Or how rural women are trading sex for rice due to hunger The Philippines observed World Food Day this year amid an atmosphere of increasing hunger. Amid worsening hunger, a number of women in the rural areas – where food crops are grown – have been turning to what...
Asia Pacific farmers, advocates meet in Negros conference Stories of hunger, oppression, government neglect, landlessness, greediness of agro-chemical transnational corporations, to democratic protest movements and armed struggle for genuine land reform and social...
First of two parts For generations, many farming villages in the Cordillera mountain region, northern Philippines were self-sufficient in food. But Marcos’ “Green Revolution” and, in recent years, trade liberalization have erased all that. Today, the production of...
Party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna dismisses recent charges by top armed forces officials that he gave communist guerrillas P5 million to bomb Metro Manila as mere products of the “military’s wild imagination.” The charges surfaced on the eve of a big rally...
Repression invites more resistance than fear, and usually succeeds in achieving the exact opposite of its intention to intimidate. By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CENPEG) The Arroyo regime is focused on survival, but is instead succeeding in...
With President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s enforcement of the calibrated preemptive response policy, more and more Catholic bishops and even lay leaders are coming out with statements opposed to her government’s actions. Is the country’s most influential church then...
10,000 rights violations reported due to mining To the farmers, Ifugao communities, some business leaders and government officials of Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, northern Philippines a far worthy treasure more than mines exists in a budding citrus fruit industry in...
First of three parts The December 2004 Supreme Court decision declaring as constitutional the Mining Act of 1995 paves the way for the entry of foreign mining companies in the Philippines. The Cordillera region in Northern Luzon where 25 percent of gold and 39...
Second of three parts Recent applications for mining exploration and extraction cover 66 percent of the Cordillera land area. By Windel Bolinget Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – The Macapagal-Arroyo government’s aggressive mining policy to attract new investors in...
But small-scale miners will be displaced Conclusion Of the Macapagal-Arroyo’s 23 “priority development projects,” five are in the Cordillera region. BY WINDEL BOLINGET Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – President Macapagal-Arroyo’s 10-Point Legacy names 23 priority...
The Buaya tribe of Kalinga province affirmed their opposition to the mineral exploration venture by Cordillera Exploration Inc. (CEXI) in their ancestral domain in both Kalinga and Apayao provinces. By Abigail T. Bengwayan Northern Dispatch BALBALAN, Kalinga - The...
But AFP in tit-for-tat with armed guerrillas Recent military and NPA reports reveal escalation of armed hostilities in many provinces across the country. BY BULATLAT The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recently revealed a number of successful raids on...
“We are living at a moment in history when civil liberties and democracy are under attack as never before and the need for a collective response to counter these threats has never been greater.” By D. L. MONDELO Political Correspondent for Europe BRUSSELS, Belgium...
1,103 are women At least 4,775 Filipinos were languishing in foreign jails as of end of 2004, based on a report of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Of these, 1,103 were women. Posted by Bulatlat At least 4,775 Filipinos were languishing in foreign jails as...
At least 50 minors are languishing in different jails in the Cordillera region, Northern Luzon, jail officials revealed last week. Of these, 26 are undergoing trial in Baguio City’s courts for crimes with some cases as heinous as rape. By Lyn V. Ramo Northern...
Even in Region VII, regarded as an Arroyo bailiwick because she supposedly won the majority of the presidential vote in Cebu, some 78 percent of respondents were not satisfied with her performance. By IBON Foundation The Filipino people’s satisfaction with...
The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to recent IBON survey. By IBON Foundation The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is...
Some 1,300 Filipinos were working at Camp Anaconda alone "One of the construction Filipinos (said) … that they were treated like human cattle by some of the Western employees there and that they did not receive enough medical treatment when they were ill." By David...
Ni E. San Juan, Sr. Ihabol lamang ang pakulo ng makulit kong ‘pare sa New York City, texting via cellphone:) “Kutob nami’y dumating na ang interesanteng panahon ng ating buhay nang mapanood sa TV ang pambobomba ng tubig kina Bishop Labayen, Guingona, Satur at mga...
Handog para kay Fr. William Tadena at sa lahat ng mga nagalay ng buhay sa paglilingkod sa sambayanan ng Diyos Ni Rev. Erahvilla M. Maga-Cabillas Summary execution… Ambush… Salvaging … Tawagin man sa iba’t-ibang salita Pareho lang ang pagkahulugan: PAGKITIL NG...
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