killing
of Church Worker, Union Leader
Kim Quitasol and A.T. Bengwayan
Writing
Lesbian, Lesbian writing
By
Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz
The Women of
Davao By Cheryll D. Fiel
At War Over Her Body By Germelina A. Lacorte
Desperate Housewives
By Grace Uddin
Diwalwal's Never-Ending Tragedies By Daisy C. Gonzales
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WATCH
Siyuan and the Struggles of Her Tribe By Cheryll D. Fiel
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
‘How’s My Driving?’
NOVEMBER
Vol. V, No. 42
November 27 - December 3, 2005
Analysis
Macapagal-Arroyo: Above Human Rights
By Bobby Tuazon
HUMAN RIGHTS
WATCH
Bullets
Rain Over Palo Farmers BY
Johann Hein B. Arpon
Related article:
Twin
Killings
BY Johann Hein B. Arpon
SPECIAL REPORT
Public
Health System: On the Death Bed
First of three parts
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Historic
People’s Court Adjourns By Lisa Ito
Militants
Defy CPR with ‘People’s Procession’
BY
ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Hacienda
Luisita Strike: Almost Over?
By Abner Bolos
Subic:
Where the Show Never Stops
By Dabet Castaneda
LABOR WATCH
UP Staff,
Professors Protest Non-payment of Back COLA
BY
BULATLAT
SPECIAL REPORT
State Employees
Demand P3,000 Pay Increase, Unpaid COLA
By Karl G. Ombion
CULTURE
Making Art Public
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
One Day in
the Life of a Davao Traveler
By Germelina A. Lacorte
Related articles:
-
Davao City (A Brief Introduction)
-
To Market, To Market
-
Tudaya's Allure
Tribal Leaders
Denounce Corporate
Mining
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
75% of
Benguet Farmers Earn Less Due to
Liberalization
BY LYN V. RAMO
The WTO 6th Ministerial:
People Power vs.
Corporate Power
By Joseph Yu
CULTURE
Papo De Asis:
Expatriate Artist, Social Activist
By Bobby Tuazon
Related article:
What They
Say of Papo de Asis
Sayote: ‘Hanging
Green Gold’
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
TULA (POETRY)
Dipa Ne Ning Alte
Ni Gelacio
Guillermo
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
‘How’s My Driving?’
Vol. V, No. 41
November 20 - 26, 2005
Exclusive
Journalists View Anti-Terror Bills as Threat
By Jhong dela
Cruz
Gov’t
Provoked Sulu Fighting for War on ‘Terror’ – MNLF Leader
BY
ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Surprise Witness
BY
ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Fourth hearing of `People’s Court’:
Witnesses Show Arroyo’s
Electoral Fraud
By Jhong dela
Cruz
DENR urged to permanently close Albay Mine
Lafayette Mining
Deliberately Leaked Cyanide, Says Fact-finding Mission
BY AUBREY
SC MAKILAN
Destroying Rapu-rapu Through Mining
BY AUBREY
SC MAKILAN
Saving
an Island
BY AUBREY
SC MAKILAN
MIGRANT WATCH
Filipino Migrants Join Australia's Biggest Workers' Protest
"This is democracy in action, mate,"
protester says
BY CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROña
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Muslim Wrongly Identified as Abu Tagalog,
Tortured
Muslim community
demands apology
By Arthur L. Allad-iw
MIGRANT WATCH
Wrongfully Deported Fil-Aussie back in Australia
BY CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROña
Mining
Applications Cover the Entire Cordillera Region
By
Lyn V. Ramo
Tattoo
By
Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz
Against US
Monopoly Control of Information and Communications Technology
By Prof. Jose Maria
Sison
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
‘How’s My Driving?’
Vol.
V, No. 40
November 13 - 19, 2005
NEWS
ANALYSIS
Rape
Case as a Political Issue BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
U.S. Custody of 6 Marines Unconstitutional:
Philippine
Laws Prohibit Their Transfer Abroad
By Atty. Neri Javier
Colmenares
Journalists, Artists Denounce GMA’s Statement vs Media
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Police
Ask Military
To Leave Hacienda
Luisita
By Abner Bolos
Luisita Strikers
Nabbed, Detained
Union condemns harassment
BY ABNER BOLOS
Angry, Wary and Defiant
Luisita
workers resume talks with management
By Abner Bolos
A year after Hacienda
Luisita massacre
Justice Still Elusive
BY DABET
CASTAÑEDA
The
Rise and Rise of Rodrigo Duterte
By Daisy C. Gonzales
Related articles:
Hacienda Serafica Farm Workers Hold Picket
By Johann Hein B. Arpon
MIGRANT WATCH
Filipinos in Canada Deprofessionalized, Deskilled
By
EDWIN C. MERCURIO
Commentary
Injustice
Amid Subservience
By
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
TULA (POETRY)
Hadlangan!
VFA!
BY GELACIO GUILLERMO
NEWS AT A GLANCE
- Marcos-Araneta
blamed for harassment of Bulacan farmers
- Bayan Muna urges
in-depth investigation of Diwalwal tragedy
- At least 15 OFW
‘mysterious deaths’ since 2002 remain unsolved – Migrante
- Bayan condemns
overkill in Ortigas shootout
-
Bayan
Muna Solon to probe ’dubious’ oil exploration in Tañon Strait
DEMOCRATIC
SPACE
We
Know Your Game, General
[An open letter to Maj. Gen.
Jovito Palparan, Jr.]
