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…
Day: March 25, 2007
State of Wretchedness
What was done to Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Satur Ocampo – roused from sleep at dawn on March 19 and dragged into a plane that would have brought him to Leyte, where spurious multiple murder charges are filed against him and others – can be taken as a measure of the depths to which…
AFP the Real Perpetrator of Mass Graves
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…
High-handed and Arbitrary
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…
Red Scare
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…
Wanted: Hi-Speed Sewer
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,…
Mga Demonyong Pakawala ng Malakanyang
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…
HISTORICAL COMMENTARY `Marcha de Cadiz’ and José Rizal’s Execution
The composer of Marcha de Cadiz (March of Cadiz) – supposedly meant to celebrate the victory of Spain – could not have foreseen that his work would one day be played by a brass band at the execution of the national hero of a Spanish colony. BY ROSALINDA N. OLSEN Contributed to Bulatlat As soon…
Ibalois, Victims of Historical Injustice Laws failed to recognize ancestral land rights
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…
UST Cracks Down on Student Leaders
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…
A Gift of Health from Cuba
Victims of typhoon Reming (international name- Durian) were recent beneficiaries of almost two tons of medicines and vaccines from the Cuban government, a socialist country with one of the world’s most advanced health system. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Responding to a request for support from the Philippine government, the Republic of Cuba delivered on March…