By Flon Faurillo / Bulatlat The Filipino people have been badly bruised so far by three repressive measures – the calibrated preemptive response policy (CPR), which discarded the maximum tolerance policy in dealing with protest actions; Presidential Proclamation...
By Ricky Gelido Posted by Bulatlat The political cauldron is getting hot. And it is expected to get hotter until May 14, the voting day. The intensity could even extend until the counting of the last vote. Since the onset of the campaign period, political gimmickry...
BY ASIA PACIFIC MISSION FOR MIGRANTS Posted by Bulatlat The Malaysian government – already notorious for the way it treats migrant workers, especially undocumented migrants – is set to implement yet another anti-migrant program. This time though, the government is...
Ni Rey Tamayo, Jr. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Bagama't malaya bilanggo ang isip Sa bangis ng takot na mula sa hukay; Ang hapong katawan ngayo'y ginigipit. O' kasalanan ba maging taga-akay? Ng tunay na batas pilit pinapatay; Bagama't malaya bilanggo ang isip. Sa minsang...
While on my way to a New People’s Army (NPA) camp, I kept asking myself why I put myself in this situation and how the NPA rebels could be enduring the tortuous travel. They must be really convinced about what they are fighting for, to the point where they are...
RP's Strawberry Capital has enough reasons to celebrate. After landing in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005 for the "Biggest Strawberry Cake," La Trinidad would be unveiling its “House of Strawberry” when it kicks off its Strawberry Festival on March 19....
The Bacolod-based Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation Inc. (AIDFI) is the only non-government organization (NGO) among the five Philippine corporations which bagged the 1st Green E-Award given by the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Council of...
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap asked Benguet farmers for a year-round supply of vegetables for outlets in the National Capital Region (NCR) before he releases funds for road and other infrastructure. “We will support the farmers but they should first assure the...
Through a resolution, the seven commissioners of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) have formally granted to the Balatoc sub-tribe of Kalinga the priority right to develop and exploit the natural resources located in their ancestral domain at...
Kalinga elders have disclosed that the food security of North Luzon and the Cordillera region will be threatened once the Batong Buhay Mines is reopened as a result of the reported sale of some 400 has.of the Balatoc ancestral domain. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern...
At the tender age of 3, she attended meetings of environmentalists and went to rallies denouncing dumping and using dumps as a waste management facility. Now aged 6, she has been climbing mountains to do her share in preserving the environment and to raise her...
Not only are extra-judicial killings in the Philippines an important issue in the United States of America. Even local concerns in the country, at least in the opinion of U.S. concerned citizens and migrants, bear watching. BY BULATLAT Not only are extra-judicial...
The Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced improvements in its Temporary Foreign Worker program. But organizations of Filipino-Canadians and OFWs believe that the new policy of requiring live-in caregivers to remain with one employer to be eligible for a work...
Experienced and hard working, 23 miners from Benguet had bright hopes for the future as they were offered P40, 000 ($821.81 at an exchange rate of $1=P48.673) a month salaries to work in Saudi Arabia. They expected to earn four times more than what they had been...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Posted by Bulatlat The vital flaw which undermines the utility of much of the (Philippine) judicial system is the problem of virtual impunity that prevails. This, in turn, is built upon the rampant problem of witness vulnerability. The...
The U.S. government has been criticized for its inconsistent human rights policy and for using it as part of its proverbial "carrots and stick" strategy chiefly to gain concessions from governments. It supports tyrannical governments and deals with states that have...
Independent think-tank IBON Foundation belies Malacañang’s claim of an improving economy, and asks why the palace does not dare to hype the economic figures that really matter to the majority of Filipinos. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Independent...
Can a project for monitoring air pollution turn out to be as dirty as the air it is supposed to monitor? This is the question provoked by the DENR’s Air Monitoring Network Project, for which the government agency has been paying a contractor, through a foreign...
There could be no greater contradiction than experiencing or witnessing in our midst the militarization of an exercise that is supposed to reflect the sovereign will of the people. BY H. MARCOS C. MORDENO MINDANEWS Posted by Bulatlat MALAYBALAY CITY – There could...
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