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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 TUGUEGARAO CITY – A youth leader was killed on December 15 while...
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 Naimbag nga agsapa kadakayo amin! A pleasant good morning to all! Nabara a...
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...
U.S. support for the Arroyo regime has been steady even when President Arroyo was deeply enmeshed in a crisis and was almost ousted in 2005. Its political support did not waiver even when President Arroyo declared a state of national emergency in February 2006. The...
Southeast Asia caught greater attention from the U.S. after the latter launched its “war on terror” in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Southeast Asia, most especially the Philippines, provided U.S. Pres. George W. Bush with a...
One may see “limited joy” this Christmas in the faces of three men who walked out of prison on December 11, a day after International Human Rights Day. They may be considered “free men” now but for them, the struggle to be free continues as they join a society that...
The Philippine government is showing little signs of willingness or capacity to deliver justice to victims of human rights violations. This is the assessment made by the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a non-government organization promoting...
Is there a connection between acting on a case of political killing and the Japanese government’s release of funding for an irrigation project? BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Seven months after the incident, a human rights watchdog in...
Since two years ago when banana plantation and packing workers began forming unions and agitating for legally mandated minimum wage rates, soldiers from the 28th Infantry Battalion have also started harassing them in their barangays (villages). The harassments took...
It was as if a giant used a shovel to gouge the face of the mountain in Barangay Buhawen, San Marcelino, Zambales. Below the towering rocky façade, reddish-black liquid formed a pool of poison. This is the legacy of open pit mining 15 years ago. And now mining...
Exactly one year after they were elected, officers of a miners' union in Mankayan, Benguet have not yet been recognized by the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Corp. (LCMCo), Asia’s top gold producer. As a result, the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between...
A proposal from a Baguio City councilor to turn the Marcos mansions in this city into a tourist hub is facing bright prospects, with a PCGG lawyer expressing openness to the idea. BY ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – It was perhaps the...
BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY-LIST Posted by Bulatlat Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran last week expressed alarm that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was seriously hallucinating. Given this, he said that she "must immediately step down on the grounds of mental incapacity."...
Kung iginagalang itong makulay na mundo ng pagka-Filipino, bakit naghihikahos ang driver at pasahero sa loob nito? Trip down memory lane tayo: magkano ang pamasahe mo noong sumasakay ka ng jeep, at sa ikot noong nag-aaral ka sa UP? Magkano na ang pamasahe ngayon?...
Not only in the Philippines! Even in Australia, Filipino workers could get fired for joining unions as experienced by three welders in Queensland. By CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROÑA Bulatlat Three Filipino welders in Queensland, Australia were fired last week for joining a...
As it gears for next year’s congressional polls, Bayan Muna (BM) continues to campaign against charter change, a divisive issue in Congress. Fresh from celebrating its 7th anniversary, BM hopes to top the elections for the third time. By Reyna Mae Tabbada Bulatlat...
Will Nicole get justice? The U.S. government and the Arroyo administration have done all they can to deny her justice in a court of law. Perhaps only the court of public opinion and the triumph of the Filipino people's struggle against foreign, imperialist...
When a country fails in its obligation to protect the lives of human rights defenders but is elected to such a prestigious UN body, it dishonors the UN as an institution and makes a mockery of its ability to promote and protect human rights. By Asian Human Rights...
How can a student loan program end up being profitable for a private school? Answer: When it is called PGMA-HELP. BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat The name itself is a dead giveaway of what it seeks to do. What it actually does, however, is something else. PGMA-HELP...
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