By
RENE GALANG,
United Luisita Workers' Union President
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Solace
amid troubled times
SPECIAL RELEASE
CCTA:
‘Alternative Venue’ in Search for Truth, Accountability
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN
REMOLLINO
Vol.
V, No. 39
November 6 - 12, 2005
Gloria
Will Stand by the U.S. in Subic Gang Rape
BY BULATLAT
On rape of Filipina by U.S. Marines:
Women’s Groups Picket
U.S. Embassy, Demand U.S. Troops’ Pull-out from RP
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Subic
Rape Stirs Echoes of U.S. Military Atrocities in Mindanao
BY
INITIATIVES FOR PEACE IN MINDANAO
Special Report
By
Karl G. Ombion & Ranie Azue
MIGRANT WATCH
Increase in Remittances Due to More OFW Deployments;
Crisis, dwindling opportunities driving more
Filipinos abroad – Migrante
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
A Year
of Triumphs and Tragedy
By Abner Bolos
Strike
One for the Workers of Hacienda Luisita
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
The
Hacienda Luisita Strike Timeline
Fertilizer Fund Cover-up Feared;
Are attempts to hide the truth behind the
fertilizer funds now taking place?
BY AUBREY
SC MAKILAN
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Killing
Dissent
BY THE Alliance for the Advance of People’s
Rights
ANALYSIS
Killings
A State Policy
By the Center for People Empowerment in
Governance (CENPEG)
Medical
Transcription: Antidote to Brain Drain?
By Lyn V. Ramo
Dousing the Embers of Hope: Canadian Gov't
Fails to Address Mining Abuses in RP
By
Jennifer del Rosario-Malonzo
NEWS AT A GLANCE
- P125 wage increase ‘long overdue’ says solon
- Japanese religious group condemns RP killings
- OFW group urges RP to protest spying on
domestic workers in Singapore
- Church group condemns death threats on activist priest
POETRY
The
Reign of Empress Glorius Marius Arius the Terrible
By Tomas Talledo
Counterpoint
By Sarah Raymundo
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Business Alive
Vol. V, No. 38
October 30 - November 5, 2005
‘The
Citizens' Congress Has the Highest Moral Authority’
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Hacienda Luisita workers:
Bloodied But Unbowed; Union grieves for murdered Hacienda union chief
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
A Second
Brush with Palparan
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
New Alliance to Hold Palparan Liable for Rights Abuses
By Jhong dela Cruz
MIGRANT WATCH
Migrante
Scores DFA for ‘Whitewash’ in Slain OFW’s Case
BY BULATLAT
ANALYSIS
The Enemy
Within
By the Center for People Empowerment in
Governance (CENPEG)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
12 years after death:
Justice Still Eludes
Human Rights Leader
BY ARTHUR
L. ALLAD-IW
REVIEW
Lessons
in Standing Up
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Related stories:
-Impressions of Cuba
-Health
care is a model, but tourist economy brings changes
By
Russell Mokhiber and
Robert Weissman
-Learn
from Cuba, Says World Bank By Jim Lobe
-Half the
World Hit by US Unilateral Sanctions
by Someshwar Singh
-The Cuban
Revolution and Venezuela By Germán Sánchez
Corn Farming in Alfonso Lista
The
implications of promoting the market-oriented
production of modern plant breeds among Cordillera peasants
by Fernando Bagyan and Lulu Gimenez
Centralized Procurement of Imported Oil: A Doable
Alternative to Reduce Prices
By Arnold Padilla
Corporate Mining: Assault on IP Lands
First
of two parts
By Joan Carling
Corporate Mining: An Unjust
Imposition on IP Collective
Rights and Systems
Last of two parts
By Joan Carling
Murder in Cold Blood
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
REVIEW
Finding
Neo-realism in the Film
Masahista (The Masseuse)
BY TOMAS TALLEDO
TULA (POETRY)
-
Sinong
Paniniwalaan?
(Kay Ka Ric Ramos ng
CATLU)
Ni Raul
Funilas
-
The
Revelation
By Rev. Erahvilla M. Maga-Cabillas
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Hanging by a Beam
OCTOBER
Vol. V, No. 37
October 23 - 29, 2005
NEWS FLASH
'Palit-Bigas’
Prostitution: Or how rural women
are trading sex for rice due to hunger
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Stories of Hunger,
Landlessness and Armed Struggle
Asia Pacific farmers,
advocates meet in Negros conference
By Ranie Azue
SPECIAL REPORT
Gov’t
Promotes ‘Suicide Seeds,’ Transgenics in Cordillera
First of two parts
BY FERNANDO BAGYAN AND LULU GIMENEZ
‘Destabilization Plot’ a Military Farce – Ka Satur
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
ANALYSIS
Repeating History
By the Center for People Empowerment in
Governance (CENPEG)
News Analysis
Is
Arroyo-Church Clash Looming?
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Mines over Citrus in Nueva Vizcaya: 10,000
rights violations reported due to mining
BY FELICISIMO
MANALANSAN
SPECIAL REPORT
Cordillera – Still the Main Hub of Transnational Mining
First of three parts
By Windel Bolinget
Foreign
TNCs Dominate Mining Industry Second of three parts
By
Windel Bolinget
Arroyo’s
Priority Mining Projects a Boon to TNCs
But small-scale miners will be
displaced Conclusion
By Windel Bolinget
Related story:
Buaya
Tribe Resists Mineral Exploration By Abigail T. Bengwayan
37
Soldiers Killed, 42 Others Wounded in Fresh NPA Offensives
But AFP in
tit-for-tat with armed guerrillas
BY BULATLAT
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