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Much controversy has surrounded the Arroyo administration's recent proposal to build a national broadband network (NBN) in tandem with a Chinese firm. Reports of corruption are rife; accusations are exchanged between the Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's very...
CHEd chairman and former NEDA director-general Romulo Neri, soft-spoken and frail of build, hardly comes across as one who could cause an uproar. But he has created quite a stir by confirming, in a Senate inquiry, reports that he had been offered a bribe by Comelec...
Even congressmen allied with the administration think Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos is “just a hair away” from getting impeached, but acknowledge that the beleaguered official might just have time in his favor. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed...
China is looking at the Philippines to meet its domestic food and energy requirements even as the Chinese economy is being restructured into an enormous assembly hub of manufactured goods for the American, Japanese and European markets. BY ARNOLD PADILLA IBON...
Aside from the controversial US$330 million ZTE broadband deal, other Chinese loans to the Philippines are similarly marred by corruption and onerous loan agreements. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30-October 6, 2007 Aside from...
The mall has become some sort of refuge: inside the mall, the surroundings are brightly lit giving the impression that the sun is shining the whole day; it is clean, there are no garbage littering the streets; it is cool; there are trees; the toilet flushes; the...
From fair-haired boy to whipping boy, from a position of influence to becoming a disgrace – such is the fate of Commissions on Elections (Comelec) Chair Benjamin Abalos Sr. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30 – October 6, 2007 From...
The political stakes involved in the NBN fiasco are high that administration officials and their allies may just likely bury it. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION, AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM (PSPA) CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by...
It is ironic, indeed, that the Arroyo administration, which seemed to have successfully upheld the rule of law and, by doing so, sent a strong signal that it is serious in fighting corruption, is now being regarded as if it were the one on trial. But, according to...
Ni Danilo Arao Konteksto/Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30-October 6, 2007 Hindi ko na po kayo masyadong nakikita dahil may sarili na akong pamilya, bukod pa sa malayo na ang bahay namin sa tinitirhan po ninyo. Pero tandang tanda ko...
For three Ilocos peasant leaders recently freed after what they described as fabricated charges against them were dismissed, their struggle is far from over. BY ROD TAJON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30-October...
While staging a lightning rally at the foot of the Chino Roces Bridge, also known as the Mendiola Bridge last Sept 26, doctors and other health workers led by Health Action for Human Rights (HAHR) were violently dispersed by police, who also arrested one of the...
Who could have imagined that native sugarcane wine would become a trigger for a Ilocos-wide revolt, which bicentennial we are commemorating this month? And why is it that all we have got to show for it, after 200 years, are 14 paintings that only few ordinary...
or as long as there are people interested in the local folk artists' crafts, the pottery industry will continue to sustain Vigan potters as well as the ordinary burnay laborer. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September...
She left school before she started her second year in college to join the New People’s Army in Aurora province. Sayrin fondly calls this as her long trip to her new school – the school of life in the countryside. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34,...
NI KAYAN LIWARI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30-October 6, 2007 (pasintabi sa mga pinakamasahol na burukrata-kapitalistang nag-uunahang humalik sa kanilang paanan. akin ang unang pagpupugay.) akala ko ako'y makata ngunit ngayon, napakatabang...
NI OLIVER CARLOS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30-October 6, 2007 Umiiyak ang lupa. Tumatangis. Bumabalong… ang pulang luha ng paghibik. May pagsamo’t panambitan ang mga bitak ng palayan; na naging libingan… Sa dibdib niya’y sumisibol…...
NI ROMMEL PIPOY LINATOC* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30-October 6, 2007 Amoy-bagong-bago ang maletang pinili Bughaw ang kulay, may dilaw na palamuti Pinaganda ang kalooban ng telang pula Tinahi ang bawat sulok ng sinulid na puti Inilagay nang...
An exhibit, dubbed Aeta’s Trail at the Zoobic Safari entertains visitors with a grand show of native dances and war rituals. But behind the contrived performances lies a deeper story: one of continuing abuse against a marginalized culture that has faced oppression...
The minimum wage in the CEZ is pegged at P272 ($6.03 at an exchange rate of $1=P45.04) barely providing for the family’s basic needs even if both husband and wife works; workers labor under extreme conditions such as working non-stop for 48 hours, not being allowed...
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