With the resurrection of one of a series of decrees denounced by civil libertarians as “repressive” and declared by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may next declare martial law. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com With the resurrection of one of a series of decrees denounced by civil libertarians as “repressive” and declared…
Day: September 23, 2006
31 Years Later: Still Waiting, Still Fighting
The walk to the Rizal Park before dusk in 1975 proved to be not just a stroll for 46-year old Amparo Diaz, an organizer of the urban poor in Tondo, Manila. She found herself picked up by armed men and herded into a jeep. BY DABET CASTANEDA Bulatlat.com The walk to the Rizal Park before…
Leyte ‘Mass Grave’ was a Military ‘No-man’s Land’ – Karapatan
A local human rights group cast doubts on what the military claims to be a mass grave of the communist movement’s purge victims. They said the site was actually a “no-man’s land”, where the village population evacuated to escape military operations. BY JOHANN HEIN B. ARPON Bulatlat.com Tacloban City – A local human rights group…
Soldiers Pounce on Young Negros Artists; CHR Calls Arrest ‘Illegal’
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros has described the arrest by government soldiers of a group of 11 theater members as “illegal.” It will investigate the case. By Karl G. Ombion Bulatlat.com BACOLOD City – In these days of politically-motivated abductions and killings, the military arm doesn’t even spare cultural artists. Last Sept.…
Debate over Cha Cha Heating Up
Calling current moves to amend the 1987 Constitution as “Malacañang’s initiative,” a broad array of leaders from the opposition and people’s organizations gathered once more to reiterate their resistance to Cha-Cha through people’s initiative, as proposed by Sigaw ng Bayan. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com Amid two-pronged tactics to push forward the changing of the Constitution,…
Workers’ Rights Trampled Upon by GMA’s Total War
The Arroyo regime’s “total war” is not only victimizing progressive party lists, lawyers, church workers, teachers, students, and peasants. It is also victimizing workers who are peacefully exercising their union rights as the experience of the Samahan ng mga Manggagawa sa Console Farms (SAMACOFA or the Union of Workers at Console Farms) in Central Luzon…
Is the Country Now Ruled by a Military-Civilian Junta?
At least 21 generals in Arroyo cabinet, civil service hierarchy Is a de facto military-civilian junta now ruling the country? This appears to be the case with the increasing number of military and police oligarchs occupying key posts in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s cabinet and the civil service hierarchy. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Is a de…
The Specter of Martial Law
Thirty four years since the declaration of Martial Law and 20 years since its downfall through a people power uprising, the specter of another dictatorship is more real today than ever. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Thirty four years since the declaration of Martial Law and 20 years since its downfall through a people power uprising,…
What’s New with the Tasadays?
The controversial Tasadays lost their identity as a group because of fallacious media projection and faulty research. BY PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO Dispatch Posted with other reports by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – The controversial Tasadays lost their identity as a group because of fallacious media projection and faulty research. This was the observation made by two…
Artists’ Confab Hits ‘Culture of Festivals,’ Eco-tourism
The “culture of festivals and eco-tourism projects” has subordinated the people’s way of life to the profit drive of local government units. This was one of the main observations that came to the fore during the country’s first national cultural summit. BY Bulatlat.com The “culture of festivals and eco-tourism projects” has subordinated the people’s way…
42 Journalists Face Libel Raps from Arroyo’s Husband
First Gentleman Mike Arroyo has filed a total of 42 libel charges against several journalists, research from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) revealed. The presidential spouse has been “fighting back” against journalists and media outfits publishing articles criticizing him by filing libel suits. BY Bulatlat.com Mike Arroyo, husband of President Gloria…