BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The country is again facing the prospect of oil price spikes. Why? Can nothing be done about it? The country, and the world, are again being threatened with the probability of run-away increases in the prices of oil, gas, and its...
BY TRINA FEDERIS Bulatlat.com GUESS? clothing sold locally is actually sewed here in the Philippines. And while it is put up for sale at exorbitant prices, the workers just earn a pittance for their hard work. GUESS? clothing sold locally is actually sewed here in...
BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat.com In her 2001 State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo mentioned microfinance as the cornerstone strategy of the government’s fight against poverty. The year 2005 was also declared as the Year of Microfinance in the Philippines. But...
BY AURA IRENE SEMANERO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga is this year’s host community for the Cordillera Day celebration from April 23 to 24. In a meeting last February the Uma Tribal Elders and Leaders Conference pointed out the...
BY MARIE CONIE DUERME Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com The commemoration of the Cordillera Day is an event that has become the biggest annual political solidarity gathering of indigenous peoples not only in the Cordillera Region but also worldwide. This day...
BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat.com Despite President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s moves to abolish the death penalty, human rights lawyers noted that extrajudicial and political killings continue contradicting the image of “kindness and compassion” she wants to portray....
Not a meaningless touch, the "pat on the back" women artists gave each other at the conclusion of the recently held First Northern Luzon Women Visual Artists' Conference-Workshop leaves an indelible (re)birthmark, to remind them of their rebirthing experience. BY...
US military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan will average 44 percent more in the current fiscal year than in 2005, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said. BY JEFF BLISS Bloomberg.com Posted by Bulatlat US military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan will...
Seven Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) lawyers representing the punks, who have been in jail at the Benguet Provincial Jail for more than a month now, argued that the “honorable Court has no jurisdiction over the accused” and that the punks were illegally...
Cordillera overseas workers contributed at least $11.7 million of the $917 million remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) posted this January by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP or the Central Bank of the Philippines). BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern...
DAVAO CITY — An environmental activist from Cebu City has warned about the wanton destruction of the upland watershed areas of Davao City disguised as development, saying this could deplete the city?s supply of clean and fresh water. ?You want to lose water? Put up...
What does a merger of two banks have to do with members of the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)? A lot, according to two labor groups. BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat The so-called mall magnate is increasing his economic...
An interfaith organization called Friend of Moro Detainees (Friends) was launched during the first year commemoration of the Camp Bagong Diwa siege, which claimed the lives of 22 Moro inmates. By May Vargas Contributed to Bulatlat An interfaith organization called...
A land dispute over a quarrying operation may have led to the March 20 ambush here that nearly killed Zambales Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) coordinator Amante Abelon and caused the death of his 35-year old wife, Agnes, and five-year old son, Ervy John. by A. Mangampo...
By Cheryll D. Fiel davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY ? A young activist was forcibly taken Friday night by men believed to be government agents and was interrogated inside a van for an hour. Raunil Mortejo, chairman of the progressive youth group Anakbayan in Davao City,...
Paquibato leaders decry continued harassment of residents despite military's assurance By Cheryll D. Fiel davaotoday.com DAVAO CITY - The disbandment of paramilitary units and the withdrawal of the firearms issued to them by the Philippine Army are some of the...
Twenty-year old Cris Hugo was a small – only 4’11” tall – and humble person who led an exemplary life. He fearlessly fought for quality education and students’ rights – until bullets felled him last March 19. BY LINO D. INTERINO III Bulatlat I was aghast when my...
After three decades of hosting large-scale mining projects, Marinduque remains impoverished, ranked as the country's 14th poorest province with a staggering poverty incidence of 71.9 percent. By Dennis Espada Bulatlat The people of Marinduque (some 170 kms south of...
Thirteen community journalists and four media organizations from Baguio City are the latest signatories to a petition filed in the Court of Appeals which seeks to stop government agencies from muzzling the press. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms...
Gen. Generoso Senga, in a recent speech before the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa), acknowledged that “the alliance between the military and the leftist rebels to oust Mrs. Arroyo has been deepening for over two years now and will not be uprooted in...
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