For couple Librado and Martina Gallardo of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, the torture and the threats inflicted on them by soldiers of the 48th Infantry Battalion were so brutal they chose to commit suicide. Even the dead couple’s son, Jason, was beaten so bad for failing to produce the money and gun the soldiers insist that…
Day: December 16, 2006
Ukol sa mga Sayang na Tubo
NI JESSA MEI JAMILA Inilathala ng Gusto ko po sanang magbigay ng aking opinyon tungol sa nakaraang usaping hinggil sa Hacienda Luisita. Ang aming guro po sa Araling Panlipunan ay pinapanood kami ng isang dokumentaryong talagang nagpabuhay sa nag-aalab kong dugo at humikayat sa aking makiisa sa mga magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita. Ang dokumentaryong Sa…
Fantasya
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Sino ang hindi nabubuhay sa fantasya sa kasalukuyang panahon? Fantasya ng mga hubad at halos hubong babae at lalake sa panahon ng bikini at model searches. Fantasya ng maging next big star. Fantasya ni Darna na muli’t muling pinapapanood sa atin, ngayon naman sa telebisyon. Matatawag rin fantasya ang malling at…
Making It Hit Closer to Home
Kasaysayan ang Magpapawalang-sala sa Akin Filipino translation of Fidel Castro’s History will Absolve Me by Carl C. Ala Published by AMISTAD 63 pages 2006 carries a double significance for AMISTAD. Aside from marking the 80th birthday of Cuban president Fidel Castro, it is also the 60th year of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Cuba.…
ATB, an Arm of Greater Terror – Senator Madrigal
Citing the danger of a repressive regime using an Anti-Terror Bill to create a shadow criminal justice system which, in turn, will be used as an instrument of a greater terror perpetrated by people in power against their critics and political opponents, Sen. Jamby Madrigal proposes a paradigm shift to “Human Security” whereby terrorism is…
The New Roman Empire
Out of studies on the Roman Empire in the New Testament especially the Book of Revelation, I follow a thesis that the United States of America has become today’s New Roman Empire. BY BP. ERME R. CAMBA United Church of Christ in the Philippines Posted by Bulatlat.com When the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC)…