BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com To date, there have been 601 cases of political killings. Political killings or assassinations may be the appropriate term to describe it. But the way these killings were carried out, the use of authority and superior force over an...
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...
Jonas Burgos, the son of the late press freedom fighter Joe Burgos, has kept himself in low profile for all his years spent teaching farmers about natural and self-sustaining farming techniques. But now even his captors may have been caught by surprise at the...
BY KAREN PAPELLERO Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 You can have it green and sour, sweet and ripe or sweet and dry. You can have it juiced, sliced, crushed, blended or chipped. In whatever way you like it, it gives the familiar taste to the tongue evoking memories...
Heading home after joining the May Day mobilization, Ken Mark Ambay, 20, a student from the University of the Philippines- Manila and coordinator of Kabataan Partylist and his companions were surprised when five armed men suddenly accosted them and handcuffed...
BY RYAN B. LACHICA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 BACOLOD CITY - The rampant political killings, disappearances and harassment of leaders and organuzers of progressive groups, which are allegedly being committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Republic Act 7941 or commonly as the Philippine Party-List System Act declares that the State shall promote proportional representation in the election of members in the House of Representatives through a party-list system…But the manner of allocation of seats by...
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 At 2 a.m. of May 3, a day after her birthday, Felisa “Fely” Garcia was finally back home after almost four years in the United States as a domestic helper. But hers was the saddest of all overseas...
BY MAC BRYAN N. BAUTISTA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 Filipino fans around the country are now going crazy over Asianovelas – a local colloquial term used to describe drama series imported from Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts...
A dialogue between progressive party-list groups, people’s organizations, church groups, city officials, the local office of the Commission on Human Rights, and the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion came to naught when Col. Norma Flores merely denied that...
Oligarchic Politics by Francis A. Gealogo, Roland G. Simbulan, Ely H. Manalansan, Jr., Felix P. Muga II, Bobby M. Tuazon, Temario C. Rivera, and Danilo Araña Arao Published by the Center for People Empowerment in Governance Oligarchic Politics, published by the...
BY TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 The thing with Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Satur Ocampo or Ka Satur to his close friends, allies and comrades is that he wears this face that could look like a snob at one angle or very...
NI DELFIN MALLARI, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 I Mahirap na lunukin ang pandesal maski na itinutulak ng mainit na gatas kapag ang nasa harapan mo ay duguang letra ng panibagong inutas Ng walang katapusang istorya ng mga sinampolan ng...
BY MAC BRYAN N. BAUTISTA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 It is my first time to vote being a newly-registered voter after just reaching the magic age of 18. I am now being given a chance to have my say in the upcoming elections for Senate,...
BY ROLAND G. SIMBULAN Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 In just a few days from now on May 6, 2007, France is scheduled to have its second round of voting for the presidency of France from the top two contenders of the April 22, 2007 first round...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 Uno- Isa-isang isinasalansan ang basyo ng mahihirap, Dos- Dalawa-dalawa ang pagbuhat ng mga kargador; Tres- Tatlo-tatlong andana bawat patong. Nang mabasag Cuatro-Apat-apat na piraso ang...
Contributed by Brian McAfee Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 In the Philippines Bush's War On Terror has become a War Of Terror. Last week Elias Mabundas, 25, and Auling Bugahod, 50, both left wing activists were gunned down by the Philippine...
NI RADO CERVO III Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 Hindi na mabilang ang hakbang-kalsada Nating Manggagawang laging may protesta Sa masamang lakad ng mga empresang Ang nagpapalakad ay maimpluwen’sya. Bawat pagrarali tuwing Mayo Uno, At ang...
BY LEA LUZ AND JESSICA IRENE NIVERO Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 13 May 6- 12, 2007 Candles, black shirts and poems marked this year’s celebration of World Press Freedom Day last May 3. Initiated by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines...
The administration coalition is at present on a spending binge, throwing several billions of pesos into campaign expenditures that include money offers to local government officials who could deliver a 12-0 victory for Team Unity’s senatorial candidates. Lost in...
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