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NI PHILIP ANORICO* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23, 2007 Itong paghahanap sa nawalang anak Higit na malupit sa pagkakarehas Walang kalayaan ang bawat paghikab Hanggang panaginip at hilik ay bihag. Katotohanang sa puso tumatarak Ay kung mayroon...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23, 2007 Wala akong baril at pangal na itak, Wala ring salapang at punyal na bangas; Ang tanging sukbit ko ay isang panulat Ng mga tula kong gustong makalipad. Pisara ko'y banig nitong himpapawid,...
NI RUSTUM CASIA* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23, 2007 At gusto mong paniwalaan ko na di mo talaga alam kung paano nawala ang mga CoC? Kung sinabi mong – habang papunta kayo sa Maynila para i-deliver sa national canvassers ang resulta ng...
Over half of the new jobs created as reported in the April 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS) are low in quality and merely reflect how dire the country's employment situation has become, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation. BY IBON Foundation LABOR...
While inflation in April did go down to 2 percent from 8 percent in the same period last year, this only indicated that the rate that prices were going up had slowed but prices of goods and services still remained high. In fact, the cost of living continues to...
Rain beat down heavily on the wooden houses. The Chico River, murky from downstream wash-off brought about by the season, raged into the night. In the quiet, serene village of Tomiangan, tribe and clan members busied themselves about for the first death anniversary...
A father-and-son team of Baguio lawyers will see to it that justice will be served in the brutal killing of U.S. Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell last April in Banaue, Ifugao. BY ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23, 2007...
Local folk in Kapangan, Benguet patiently await the rains to be able to plant rice seedlings in their rice paddies, which they said are planted to indigenous Cordillera rice varieties and “miracle rice” varieties alike. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by...
The dust from the May 2007 elections is settling and the broad contours of the coming post-election period can already be made out. The country is entering another period of political in-fighting and instability, with the possibility of major upheavals in a few...
The issues of extrajudicial killings and media killings just wouldn’t go away. It is not because the Macapagal-Arroyo administration is not being given a chance to solve it. Nor is it part of a destabilization plot. These issues continue to hound Gloria...
Even while incarcerated in a Saudi jail during his last few days, Reynaldo Cortez had nothing in his mind but his wife and their six children. During his last conversations with his family, he was discussing the future of his children with his wife and kids. And on...
The decision of the Supreme Court’s Second Division in the case of Beltran, et al v. Gonzalez, et al is an important ruling in the campaign for the protection of civil liberties. Assuming that it will not be reversed by the Supreme Court en banc, the decision will...
Some would probably say he was just at the wrong place, at the wrong time. But the torment the 21-year old youth leader has undergone was more than a case of an unfortunate coincidence. BY KAREN PAPELLERO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23,...
Constitution lawyers agree that the First Party rule will make future party-list elections vicious and expensive and is against the spirit of the party-list system. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA ELECTION WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23, 2007 The First Party rule,...
A Japanese woman artist's installation art exhibit dubbed The Back of Affection shows the artist's desire to help heal whatever suffering and sorrow inflected by Japanese soldiers during World War II. BY MAURICE MALANES Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol....
In 2005, Melody said the DFA asked them to stop publicizing Rey’s case. "Sinunod namin tapos ganyan lang pala mangyayari,” (We followed their advice and still nothing happened.) she said, adding that what she really wanted was to ask media’s help to publicize her...
Officials and alumni of the Benguet State University (BSU), including his mentors, added their voice in the demands of various sectors and personalities to surface Jonas Joseph Burgos, an alumnus of their institution, who was believed to have been abducted by military agents.
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