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 na umukilkil sa akin ng matagal dahil para akong ginulpi-de-gulat sa pagpapatupad nito. Isa rito ang Revitalized General…

BY BULATLAT Posted January 19, 2007, 6:40 p.m. UPDATED January 20, 2007, 1:45 a.m. Prof. Jose Ma. Cui, a history and communication arts professor at the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP), was shot dead by four bonnet clad and motorcycle riding men while conducting mid-term examinations for his class inside the Engineering Bldg. of the…

Photo by Ace Alegre Bulatlat Planting rice may not be fun but this peasant mother uses it to bond with her child. It is also a way of training her child to plant at an early age, especially given that children of peasants are forced to lose their innocence to the hardship of life in…

By Flon Faurillo Bulatlat The opposition and administration camps are now frantically preparing for the May 2007 national and local elections. The Lakas-NUCD-led administration coalition party has been downplaying the opposition’s chances of winning, harping on the alleged disunity among them. Indeed, some opposition personalities have expressed their intention to run for the Senate with…

Ni Joi Barrios-Leblanc * Congress of Teachers for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) Inilathala ng Bulatlat Hubo’t hubad, Nakadipa’t nakatingala sa langit Ang estatwa sa harap ng Quezon Hall. Iskolar ng bayan Na nag-aalay ng buhay Para sa bayan. Ngunit kung ang iskolar Ay di na iskolar, Kung ang pag-aaral Ay di na abot-kamay Ng walang…

Ruling classes rule the economy, are at the top of the social structure and establish the parameters and rules within which the politicians operate. More often than not, few actually engage directly in congressional politics, preferring to build economic empires while channeling money toward candidates prepared to do their bidding. Only when an apparent division…

I A day before Christmas & he lies comatose at Mary Chiles. Is it a way of forgetting how long he has waged war against the empire, or the body now refuses what the mind perseveres? He doesn’t even know he’s taking a long nap – Something probably he has dreamed of after all those…

Sa parabola ng mustasa at manunulat, dyumi-jingle sa pader, pinatataba ang mga butong napapadpad dito at doon. ni Rolando B. Tolentino Bulatlat Sa parabola ng mustasa, ang naihasik na mga munting buto ay tumubo sa kung saan-saang lugar—sa mabatuhing lupa, uusbong, yayabong pero dahil di malalim ang ugat, mamamatay; sa di naaarawang lupa, matagal umusbong,…

The local police already filed a murder case against a military officer for killing a church worker. Up to now, however, the accused officer is nowhere to be found. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Reposted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — Human rights advocates challenged the Northern Luzon Command of the Armed Forces of the…

Progressive artists hope to raise the consciousness of people through their socially relevant works. BY KARL G. OMBION AND ROMMEL PIDO Bulatlat SAGAY City – Led by multi-awarded Negrense artist Nune Lucio Alvarado, Pintor Kulapol and Taliambong, community-based organizations of indigenous artists opened this week their month-long art exhibits at their Bunga Art Gallery, Pabrika…

The Bacolod police are using militant groups as a convenient excuse to get more funding from the government, even to the point of making them fair game to assassins by labeling them “enemies of the state.” By Karl G. Ombion and Ryan Lachica Bulatlat BACOLOD City – Progressive organizations and members of the Sangguniang Panglunsod…