The city has become so many different things to so many different people. From merely the Nueva Guipuzcoa province, Nueva Vergara city, for the first Spaniards who arrived here, to the Japanese' "Little Tokyo" before the war, it has become an eco-tourism...
Here, one may find herself in the middle of the jungle of Mount Apo, the Philippines's highest peak, and finds that she is still within city limits. By Germelina A. Lacorte DAVAO CITY -- Far from the Moro settlement that the Spaniards found when they first arrived...
Bankerohan and the other public markets in Davao are places to explore, not only for fun but for a few pesos of savings in this increasingly difficult times. By Daisy C. Gonzales DAVAO CITY -- If you are a first-timer here -- if, let's say, you don't have any idea...
Gushes of spray bathed me, and even when I looked down, the water would sting my eyes. After a few minutes, the loud drum roll of the waterfalls faded into light pelting and my vision cleared. We were past the waterfalls and before us was the large green patch of...
At least 100 elders from the Mountain Province gathered for a two-day congress and strengthened their opposition to corporate mining and military deployment in communities where anti-mining sentiments are strong. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch BAGUIO...
Since the start of vegetable importation in 2002, about three-fourths of Benguet farmers have been incurring incomes barely enough to provide for their family’s needs. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY (246 kilometers from Manila) — Since the start of...
A grand global fight looms in Hong Kong in December—a fight between the rich corporations and governments of the First World, and the vast number of people in the Third World worst hit by the W.T.O. By Joseph Yu Ibon Features With two failed ministerials out of...
“My paintings,” Papo de Asis wrote in 1992, “yearn to be the anguished expression of a people long denied of justice and equality...The convoluted reality of my historical past wrote the scenario to my present sources of sorrow.” By Bobby Tuazon In the last...
Papo was ever eager to know better the workers and peasants that he depicted in his works. He either lived with them or he renewed his links with them through visits and serious social investigation... He made manifest his position on social reality not only in the...
Filipinos are familiar with the sayote, but not everyone knows its origins and its many uses. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch SAGADA, Mountain Province — Filipinos are familiar with sayote (Sechium edule) but not everyone knows that this vegetable was...
Ni Gelacio Guillermo Dipa ne ning alte, Gloria Parang reyna ng Pyestang Tugak sa Pampanga Sa kakokokak sa Malakanyang nagdonya Pekeng reyna'y tigre't santa kung umasta Sa palasyo't kampo, sa batasa't korte Nagpipista ang mga palakang mabuni May palakang Tiglao, may...
The “How’s my driving” sign appears on public utility vehicles around the country so that motorists would know what number to call when they want to tell on errant drivers. But the baby peeping out from this jeepney in Baguio City, 246 kms. north of Manila, lends...
While painting the wall of the police office in Baguio City, 246 kms. north of Manila, a laborer also gives his mightiest efforts to cheat death as he hangs seated on a bamboo beam, with only a nylon rope to help him keep his balance. Just one wrong move and he...
By Rev. Erahvilla M. Maga-Cabillas Contributed to Bulatlat.com beneath the soil grave an echo cried out arise brother, sister, mother, father, parent, friend succumb not to fiendish and cruelest death, come, breath long, wide and deep be strongest, permit not the...
Ni Raul Funilas Posted by Bulatlat.com Kasarapan nang tagayan Sa bakurang pahingahan, Labimpitong kasamahan Ni Ka Ric, nagkakantahan. At ang kanilang usapa’y Ang bakpey sa sobrang araw Nilang pinagtrabahuhan. Nang biglang umalingawngaw! Ang putok na nakadungaw Ng...
I don't think one earns respect as a film reviewer by appearing to be arrogantly dismissive and irresponsible with assertions. I always thought that reviewing films demands no less than production of knowledge. BY TOMAS TALLEDO Contributed to Bulatlat.com Masahista...
The cold blooded murder of Ricardo “Ka Ric” Ramos, president of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac Labor Union (CATLU) at the strife-ridden Hacienda Luisita and baranggay captain of Bo. Mapalacsiao, was an act of treachery and desperation. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo...
First of two parts The assault of massive corporate mining will surely be met with strong resistance by indigenous communities who have continued to nurture and protect their territory. The people will not simply allow the devastation of their land and resources in...
One of Ibon’s proposals is a system of centralized procurement of imported crude oil and refined oil products, a necessary step to ensure the steady supply of reasonably priced petroleum in the country. By Arnold Padilla Ibon Features Posted by Bulatlat It has now...
If former President Marcos had his “Green Revolution” and “miracle rice” program, the Arroyo administration has its agricultural modernization program and Bt corn. But the effects on the peasantry are the same dependence on creditors, indebtedness, soil...
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