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Nicole’s case is not just rape. It is also a case against the presence of U.S. troops in the country, a violation of our sovereignty. It is not only Nicole’s dignity which has been violated. The Filipino people’s dignity is also trampled upon whenever U.S. troops...
Health workers and union representatives of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, the Philippine Children’s Medical Center and the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC), which will be affected by the...
Jonel Lumabe, Romulos Robinos, and Ryan Supan, residents of Pampanga, are the latest victims of military atrocities in Central Luzon. They were taken from their homes by soldiers belonging to the 69th Infantry Battalion. BY BULATLAT Jonel Lumabe, Romulos Robinos,...
After 72 cases of labor-related murders and 10 cases of disappearances, workers and union leaders denounce yet another form of trade union harassment – this time, soldiers are forcing progressive unions to disaffiliate with the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or...
On Nov. 21 last year, they were fired upon by soldiers just as they were preparing to till a land that had just been awarded to them by the Department of Agrarian Reform. Many of them were killed and eight of those who survived the carnage were hauled off to jail...
RATAN BHANDARI After a decade of conflict and more than 13,000 deaths, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Chairman Prachanda, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal and commander of arguably the most successful modern-day anti-feudal rebellion, has signaled an...
NI RADO CERVO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ang moog sa bundok ay di matitinag kung bawat prinsipyo’y ating iyayakap nang buo't mahigpit sa katawang kaltab ng labanang hindi kailanman mapupuknat sa mahal kong bayang sintang Pilipinas. Inilathala...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Hindi ito ang wakas ng aking kahapon. Naputol man ang sanga ko ay mayroong uusbong Na palumpong at muling tilanghad ang pagbangon Sa mga layuning dapat pang ipagpatuloy. At kung ang nabakling sanga’y magsungay sa sapa Ng hindi...
NI AXEL PINPIN Inilathala ng Bulatlat Madilim. Alangang mapusyaw na abuhin at itim. Madilim. Madilim na madilim ang dulot ng piring. Tumutulo ang aking uhog sa sangsang ng amoy ng tinta Ng dyaryong ‘pinantakip at ipinulupot sa aking mukha At saka waring...
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat Mahirap Lahat Sa UP, mahirap ang Math. Sa Ateneo, mahirap ang English. Sa La Salle, mahirap ang parking. Sa Assumption, mahirap ang walang pera. Sa UST, mahirap umuwi kapag baha. Sa St. Scho, mahirap sumakay sa LRT. Sa San Beda, mahirap...
The works in Perspektiba attest to the growing discontent and clamor among the visual arts community against the assaults on human rights under the Arroyo administration. By Lisa Ito Bulatlat Up in arms over the assassinations of activists and civilians under the...
Women’s groups are resorting to more creative forms of getting their message across. There are currently radio plugs that seek to shed light on various issues confronting women today. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat Liz Almoro, Willie Revillame’s wife, is said to be...
A controversial bilateral trade agreement between the Philippines and Japan promises enormous economic opportunities for Filipinos, among them agricultural producers such as the banana workers and growers in the Davao regions. That, at least, is the Arroyo...
Progressive organizations based in Cebu City decried the overkill in the security preparations for the coming ASEAN Summit. “Frantic preparations for the upcoming ASEAN Summit in Cebu have thrown the provincial government in a militarist state of panic,” said...
With the onset of the “war on terror” and the increasing political and economic importance of ASEAN to the whole of Asia and the Pacific, the U.S. appears to be out to increasingly use the organization as a region-wide mechanism for meeting its objectives in the...
Black was the color of the day for students at the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila last November 23. The death of the university, after all, is said to result from the plan of the UP administration to increase tuition and other fees. BY REYNA MAE TABBADA...
Last November 24, as the people of Manila went out of their houses, schools and offices to welcome boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, students from various colleges and universities also took to the streets for a different reason: to call for a stop to tuition and other...
Philippine environmentalists will bring the controversial Lafayette mining project to international forums and ask foreign investors to withdraw as the operation violates environmental standards and local community rights. BY BULATLAT Environmental activists...
Why is it that despite having high levels of education among Filipino immigrants, most of them end up in lower-paying jobs, resulting in an average income lower than that of most Canadian immigrants? BY BULATLAT Why is it that despite high levels of education among...
Regular soldiers are sent to Metro Manila to help secure military facilities and Malacanang in times of red alert. For the first time since martial law, however, at least 40 soldiers are now holed up in Pandacan and villagers are puzzled what they are there for. BY...
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