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Jueteng operations in Baguio City allegedly hiding under the cloak of legalized bingo met a big stumbling block last week when Cordillera policemen simultaneously raided “gambling dens” including a barangay (village) hall. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat.com...
On Dec. 11 stop the killings.be, a coalition of 65 trade union organizations, NGOs and political parties, held a torch vigil in front of the Philippine embassy in Brussels at the occasion of international human rights day. They commemorated the victims of political...
Despite the outward glamour and relatively high salaries offered in call centers – things that are valued by many college-level youth nowadays – there are some painful trade-offs affecting call-center agents. BY PIO VERZOLA, JR. Northern Dispatch Posted by...
The pain of the forced disappearance of her parents is still fresh but she manages to be strong for her brother. This Christmas will be a sad and hard one for Malaya Intise and her brother Bayan, but she still has hope that she will find their parents soon. BY...
Members of the Canadian Human Rights Fact-Finding Mission to the Philippines marked the celebration of the International Human Rights Day by joining gatherings of various community organizations in forums that took the Canadian government to task for “paying lip...
The Philippines has the notorious distinction of being the second most dangerous country for journalists topped only by Iraq. It is also one of the most dangerous places for workers and political activists. Now it has been adjudged as the most dangerous place for...
“And UP will have really lost its character, and soul, as a State University,” said Faculty Regent Roland Simbulan in his dissenting vote to the tuition increase. And lost it did. BY REYNA MAE TABBADA Bulatlat.com “And UP will have really lost its character, and...
(First of two parts) This Christmas season, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo paints a rosy picture for workers especially in so-called “industrial enclaves” such as the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Pampanga and the Subic Bay Free Port Economic Zone...
Ni Mykel Andrada Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Nung nagsisilbi pa ako bilang Vice-Chairperson ng University Student Council ng U.P. Diliman (2001-2002), dalawang palisiya ng administrasyon ng U.P. laban sa mga estudyante ng unibersidad ang naipatupad. Dalawang bagay...
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Unang Bersyon: Mga nasagap kong balita sa Singapore: 1. Uso pa rin ang pamamalo. May iba’t ibang laki at taba ng yantok na mabibili sa mga lumang tindahan, depende sa laki ng batang papaluin. 2. Hindi pwedeng pag-usapan ang yaman ng...
The tendency to counterpoise "prayer" and "protest" served the ends of Malacanang to diffuse, diminish and blunt the political impact of the broadly-supported action against con-ass, Cha-cha and, verily, against the Arroyo regime itself. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo...
During their first ever Buri festival, the residents of San Juan, Ilocos Sur are trying to land a place in the Guinness Book of World Records by weaving the world’s longest buri mat (palm leaf thatch), spanning four kilometers. By Ace Alegre Contributed to...
Dr. Aloysius U. Baes—Ochie, scientist and activist, quietly passed away at the National Kidney Transplant Institute on December 21, 2006. A scientist through and through, he studied chemistry not only that of elements and compounds but also the chemistry of...
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle Posted by Bulatlat.com We in the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) are deeply saddened by the sudden demise of our beloved colleague Aloysius “Ochie” Baes, who died of...
In Cagayan province, the celebration of Christmas is farthest from the minds of members of militant groups as death squads relentlessly attack them. BY ABE ALMIROL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com TUGUEGARAO CITY – A youth leader was killed on December 15...
The assassination of Rep. Luis Bersamin only shows the unabated killings in Abra province. The police’s claim six months ago that peace and order has improved in the area is clearly negated by the various incidents of political killing these past few months. By ACE...
We fear. We grieve. We rage. But let us rise above this fear, and transform our grief and rage to an undying commitment to the cause of people’s rights. By Edre U. Olalia* Posted by Bulatlat.com Naimbag nga agsapa kadakayo amin! A pleasant good morning to all!...
The New Year does not promise 'more of the same': it will start with a major US military escalation in the Middle East but it will likely end with a greater military debacle, ensuring deepening political crises and increased economic instability both in the Middle...
Having seen the country's major political pillars festering under the hands of the elite – the presidential office, Congress and the electoral system in particular – the bourgeois election will serve as an opportunity for broadening the masses' political...
BY BULATLAT Posted 7:40 p.m., Oct. 2, 2006 Families of victims of political killings and abductions called the investigation by the Melo Commission a "whitewash" meant to clear the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Arroyo administration of culpability...
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