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 Canada, and to support the struggle for human rights, national freedom and democracy in the…
Month: December 2007
Sabsaban
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 46, December 23, 2007-January 5, 2008 Mabaho ang Lumang Sabsabang sinilangan ng Sanggol. Dito niloob nina Ina at Manggagawang Siya ay iluwal Upang hindi matunton ng mga alagad ng makasariling hari Ang sinasabing Sanggol na magiging Hari ng mga Hari. Higit na bumaho ang Lumang Sabsaban…
R.I.P. (Anti-Subversion Law)
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 inihahasik mo’y takot at pangamba ikaw ba’y babalik upang ipagsama sa iyong…
Pasko, Paksiw
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 mitolohikal na ang lechon sa mayoryang hapag-kainan? NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Vol.…
Always Moving Toward Justice
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 STREAMAS Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 46,…
Mga Desperadong Pag-aaral sa mga Bugtong, Salawikain at Kasabihan
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 Clue: pwe! Sagot: 1. Aso ako ng Puti Inuutusan ako palagi Upang…
Eraserheads sa Kansai
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 kasalukuyang musikero. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Vol. VII,…
RP 3rd Highest Source of Immigrants to Canada, Top 5 since 1981
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. RP in Top 3 With 77, 880 recent…
Primal Fix: Gazing at the Prime Time Repertoire
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 ilusyong isinasalimpad ng mga higit na nakapangyayari. Gayon na lamang ang pagkamangha ng Pilipinong…
Notes From the Global War on Terror
For six years, the U.S. Congress stood by mutely or actively approved as President Bush’s team cooked the books to justify war, drew the nation’s electronic spies into illegal wiretapping and turned intelligence agents and uniformed soldiers into torturers at outlaw prisons. The New York Times | Editorial ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII,…
UN Rights Envoy Suspects CIA of Guantanamo Torture
UN Rights Envoy Suspects CIA of Guantanamo Torture A United Nations investigator said on Thursday he strongly suspected the CIA of using torture on terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, suggesting many were not being prosecuted to keep the abuse from emerging at trial. BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY REUTERS/TRUTHOUT ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No.…