Will the second one be a charm? A youth group under a new name intends to do so as it launches its bid for party-list representation in the May 2007 elections, learning from the politicking that happened in the previous elections that cost them a seat despite a respectable showing in the polls. BY DABET…

BY EMILY VITAL Posted Jan. 31, 2007, 5:23 p.m. In the light of supervening events involving convicted U.S. Marine Lance Cpl Daniel Smith, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) and its member organizations filed on Wednesday, January 31, a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) to declare the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)…

BY JOHANN HEIN B. ARPON Posted Jan. 30, 2007, 2:24 p.m. Just when the necrological mass for Jose Maria Cui, former COURAGE chairperson of Northern Samar was being held at UEP chapel in Catarman, Northern Samar last January 29, another member of the federation of unions of government employees was gunned down in the busy…

By: Johann Hein B. Arpon Posted Jan. 28, 2007, 3:04 p.m. The Spokesperson of the regional chapter of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) in Eastern Visayas survived an assassination attempt yesterday, Jan. 27. At around 8:15 p.m., Flor “Pong” Acbo, 54, was shot by unidentified assassins right in front of the BAYAN-EV office in Philippine…

Photo by Ace Alegre Bulatlat A generous smile on their faces and a skin of brown clay make this crew of young seafarers the subject of a candid snapshot on calm waters leading to Boracay, a favorite tourist island destination in central Philippines this time of the year. These young Aklanons row their own small…

By Flon Faurillo Bulatlat Philippine elections have been marred by violence for decades. But the May 2007 is expected to spill more blood with the anticipation that government’s repressive campaign against Bayan Muna (BM), Anakpawis (AP) and Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) would escalate to prevent these progressive parties from garnering congressional seats. President Gloria M.…

By Manuel Talens. Translated from the Spanish by Ernesto P?ramo and revised by Ron Ridenour Axis of Logic In a place of Havana, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen, etc., etc. Like this, paraphrasing Cervantes, I could today begin this…

Tila mahika ang bilis ng pag-deliver ng mga pagkaing dayuhan tulad ng hamburger at pizza na hindi kayang pantayan ng mga lokal na gumagawa ng pagkain. Pero iba pa rin ang sarap ng huli dahil ang kasiyahang nadarama ay hindi lang simpleng paglalaway. Ni Rolando B. Tolentino Bulatlat Masaya si Latifundia dahil tuwing pumipikit siya,…

Fidel Castro Castro Internet Archive HONORABLE JUDGES: Never has a lawyer had to practice his profession under such difficult conditions; never has such a number of overwhelming irregularities been committed against an accused man. In this case, counsel and defendant are one and the same. As attorney he has not even been able to take…

Village officials accused the police of unlawfully searching and ransacking 21 houses. The police officers’ decision to set up checkpoints and conduct interrogations is said to have dire consequences on the image of Abra province which plans to promote its bamboo industry to foreign investors. BY ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch Reposted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD,…

How can pre-qualification requirements become mechanisms for extortion? For a migrant workers’ organization, this situation happens when the government imposes these on Filipinos who are forced to work abroad and have no other choice but to comply and to pay the corresponding fees. BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat A Baguio City (246…