NI PHILIP ANORICO Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Dito iyon, sa bulwagang ipinangalan kay Pepe. Siya na buong tapang na sumaksak sa dibdib ng yabang ng mga prayleng may tiyang bundat, gamit ang salita, talinghaga, at pamamahayag. Anupa’t ninais niyang paghilumin ang nagnanaknak na sugat ng lipunan “na sa bahagyang saling ay nagdudulot ng napakatinding kirot.” Ganoon…
Day: November 11, 2006
Ang Gabi ay Gabi
NI AXEL PINPIN Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Kung: Kakambal niya ang puyat at panaginip bihasa s’ya sapag-aalinlangan at pagkakahimbing Sumisigla at pangahas ang kanyang kabataan nag-aanyaya ng pagkalunod ang kanyang lalim Matiyaga siyang magbantay sa magnanakaw matatag siyang pumusta sa lamay Kumakalam ang kaibuturan n’ya sa pagbalikwas nakakabalisa ang haba ng kanyang pagbabanta Naaalimpungatan ang kanyang…
GMA Must Resign due to Mental Incapacity – Beltran
BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY-LIST Posted by Bulatlat.com Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran last week expressed alarm that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was seriously hallucinating. Given this, he said that she “must immediately step down on the grounds of mental incapacity.” “This is one more compelling reason why she should step down from office. Not only is Mrs. Arroyo…
20 Good Reasons to be ‘Pinoy’ (Thought Balloons, Unang Bahagi)
Kung iginagalang itong makulay na mundo ng pagka-Filipino, bakit naghihikahos ang driverat pasahero sa loob nito? Trip down memory lane tayo: magkano ang pamasahe mo noong sumasakay ka ng jeep, at sa ikot noong nag-aaral ka sa UP? Magkano na ang pamasahe ngayon? NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com 1. Merienda. Where else is it normal to…
Sagada Produces Multi-Purpose Bio Green Fertilizer
An organic fertilizer, known as Bio Green Grow Organic Fertilizer, can increase farm yield, protect the environment and restore soil bio-diversity. It was first produced in a demonstration at Barangay Balugan, Sagada, Mountain Province. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com SAGADA, Mountain Province – An organic fertilizer which can increase farm yield,…
3 Filipino Welders Sacked in Australia
Not only in the Philippines! Even in Australia, Filipino workers could get fired for joining unions as experienced by three welders in Queensland. By CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROÑA Bulatlat.com Three Filipino welders in Queensland, Australia were fired last week for joining a union. Roy Yabut, one of those fired, said that what happened to them…
Subic Rape Case, a Year After
Will Nicole get justice? The U.S. government and the Arroyo administration have done all they can to deny her justice in a court of law. Perhaps only the court of public opinion and the triumph of the Filipino people’s struggle against foreign, imperialist domination will eventually vindicate her and many more like her. BY CAROL…
No Exoneration of Bleak Human Rights Record
When a country fails in its obligation to protect the lives of human rights defenders but is elected to such a prestigious UN body, it dishonors the UN as an institution and makes a mockery of its ability to promote and protect human rights. By Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Posted by Bulatlat.com On November…
Indicting the Arroyo Regime
The PPT Second Session indictment shows that the Philippines has not substantially moved away from political repression and military abuse despite the ouster of a military-backed, U.S.-propped dictatorship nor has it broken free of its neocolonial status despite loud proclamations of being an independent and democratic republic. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com In…
Arroyo Faces Trial for War Crimes in The Hague
This is a country where seeking justice leads to further injustice, where the culture of impunity is aggravated by a culture of fear and defenselessness, where a corrupt and lawless government in all its brazenness invokes the “rule of law” to justify assaults on democratic rights and civil liberties. By the Policy Study, Publication and…
Families of victims of forced disappearance may still be looking for their missing kin, but they have found strength in each other, and in their common search for the truth. They lit candles on Nov. 2 as a symbol of their ardent struggle for justice and to light the way home for their loved ones.…