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NI FRANCISCO MONTESEÑA Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Sa siyap ng mga sisiw sa ibabaw ng iyong kabaong ibinadya ang dalamhati sa di sinadyang paglisan. Papapanagutin at di patatahimikin ng mga taghoy ang mga salarin. Sa himlayan ay pinilit ka nilang dalhin at ang...
NI PHILIP ANORICO Inilathala ng Wala tayong ibang inapuhap kundi ang pagbawi sa inagaw na pangarap— isang daigdigang may sikmurang hindi nakakuyom at kinakayas ng gutom. Hindi lingid na ‘sintayog ito ng punong higera kung saan, sa gubat na mapanglaw, ay iginapos...
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BY DESAPARECIDOS Bulatlat.com This coming All Saints' Day, we, the relatives of the disappeared continue to suffer but cannot mourn. We are uncertain whether our missing loved ones are still alive or already dead. There are no graves where we can light candles or...
Katotohanan na namumuhay tayo sa walang panahong pagkatakot at karahasan. Katotohanan na patuloy ang pag-igting ng pasismo ng estado, sa suporta ng imperyalismo ng U.S. Katotohanan na lahat naman tayo ay mamamatay. Katotohanan na ang tunay na buhay ay sa...
Lead, a heavy metal believed to be a health hazard, is found in Baguio drivers' blood samples, a study presented at an academic forum at the University of the Philippines (UP) in this city shows. The study, “Incidence of Lead in the Blood of Jeepney Drivers in...
Amid the unabated political repression, killings and human rights violations of the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA), the militant Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) has successfully carried out its 9th Regional Congress from October 21-23, 2006 in...
Here, in the first public cemetery I have ever entered, the living may not be thriving, but definitely, they are surviving among the dead. BY TRINA FEDERIS Bulatlat.com Cemeteries are for the dead. This idea was imprinted in me early on due to our semi-annual...
The country stands to lose more than P9 billion annually in tariff revenues under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Meanwhile, the gains to Philippine exports that government economic managers claim will happen under JPEPA are similarly...
Daisy graduated from the university only last April, after struggling for four years juggling odd jobs and academic duties. Her story is a depiction of the hardships of students who can barely pay their stay in college, even in a state university such as UP. And...
The University of the Philippines (UP) represents a beacon of hope for the Filipino family who have been so used to neglect and suffering: quality education at a reasonable cost. But the latest tuition hike proposal being pushed by the very officials of the...
The farmers of Hacienda Reyes – owned by the family of a town mayor in Quezon province – already bear the burden of an oppressive crop-sharing scheme. To make matters worse, when they ask for their rightful share their rights are violated, with not a little help...
For the failed abduction of one of its lawyers on Oct. 5, labor lawyers of the Pro-Labor Legal Assistance Center will file a case against an Army intelligence officer at the Commission on Human Rights on Monday, Oct. 30. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Labor...
The inclusion of a Hadji Akmad Bayam in the charge sheet in connection with the bomb blast in Makilala, North Cotabato last Oct. 10 has generated considerable controversy. The reason? The Hadji Akmad Bayam included in the Makilala charge sheet works with the office...
Second Appeal of the Filipino People Dr. Salvatore Senese President and Dr. Gianni Tognoni Secretary General Dear Sirs: In 1980, at the suit of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) the Filipino and...
After Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia, the Philippines will only be the third country in history to be the subject of a session twice by the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT). In 1980, the PPT convened a Session on the Philippines and found the Marcos...
BY GITNANG LUZON NEWS SERVICE Bulatlat.com The Philippine Army issued on Saturday, November 4, shoot-to-kill order on Maximo Ayunga, village council member in Barangay Culong, Guimba, Nueva Ecija and chairperson of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon-Nueva...
By Johann Hein B. Arpon Bulatlat.com A death squad in Eastern Samar claimed another victim with the brutal murder of Rodrigo Catayong, PhD., 55 years old, chairperson of KARAPATAN-Eastern Samar yesterday morning just in front of the McArthur, E. Samar Catholic...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com Pastor Billy Austin, chairperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance or Bayan) Ilocos chapter, was shot by still unidentified men around 9 p.m. last night in Vigan City (407kms north of Manila). Austin was...
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