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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...
So long as the monopoly bourgeoisie that is at the helm of the military industrial complex holds the reins of power in the U.S. government, the policy directions and strategies that embody American objectives and interests in East Asia and Oceania will always be...
On Dec. 11 stopthekillings.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 Bulatlat...
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...
Editors’ Note: For four days from Nov. 16-20 this year, Ted Alcuitas, a Filipino-Canadian journalist, traveled to the Central Luzon provinces of Nueva Ecija and Bulacan as part of a nine-member Canadian fact-finding mission to investigate the human rights situation...
Seven lawyers slain in RP this year 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...
“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 “And UP will have really lost its character, and soul,...
(Last of two parts) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo claims that growing investments in the industrial enclaves will provide employment and uplift workers’ conditions, but this is belied by union leaders. BY FRED VILLAREAL Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by...
(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...
For this Christmas and for four more Christmases to come, they are sure of a good roof above their heads. They sprang from the slums and are beneficiaries of a Gawad Kalinga housing project in Tondo, Manila. They were told that they are to stay in these housing...
Ni Mykel Andrada Inilathala ng Bulatlat 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 ito...
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat 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 Bulatlat...
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 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 heart...
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...
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