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NI MARYJANE ALEJO Bulatlat.com pasan na krus ang pag-aalala sa anak ng isang ina. at sa tuwing may pagkilos sa mendiola, hindi mapigilan ang kabog ng kaba. ilang ina na ba ang nangatog sa takot sa mga balita ng kabi-kabilang pagdukot? ilang ina na ba ang lumuha ng...
NI MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com Doon po sa Philippines may Mama San na Gloring. Peyborit komoditi mga Bagong Bayani. Primerang isusulong pabrika ng katulong. Skilled workers ay for upgrade to serve global kabarets. Magyaya sa umaga, sa gabi ay maestra. Scrubber ng...
Certain things stand out despite the inevitable fog of war, including the accompanying lop-sided propaganda war being waged, that a fair-minded and serious person can make out. And that is, it is overwhelmingly the Lebanese people – civilians who are getting killed...
The diminutive dilis (Philippine anchovy) plays a big role in the lives of villagers in Dimasalang town in the island-province of Masbate. Native folks here say it is the only fish variety that can be processed in two ways and is useful, rain or shine. BY DABET...
Some 138 janitors fired by the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus are protesting their retrenchment. Some of them have worked in UP for as long as 16 years. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com Those who used to clean up the mess are now protesting how they...
Top nursing educators and former CHED authorities say that the recent nursing board exam leakage is just the tip of a bigger problem – the deterioration in the country’s nursing education and government’s export of nurses abroad. By Arthur L. Allad-iw Northern...
Facing risks to their personal safety amid the spate of political killings and forcible abductions, and confronting a Department of Justice, which violates the rule of law in order to protect the interests of the administration and prosecute its critics, makes work...
The impending disintegration of the Arroyo regime is evidenced by its resort to intimidation, bureaucratic repression, and death squads. It is bound to implode in one big catastrophic upheaval that will unleash indiscriminate violence and dehumanizing abuses...
Central Luzon region is attracting mining investors, with its rich deposits of asphalt, basalt, gold, silver, copper and zinc. Indigenous peoples, however, say the mining explorations are driving them out of their ancestral lands. BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com...
Only 2 of 6 CAR provinces not bald, environment official says Pine forests in Baguio City and the rest of the Cordillera mountains have thinned at alarming levels as the environment department here rang a bell to everyone to reclaim its lost grandeur. BY ACE ALEGRE...
When he exits the military service this Sept. 11, Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Jr. leaves behind a long list of victims of human rights violations in the areas where he was assigned. Based on his declarations in various media interviews, he will perhaps even give a...
"Government" here also means ordinary people, not an impersonal bureaucratic state, for indeed Chavez has many times called upon the historically-disenfranchised majority to take power into their own hands. By Delia D. Aguilar Bulatlat.com CARACAS, Venezuela - The...
Let us zero in specifically on the question of violations of civil and political rights under Mrs. Arroyo's watch. Why is it that we know that this government is not to be believed when it says it will stop political killings? BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO...
“The poor should have a way to use the justice system for their benefit. The high price of pursuing justice makes the poor choose to evade it.” – FLAG lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno By Jhong dela Cruz Bulatlat.com The relatives of 21-year-old Jonas “Chukoy” Nucum and...
Today, the number of political activists and critics killed and missing has surpassed several times over the number of suspected ASG members killed or captured. The “war on terror” has given the government an excuse to go after legal people’s organizations, to...
Constancio “Chandu” Claver, a doctor in Kalinga for the past 25 years, accused the government and the military of masterminding the attack that killed his wife, Alice, and traumatized his seven-year-old daughter Cassandra. “We believe that the killers of my wife...
First of three parts In the long-drawn war against the Marxist guerrillas where force takes the lead, the country’s security forces have had a reproachable record in human rights threatening even legitimate political dissent, the peaceful advocacy of radical reform...
The good news is that all regional wage boards in the country have granted wage increases. This obviously means that private sector workers nationwide are now entitled to higher wages. The bad news, however, is that the increase in wages is not enough to offset the...
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 6:24 p.m. , Sept. 16, 2006 Three members of the progressive partylist group Anakpawis (literally, toiling masses) were abducted anew in Malolos, the city capital of the province of Bulacan, a report from the provincial chapter of the human...
Posted 2:30 p.m., Sept. 18, 2006 BY DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com Families of victims of human rights violations under the Arroyo administration are urging the government's monitoring committee on the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement for the Respect of Human...
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