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Photo by Dabet Castañeda Bulatlat.com A jeep loaded with lumber gets additional passengers as rain-soaked young men hitched themselves to the vehicle’s rear, for a ride “just up to the corner”. The jeep drives through a flooded street in Hagonoy town, Bulacan...
By Flon Faurillo Bulatlat.com President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo have grand promises of bringing the country to the Enchanted Kingdom of economic development, creating “super-regions” and training “supermaids”, even as majority of the people are faced with...
With its trade, mining, and economic interests in the Philippines, it is no wonder that Australia is pushing for the signing of military treaties with the Philippine government. There were reports that even without a treaty, 20 soldiers from the elite Australian...
Open Letter Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President of the Republic Malacananga Palace Manila, Philippines Dear Madam President, Reporters Without Borders, an organisation that defends press freedom throughout the world, hails your statement on 1 August...
By Norman Solomon Truthout.org Posted by Bulatlat.com Wednesday 08 November 2006 Saddam Hussein has received a death sentence for crimes he committed more than a year before Donald Rumsfeld shook his hand in Baghdad. Let's reach back into history and extract these...
NI Rey Tamayo Jr. Bulatlat.com Sa bawat paghakbang ng nag-aalangang mga paa. Dala-dala'y takot at pangamba sa puso na nangyayanig, Isipan nama'y waring dinudurog ng mapanggipit na alalahanin. At itong mga mata ko ay natatakot nang tumingin sa paligid Sa...
Ni Bienvenido Lumbera Bulatlat.com Noon nabosesan ka na namin. Ngayon narito ka na naman para magsinungaling. Binulgar ng Garci Tape ang iyong krimen -- Batas ng Diyos, batas ng tao dadapurakin, Taong-gobyerno gagamitin, Pondo ng bayan lulustayin, Boto ni FPJ...
Overseas Filipino workers are dubbed as “modern-day heroes” by government. Rightly so, because their remittances prop up the economy by bringing in the much-needed dollars and stimulating domestic consumer spending. They are also “modern-day heroes” because they...
BY AK ABELLA Bulatlat.com Is it believable? Why should we even listen to her babble? It's just a break from all their political squabble While our country's economy crumbles. She keeps on promising programs galore It's becoming such a bore She acts as if she made a...
Party for Socialism and Liberation Posted by Bulatlat.com Trial a 'mockery of justice' The following statement was released from the defense lawyers’ residence inside the Green Zone in Iraq on Nov. 6. It discusses the Nov. 5 verdicts rendered in the trial of...
The summer capital of the country is also the most hazard-prone, with one-third of the city prone to landslides, said government geologists. BY ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – The summer capital city of Baguio is considered by government geologists as the...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Karapatan, an alliance of human rights organizations, and groups of human rights lawyers agree that the Melo Commission merely duplicates the functions of the CHR. They also believe that the Melo commission’s probe will amount...
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – A criminal case of obstruction of justice was recently filed by professional nurses in this city against Philippine Nursing Association President Dr. Cordero for his alleged efforts to cover up the...
Nurses and examinees who filed the complaint about the Nursing board exams leakage are gathering signatures to petition President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to create an independent fact-finding body. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -...
Owing to the successful advertising and promotion of breastmilk substitutes intended for infants and young children, 98.6 percent of Filipino infants are formula-fed with cow’s milk. At six to seven months of age less than two percent of Filipino infants are...
Outlaw Empire Meets the Wave 5 Questions for Our Future By Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch.com Posted by Bulatlat.com The wave -- and make no mistake, it's a global one -- has just crashed on our shores, soaking our imperial masters. It's a sight for sore eyes. It's...
"How dare they ambush a helpless family, murder a woman of their own kin, and put in danger a child's life?" the spokesperson of the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front said of last July 31’s attack on a doctor and his family. By Ace Alegre Bulatlat.com LA...
By Ehsan Ahrari Asia Times Online Posted by Bulatlat.com The verdict on Saddam Hussein is in. He is guilty of "crimes against humanity" and is sentenced to death by hanging. His trial was generally regarded as devoid of fairness and was highly political. Even the...
Tabuk doctors close clinics in outcry over Claver ambush Sunburnt farmers and indigenous elders joined doctors, lawyers, religious, local government officials, student youth and progressive groups in holding a protest funeral and demanding justice for the Clavers...
By Robert Fisk The Independent UK Truthout.org Posted by Bulatlat.com So America's one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington's best friend in the Arab America knew all about his atrocities and even supplied the gas...
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