A Regional Trial Court judge in Abra recently dismissed a case against a pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) who was implicated in the killing of former priest Conrado Balweg on Dec. 30, 1999. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007…
Day: September 22, 2007
Inclusion of Contested ‘Singapore Issues’ in JPEPA Threatens Local Businesses
Developing countries opposed the inclusion of the controversial “Singapore issues” in the Doha Round of trade talks under the World Trade Organization (WTO) for fear of how these would impact on their local economies. Yet the Philippines has included these issues in the free trade agreement with Japan, threatening local businesses and the country’s freedom…
Farmers May Lose Control of 1.2 Million Farmlands under RP-China Deals
Farmers may lose control of over a million hectares of farmland under four agreements on agriculture that the Philippines signed with China last January, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol.VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 Farmers may lose control of over a million hectares of farmland under four…
Checking Up on Philippine General Hospital’s Rates Increase
More than the hospital administration’s apparent lack of political will, the rates increase only abets the growing neglect of social services by the national government, to the detriment of disadvantaged Filipinos. BY LARISSA MAE R. SUAREZ Philippine Collegian Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 Rosa (not her real name) emerges from…
Fewer Public School Grads Pass UPCAT, Qualify for Diliman
The UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) this year drew more applicants from both public and private high schools than last year, but fewer public school graduates actually passed the UPCAT. BY VICTOR GREGOR LIMON Philippine Collegian Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 The UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) this year drew…
NY Fil-Am Women to Greet Arroyo with Protests
Filipino-American women affiliated with the Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE) vowed to greet President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with protests during her scheduled three-day visit to New York City from September 28 to 30. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 Woman-to-woman. Filipino-American women affiliated with the Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment…
Highland Transporter
His shoulders bent perhaps from the difficult walk, the man transports vegetables – among other things – on a cart in an uphill walk toward a nearby public market in Baguio City (246 kms north of Manila). The residents and tourist visitors of Baguio City know that a walk across its streets is not really…
Pidal and NBN
Four years after presidential spouse Mike Arroyo hit the headlines for his alleged ownership of the Jose Pidal accounts, in which government funds to be used as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s campaign funds were supposedly deposited, he again courts a corruption-related controversy. This time he is directly implicated in the National Broadband Network (NBN) deal, an…
Workers’ Plight Worsening
Thirty-five years after the declaration of martial law, 34 years after the first workers’ protests under martial law, and 21 years after the ouster of Marcos – the state of workers’ rights demonstrates a greater need for worker militancy. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 33, September 23-29, 2007 The organized labor movement…
Broadband Scam and the Legacy of Martial Law
Yearly, on September 21, the day martial law was declared, the whole nation renews its collective call for vigilance: Never Again! For most, it means never again to fascist dictatorship, to subordination of civilian to military rule, to killings and abductions and a host of human rights violations. Indeed, martial law was all that. BY…
Pag-alala sa Batas Militar
Sa mga panahong ito, mahalagang balikan ang konteksto ng ating pampulitikang pagkamulat para suriin kung may pag-unlad ba sa ating perspektiba at disposisyon sa buhay. Wala namang masama kung hanggang ngayon ay wala ka pa ring pakialam… kung ikaw ay isa pang musmos. Ni Danilo Araña Arao Konteksto/Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Eksaktong ika-apat na…