Photo by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat.com Two tourists welcome the summer by frolicking in the freshness of the waters in Currimao, Ilocos Norte (464 kms north of Manila). Underneath where they are lie the majestic coral reef formations extending kilometer after kilometer in the area encompassing Barangay Pangil in this fishing town off the coast…
Day: April 15, 2006
Ticket to Hell
By Flon Faurillo / Bulatlat.com President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo likens charter change as a train that would take the nation to progress, and that those who support get a ticket to Paradise. But given her blueprint for charter change — no elections in 2007, the removal of the few nationalist provisions protecting the economy from the…
Writers’ Rights
Writers’ Manifesto of Unity on the Freedom of Expression BY THE AMADO V. HERNANDEZ RESOURCE CENTER Posted by Bulatlat.com Writers now are troubled by the suppression of the freedom of the press along with the freedom of assembly and speech. We maintain that our commitment to writing is our right as an individual that must…
Political Upheaval
By Nadia Martinez In These Times Latin America challenges the Washington Consensus. The presidential palaces of Latin America are famous for their imposing Spanish colonial grandeur. Not long ago these marble edifices on grand plazas were inhabited mostly by military strongmen. That these leaders were elites of European descent went virtually without question. Today, Chile’s…
How GI Resistance Altered the Course of History
By Paul Rockwell In Motion Magazine “Sir, No Sir,” A timely film, premiers week of 4/3/2006. “General, your tank is a mighty vehicle. It shatters the forest and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs drivers. General, a man is quite expendable. He can fly and he can kill. But he…
Five Days of April in Iraq
By Larry C. Johnson t r u t h o u t | Report Clearly smarting under charges that they are “failing” to tell the good news in Iraq, the major TV network and cable channels appear to have abandoned any effort to report what is going on in Iraq. Fearful of being accused of…
Sa Unang Limang Oras ng Pagdinig sa Di-matapus-tapos na Tagisan ng Argumento sa Pagitan ng mga Numero at Alpabeto tungkol sa Kung Maaari Nga Ba na Bigkasing O(OW) ang 0(Zero)
NI LOLITO R. GO, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Sa ikaanim na milyon, pitong daan, walumpu’t siyam na libo, isang daan at dalawampu’t apat na pagkakatao’y magtatagisan na naman ang mga bilang at titik Tumitilamsik ang init ng tanghali, makapanikip-dibdib ang sikip, makapigil hininga ang tensiyon sa paligid, walang bait na dumating ang ilang mga panauhin,…
Bayan Muna warns of misuse of 2006 budget for Cha-cha
Bayan Muna-Southern Mindanao Region expressed fears that the P1.06-trillion 2006 budget, now in the Senate for approval, will be used by Malacañang allegedly for the charter change drive. Bayan Muna-SMR spokesperson Jeppie Ramada criticized what he described as the “state’s propensity to consume the national budget for its personal gains.” He also recalled Election Commissioner…
A Passion for Pasyon
BY DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com During the Japanese occupation, they held pabasa in hushed voices by the river to avoid being caught by the Japanese soldiers. Come war or high water, as far as Aling Alegre remembers, her family reads the Pasyon every Lenten season. As far as Alegre Diones remembers, her family had been holding…
RP Ice Cream Companies Compete vs MNCs by Lowering Prices
By Trina Melissa Federis Bulatlat.com Summer is a time for ice cream, as the hot weather tends to increase demand for this already popular dessert. At this time, Philippine-owned enterprises compete with their foreign counterparts by lowering their prices, the same strategy they have adopted regardless of the season and weather. Spouses Jun and Angie…
The Essence of Success
BY CHESTER STONE BATNAG Posted by Bulatlat.com Arms and hands would move with a cheer In fibers of wood were praises so dear Recognized by many with emotions they stir Is this the meaning of achievements? We hear. What kind of bricks did we step on this path Was each with radiance and brightened the…