Month: August 2007

BY BULATLAT August 28, 2007 – 10:45pm UTRECHT, The Netherlands – Elements of Den Hague police arrested Jose Maria Sison, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant, Aug. 28, for murder charges. Sison had been previously told by Den Hague police that they would be coming over to the NDFP office simply…

Brothers Raymund and Reynaldo Manalo who were given protection by the Supreme Court are not only victims of enforced disappearances who were lucky enough to survive, they are also vital witnesses against retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VII, No.29, August 26-September 1, 2007 As it turned out,…

NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 Habang humihigop ng di-kuno’y malahimalang tubig na bukal sa kanlungan ng Birhen sa Ephesus, pansamantalang natigil kami sa paglalakbay sa Turkiya, nakaligtaan kong kilatisin ang bigat ng pagsusumamo ni Lorena Santos na ilitaw ng rehimeng Arroyo ang kanyang amang…

NI REYNA MAE TABBADA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 Ang most wanted na tao sa Pilipinas ay ang nagnakaw umano ng nunal ni Gloria. Binigay daw ito sa kanilang angkan upang maging gabay sa katarungang hindi maiiwasang may kilingan. Ang nunal ang panghatak sa bawat kusing, bawat turon sa…

Is it possible for dead men to engage soldiers in an encounter that would be soon followed by the beheading of 14 Marines? It is, if we ask the authorities who filed the charges on the basis of which the warrants of arrest were issued. The plot thickens further when the identities of a few…

In line with its thrust of attracting foreign investments, the Arroyo government is now opening up the country’s protected seas to oil and gas exploration by transnational corporations. BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ Bulatlat Vol. VII, No.29, August 26 – September 1, 2007 CEBU CITY- “The country’s protected seas are up for grabs to the highest…

BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – The Kalanguya tribe, an ethno-linguistic group native to Tuba, Benguet has reiterated its clamor for the government to revoke the special permit Philex Mining Corporation obtained in January this year, citing what was…

BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 TUBA, Benguet – Philex’s open-pit mines in a 98-hectare gold-rich area in Barangay (village) Camp 3 here are being operated illegally, a government lawyer has disclosed. Although the gold and copper mining firm obtained a special mines permit earlier this year…

BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 TUBA, Benguet – The Tuba municipal council has yet to make a position on the ongoing conflict between affected residents and the Philex Mining Corporation over the latter’s mineral application, a councilor revealed during a recent media forum here.…