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Second of three parts The deliberate use of terror is “a legitimate and highly effective tactical tool of unconventional warfare.” This unconventional warfare is designated as a “national policy” with the military assigned the primary responsibility in “the conduct...
We commend the Supreme Court's decision to protect women and children victims of violence by identifying them through fictitious initials only. This decision is a welcome action for the victims who stand to suffer further humiliation from the majority who are yet...
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 and, now, the use of...
Bulatlat.com We speak with deep sorrow and loss as we learned of the senseless killing of our bishop, The Most Rev. Alberto B. Ramento, D.D. He is a man of strong will and logic, with deep passion and courage that earned him the humble honor and respect of an...
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...
As tribes denounce killings of 72 indigenous peoples What could be the reasons for the Philippine government’s refusal to vote for the adoption of the draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples last June? BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com In...
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ito ang elehiyang isinulat sa kweba ng Angono, Rizal, sa Pilipinas -- Sa Petroglyphs: nakasulat sa dingding ng bundok ang buhay at kasaysayan ng aming bayan. Dito inukit ng mga Ang Nuno ang kanilang pagkamulat at ulat ng...
“Until sufficient jobs can be created, overseas workers will have to continue risking physical and psychological abuse, and even death, in order to feed their families and ensure them a decent life.” By Aubrey SC Makilan Bulatlat.com As the poorest island in the...
Ni Alexander Martin Remollino Bulatlat.com Kailangan daw natin ang kanilang pahintulot upang makapagpahayag, maging upang makapaningil ng katarungan alang-alang sa isang obispo, sa isang obispong katulad ni Kristo ay ipinako sa krus dahil pinanigan niya ang mga...
OFWs, many of them women, are fleeing strife-ridden Mindanao to look for jobs in war-torn Middle East. For salaries that hardly uplift their lives at home, is government exporting OFWs abroad only to be in harm’s way again? BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat.com The...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com On the eve of Benigno Aquino Jr.’s death anniversary, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed an order creating “A Commission to Conduct an Independent Probe of the Killings of Media Practitioners and Militant Activists.” The commission will...
(Sa alaala ng Obispo Maximo Alberto Ramento ng Iglesia Filipina Independiente) NI BIENVENIDO LUMBERA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ako nga po ang berdugong patalim. Sugo ako upang salaksakin Kung saang bahagi ng kalooban Nakatanim ang paninindigang Palaban sa...
BY THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES Bulatlat.com CODAL finds unacceptable Pres. Arroyo’s creation of a probe body to investigate political killings without any consultation from the victims and the human rights sector to assure the public that the body is...
Poetry in Songs: Jose Ma. Sison Sings His Poems Produced by the Euro-Philippine Inter-Cultural Solidarity 2006 While the album Poetry in Songs is not Jose Maria Sison’s “first shot” at having an album, this is the first album where he sings his own poems – set to...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com Eight members of the human rights group Karapatan- Southern Tagalog were abducted today while on a fact finding mission in Catanauan, Quezon. The fact finding mission team was on their way home at around 10-11a.m. when soldiers from the...
by BULATLAT Bulatlat.com The Batasan 5 was able to get a favorable ruling when the Makati regional trial court suspended Aug. 22 proceedings of the rebellion case filed against them. Makati RTC Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda suspended all proceedings against Bayan...
By Jhong dela Cruz Bulatlat.com The parents of two missing students allegedly abducted by the military asked the Court of Appeals to issue a warrant of arrest for Army commander Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, who again failed to appear at the habeas corpus petition...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com At around 10 am today, the House of Representatives voted 173-32 upholding the decision of the Committee on Justice junking the impeachment complaint filed against Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for “insufficiency in substance”. Justice...
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Koro 1: Kapag napaliit natin ang populasyon ng mundo sa isang maliit na baranggay na may exaktong 100 tao, na nananatili ang namamayaning human ratio na pareho, ito ang magiging hitsura: Mayroong 57 na Asyano 21 na Europeo 14 mula...
Photo by Dabet Castañeda / Bulatlat Bulatlat.com The cedula (community tax certificate) was the symbol of the subjugation of the Filipino people during the Spanish colonial period. Revolutionary forces under the banner of the Katipunan led by Andres Bonifacio tore...
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