Aside from hunting in the forest, the Ilamag gather honey from wild bees called in their native Kankanaey language as iyokan, alig, lukutan. By Belinda P. Ngiwas Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – The Ilamag – indigenous people of Lamag in the tri-boundary of Ilocos Sur, Abra, and Mt. Province, northern Philippines…
Day: January 16, 2005
New Rates Increases to Haunt Power Consumers
Power consumers face new power rates increases this year. For power consumers, there is no relief from the spate of rate hikes they had to put up with last year, for that matter, for decades. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com After greetings of “Happy new year!” have faded, power consumers have to brace for something…
‘Cojuangcos Can’t Scare Us’ – Union Leaders Church group asks GMA to back workers’ demands
Union workers of Hacienda Luisita have accused the Cojuangco family– owners of the plantation and sugar mill in Tarlac – and armed authorities as being behind the series of physical harassment against strikers. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Union workers of Hacienda Luisita have accused the Cojuangco family– owners of the plantation and sugar mill in…
UNLIKELY CALM
Photo by Jun Resureccion Bulatlat.com Dark clouds hovering above a lone tree and a dirt road with coarse grass on both sides picture a field of tranquillity. An unlikely calm, this, as a lone tricycle negotiates the road that leads to Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac (120 kms north of Manila) where last November seven striking…
News At A Glance
Tarlac journalists receive death threats Two local journalists who covered the bloody dispersal of the Hacienda Luisita strike in Tarlac province (120 kms. from Manila) last Nov. 16, have been receiving death threats. In a statement dated Jan. 12, the Tarlac chapter of the National Union of the Philippines (NUJP-Tarlac) scored the incident, saying it…
Ako
Ni Elektrokyut ng Anakpawis (with apologies to the kid in the TV ad) Gastos sa: Generation charge…ako Transmission charge…ako Systems loss charge…ako Ninakaw na kuryente…ako Kuryenteng di naman nila nilikha…ako Kuryenteng di ko naman ginamit…ako Kuryenteng di nasukat dahil sira pala ang metro…ako Kuryenteng ginamit ng Meralco sa nga opisina nito…ako Gastos sa: Distribution charge…ako…
Bikay’s Call
This village lass has had two big movies. She has also won five acting awards. Yet she still goes to the seashore – to peddle seashells. By Terence Krishna Lopez Bulatlat.com TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol – This village lass has had two big movies. She has also won five acting awards. Yet she still goes to…
Tomgram: Self-Portrait in a Tortured World American Gothic: Self-Portrait with Shackles for the Year 2005
By Tom Engelhardt Here we are, because time has some of the qualities of a tsunami, deposited in 2005, whether we like it or not. As the year changed, nature trumped the Bush administration in an appropriately, if horrifyingly Biblical way, with a preemptive strike against shorelines jammed with rich tourists and poor peasants alike.…
The Empire in the Year 2005
By James Petras www.globalresearch.ca Posted by Bulatlat.com World developments in 2005 will be determined by the major events and tendencies in 2004. First and foremost, 2004 demonstrated in the most dramatic and definitive manner that the US imperial military machine could be defeated. The Iraqi resistance has proven that the US Empire is not invincible.…
Water Crusader Shot Twice
A water district official was shot twice in the head after bringing to the management’s attention the contamination of his district’s water supply. BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat.com BACOLOD CITY – An unidentified gunman shot the chief of the Kabankalan City Water District (KCWD) for reasons that reports say are more political than personal. George…
Media Killings Prompt Journalists to Become Activists
The burning of an ABS-CBN van last January 11 reflects the state of Philippine mass media. Various interest groups try to harass and intimidate journalists, even to the point of silencing them forever. It is important at this point to reiterate the importance of social involvement among journalists in order to not only stop the…