Year: 2006

Having seen the country’s major political pillars festering under the hands of the elite – the presidential office, Congress and the electoral system in particular – the bourgeois election will serve as an opportunity for broadening the masses’ political consciousness about genuine people’s governance and establishing real democratic institutions. By the Policy Study, Publication and…

(Second of three parts) U.S. support for the Arroyo regime has been steady even when President Arroyo was deeply enmeshed in a crisis and was almost ousted in 2005. Its political support did not waiver even when President Arroyo declared a state of national emergency in February 2006. The support of the U.S. is one…

One may see “limited joy” this Christmas in the faces of three men who walked out of prison on December 11, a day after International Human Rights Day. They may be considered “free men” now but for them, the struggle to be free continues as they join a society that they say remains imprisoned by…

Ni Mykel Andrada Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Nung nagsisilbi pa ako bilang Vice-Chairperson ng University Student Council ng U.P. Diliman (2001-2002), dalawang palisiya ng administrasyon ng U.P. laban sa mga estudyante ng unibersidad ang naipatupad. Dalawang bagay ito na umukilkil sa akin ng matagal dahil para akong ginulpi-de-gulat sa pagpapatupad nito. Isa rito ang Revitalized General…

NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Unang Bersyon: Mga nasagap kong balita sa Singapore: 1. Uso pa rin ang pamamalo. May iba’t ibang laki at taba ng yantok na mabibili sa mga lumang tindahan, depende sa laki ng batang papaluin. 2. Hindi pwedeng pag-usapan ang yaman ng pamilyang Lee, ang namumuno sa bansa. 3. Bawal ang chewing…

The tendency to counterpoise “prayer” and “protest” served the ends of Malacanang to diffuse, diminish and blunt the political impact of the broadly-supported action against con-ass, Cha-cha and, verily, against the Arroyo regime itself. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com It took some effort to sustain enthusiasm for the “prayer rally” originally called by…