Developing vibrant trade and investment ties with countries in Southeast Asia would open prospects for China to use this new economic relationship particularly with the U.S.’ military allies as a means of scaling down their security commitments with the U.S. that...

The growing competition for oil particularly in East Asia between China and Japan is dragging Taiwan leading to saber-rattling by both countries. The role of Taiwan in this equation adds heat into this growing rivalry that also has military implications. By Bobby...

The presence of a socialist country in East Asia has been a threat to U.S. economic hegemony in the region although it has also served as a magnet that would justify U.S. military supremacy in the guise of “preserving democracy and free market.” By Bobby Tuazon...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

A trip in the town of Liliw would give flip-flop lovers a fresh view about this new craze. The homegrown, native slippers are hand-made, piece-by-piece, by the town’s oldest and finest-skilled shoemakers. BY DABET CASTANEDA Bulatlat PHOTOS BY DABET CASTAÑEDA LILIW,...

By Andrew Marshall Time.com A fighter in the New People's Army, which has waged war in the Philippines for over 30 years Comrade Giegie is getting married. Her wedding will be held in a jungle clearing, which she will enter through an archway of raised assault...

According to the military, 10 Abu Sayyaf terrorists were killed in Patikul, Sulu, on Jan. 18. But an official disclosed that five of the dead were actually MNLF members and that the other fatalities include a 12-year-old boy and a 90-year-old man who angrily...

A group of Dutch lawyers is urging President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to form another investigative body that would look into the extra-judicial killings of activists, including lawyers and judges in the Philippines. The Melo Commission, they said, “lacks the...