Month: March 2007

BY EMILY VITAL Posted 12:47 p.m., March 26, 2007 Families of victims of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations welcomed the verdict of an international tribunal declaring both the Arroyo and Bush governments guilty of crimes against humanity. In a press conference in Quezon City, Monday, Dee Ayroso, coordinator of Desaparecidos, said…

With the way her legs are positioned and with how she holds the knife, the young Baguio City (246 kms. north of Manila) woman looks as though she’s performing a war dance. But no, she is just gathering watercress, a vegetable that grows on watery patches, from her backyard. She’ll be selling these in the…

By Pamilya ng Desaparecidos para sa Katarungan (DESAPARECIDOS) Posted by Bulatlat The group of families of desaparecidos today called on the Armed Forces of the Philippines to surface the victims of enforced disappearances, instead of fabricating stories of “mass graves” to harass genuine human rights defenders. “From the Marcos Dictatorship, through the past regimes, it…

BY THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUJP) Posted by Bulatlat The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines protests in the strongest terms the high-handed and arbitrary ban imposed by Manila Police District director, Sr Supt Danilo Abarzosa on personal interviews with detained Bayan Muna Rep Satur Ocampo . We do understand…

NI MARK ANGELES* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Ligwak ng ilaw ang natatanaw, nangingibabaw. Dahil kinubkob ang siyang ubod na sumasabog. Sikil ang siklab, animo fuzed quartz sa halogen lamp. Ano kung pula ang mga mata ng Bayan Muna? Pula ang dugo na sumisikdo sa pagpintuho. Inilathala ng Bulatlat *Si Mark Angeles, dating vice president for Luzon…

NI AXEL PINPIN* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Babae. Masipag. Hindi bababa sa trenta anyos ang edad. Hindi tataas sa minimum wage ang bayad. Dalaga. Marikit. Sabik sa overtime at di nagkakasakit Baon sa utang at Koreanovela fanatic. Educational Background. Enrolled sa agency at five-month contract. Walang kurso sa unyonismo at pag-iistrike. Working Experience. Bihasa samakinang hi-speed,…

NI BIENVENIDO LUMBERA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Dalawa ang ulo, nakamotorsiklo, Itim ng pusaling konsensya ang bonnet, Itim ng natuyong dugo ng masa ang T-shirt at pantalon, Itim ng burak ng posonegro ang utak ng buto. May sukbit na .45, nakaantabay, Tila ligaw na kaluluwang naghihintay sumapi Sa lasog na katawan Ng biktimang ang tanging kasalanan…

The indigenous inhabitants of Baguio City, the Ibalois, remain victims of historical injustice as a colonially-inspired land system continues to deprive them of their rights to their ancestral land despite the enactment of a state law to recognize land rights by native title. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246…

Students from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) had another taste of repression. This did not result in the murder of another student, as what happened to Mark Chua, the student who exposed the corruption in the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC). But this involved the death of the students’ democratic rights. BY ZOFIA LEAL…