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BY THE CHRISTIAN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat On Nov. 16, 2004, the heat of the sun was scorching, and the Hacienda Luisita workers matched the sun’s intensity with their passion and determination for just...
Sen. Russ Feingold November 16, 2006 Russ Feingold is a United States senator from Wisconsin. On Election Day, the American people weighed in at the ballot box: They want to get our troops out of Iraq. Voters rejected the president’s failed Iraq policy, putting...
SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD HAASS What happens next in the Middle East? SPIEGEL spoke to Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, to find out. A widely respected foreign policy expert, Haass warns that the Middle East could become dangerous...
By William Rivers Pitt truthout It was bad enough when the Carlyle Group bought Dunkin' Donuts last year, forcing millions of conscientious caffeine addicts to look elsewhere for their daily fix. Now, it appears Carlyle has added 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to its...
By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Senate Democrats impatient to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq will inject a new political dynamic into the debate over the war beginning today as they question the military's top Middle East commander for the first time...
By Norman Solomon t r u t h o u t The American media establishment has launched a major offensive against the option of withdrawing US troops from Iraq. In the latest media assault, right-wing outfits like Fox News and the Wall Street Journal editorial page are...
NI MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat Nanalo si Tatay ng oven toaster sa pa-raffle. Pag-uwi, ginising niya kami ni Obet na bumangon, matang-manok, sa folding bed. Sa lamesa, sa tabi ng isang nakaplastik na pansit, nakaupo ang bago naming toaster, nangingislap kay...
Fraud: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the May 2004 Elections is a daunting read. With over 400 pages, the book is hefty and heavy; but it is neither the weight nor the number of the pages that makes it difficult to read. It is the dead-serious content. With the 2007...
The Anti-Terrorism Bill promises to be the legal firmament for the return of fascist dictatorship while maintaining the grand pretense of “democratic” rule. Without a doubt, it also will create a firestorm of protest and resistance that will signal the end of...
From augmenting nose bridges, breasts and butts to reducing excess flab, cosmetic surgeons have a way to make one look the way s/he desires. Cosmetic surgery has become a lucrative profession, attracting many doctors to specialize in this field. But far from the...
"The false charges and the concomitant fabricated evidences will be thrown into the garbage heap of judicial history. Inexorably, we are going to march back to freedom,” said the Tagaytay 5. BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat (Bulatlat.com) TAGAYTAY CITY – Enduring more...
The Solidarity of Cavite Workers has urged U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart, as well as six U.S.-based clothing firms, to match their call to the Macapagal-Arroyo government to protect workers’ rights with concrete action by pressuring its local suppliers to protect...
Another UCCP pastor who is also a Bayan (New Patriotic Alliance) leader in the Ilocos Region survived an assassin's attack but unidentified men are trailing him probably to finish him off. BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat The Bagong Alyansang...
Before he was killed, Joey Javier, 44, human rights officer and peasant leader had received several death threats – including text messages telling him he was up “for liquidation.” These, his colleagues said, stemmed from the military’s having tagged him as a key...
The new defense chief is also expected to play a major role in supporting the concentration of political power under the chief executive and her political allies now that the congressional elections are just a few months away. In this enterprise, he – unlike Cruz –...
Five fisherfolk leaders of the Cebu-based activist fisherfolk group Panaghugpong sa Gagmay ng Mananagat sa Sugbo (Pamana-Sugbo), an affiliate of the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya or National Federation of...
Anti-imperialist groups in the Philippines will mount an archipelago-wide caravan dubbed “Voyagers for Peace” in time for the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in December. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Anti-imperialist groups in the Philippines...
They came back, not in the thousands as they did when the massacre occurred two years ago, but with the same fervor to continue their struggle for land and justice in Hacienda Luisita. BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luzon News Service Posted by Bulatlat TARLAC CITY - They...
Andy Pawecan, a licentiate pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) slain in Nueva Ecija last May, was last seen by witnesses being held by soldiers. The killing of Pawecan is one of several cases to be heard in March next year by the...
The President wants media organizations to be subjective in their reports, insisting that the “good news” must be given due prominence. BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this week chided media practitioners for not giving due...
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