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May mga awit na dumadaan at umaalis. May mga awit na namamahay at nananatili. Lahat ng awit ay nag-uugat, sumasanga at kinakailangang maglaho. AKDA NI ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat Ang awit, nilalamlam na parang bola ng makapuno na nilalaro sa bibig. Hindi...
Kailangan nating isaisip na hindi mahalaga ang presyo ng isang regalo, kundi ang pag-alala sa mga reregaluhan. Dapat na mawala ang komersiyalismong nakakabit sa selebrasyon ng Pasko, partikular ang pagsukat ng halaga ng isang tao sa ating buhay depende sa presyo ng...
BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chief Political Consultant National Democratic Front of the Philippines DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VII, No. 46, December 23, 2007 – January 5, 2008 It is understandable why there is no ceasefire between the armed forces of the Government of the...
Presidential Assistant Thomas Killip said that the commercial farming of Arabica coffee in the region is viable due to its temperate climate and natural conditions. He believes that the region’s potential in the coffee industry may transform the Cordillera as the...
Tigaon, Camarines Sur – Residents in some villages of this town found an alternative way of using trees in their crafts without “balding” the forests. What they only need is the bark that is used in making products from flip-flops, native bags to home decors and...
Being stuck at the terminal is a far harsher fate confronting poverty-stricken commuters than what one might readily assume. The commuter’s affair with traffic structures both the spatial and temporal dimensions of his/her movement. BY FRANK LLOYD TIONGSON...
For the care of those with sensory-impairment, we can turn to the very words Helen once wrote: “The public must learn that the blind or deaf man is neither genius nor a freak nor an idiot. He has a mind that can be educated, a hand which can be trained, ambitions...
Although youth protests may function as catalysts of change, “any action by the youth without the support of masses is futile. It is the necessary discipline for the alignment of all forces in the society.’ In Philippine society, these forces include the peasants...
When the SMDRP was first launched, the government promised to transform the garbage dump into a paradise, with adequate housing, jobs, and livelihood training. The current condition of Smokey Mountain indicates otherwise. The promised jobs have not materialized,...
The year 2007 is a record high in terms of the number of journalists killed worldwide and Iraq ranks as “the most dangerous place for journalists” while the Philippines is running in fifth, said the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign monitoring system (the PEC...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had given kudos to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) for a job well done in waging war against the “communist insurgents.” This, even though as late as 2006, government was...
Inspired by the establishment of the Kalayaan Centre in Vancouver, different Filipino migrant groups in Quebec established their own center to bring the various Filipino groups and their supporters together in working for the rights and welfare of Filipinos in...
NI OLIVER CARLOS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 46, December 23, 2007-January 5, 2008 tanikalang apoy na kinakaladkad, sibat kang tumarak sa dibdib sumugat at sa pagkadipang bayubay ng hirap talim kang humiwa sa leeg ng hamak narito kang tila multong gumagala...
Walang direktang relasyon ang dalawang salita maliban sa paghahanda ng bitag ng pagkabulol sa sumasagot. Maaring isipin na sa pasko, kapag may lechon, nagiging paksiw dahil sobra-sobra ang karne at balat (kasama na ang taba) kinabukasan. Subali’t hindi nga ba’t...
A review of Balikbayang Mahal: Passages from Exile , by E. San Juan, Jr. Morrisville, NC: Lulu.com, 2007. 155 pages. The poems in Balikbayang Mahal are about the sorrows of migration and exile, to be sure, but they are also about the hope of connections. BY JOHN...
DALAWANG TULA NI GERMAN V. GERVACIO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 45, December 16-22, 2007 Hu Let Da Dogs Awt?! Hu-Hu-Huhu!: Isang Desperadong Pag-aaral sa Mga Modernong Bugtong na Walang Gustong Sumagot 0. Aso kong puti Inutusan ko sandali Hindi na umuwi...
Sino ba naman ang hindi mangingimi sa mga awit ng Eraserheads? Ilang henerasyon na ng kabataan at kabataang musikero ang umaawit at tumutugtog ng kanilang musika. Sa katunayan, sila ang pinakabatang banda na nagkaroon na ng remake ng kanilang musika ng mga nauna at...
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat MIGRANT WATCH Vol. VII, No. 45, Dec. 16-22, 2007 Based on the 2006 Census of Canada released recently, the Philippines is the 3rd highest source of immigrants to Canada in the world, and has consistently been in the top 5 since 1981....
FROM THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN Posted by Bulatlat CULTURE Vol. VII, No. 45, December 16-22, 2007 Lost in Translation Ni.Jerrie M. Abella Walang habas ang panlilinlang sa mundo. Sa panahon umano ng pagkawasak ng mga hangganan, may nawawala/ iwinawala sa mga de-latang...
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