Human rights, civil liberties, and democracy are in a more precarious situation now. It is not because of the walk-out of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim from their court hearing at the Makati Regional Trial Court where they are being tried for...

BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 43, December 2-8, 2007 The International League of Peoples' Struggle praises and supports the vigorous protests against the Arroyo...

For far too long, workers' wages, conditions and bargaining positions have been sacrificed at the altar of the economy or some conservative political agenda, but things are changing. BY CAESAR BAROÑA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 43, December 2-8, 2007...

Madaling sisihin ang mga drayber ng dyip, bus at taksi sa kaguluhan sa mga lansangan. Kilala sila sa kawalan ng respeto sa batas trapiko. Ang ganitong negatibong imahe ay hindi nakakatulong sa pagkuha ng suporta mula sa publiko para sa kanilang planong malawakang...

While families of Sentosa 27++ made efforts to attend the hearing despite the bad weather, representatives from concerned government agencies and the Sentosa Agency, did not show up during the Senate’s first inquiry regarding the case. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat...

Reiterating its expressed commitment to respect human rights, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Baguio City as a collective body passed a resolution that denounced all forms of political persecution as they supported the speedy disposition of criminal complaints...

For nine months now, Lorena Santos had been searching for her disappeared father, National Democratic Front consultant Leo Velasco who was abducted by suspected military men in Cagayan de Oro City. On Nov. 28, her mother was also abducted in a commercial area in...

Both the United Nations (UN) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) point to the government’s counterinsurgency campaign as the cause of the extrajudicial killings of activists as well as the impunity that also resulted in the killings of journalists. BY EMILY...

Local government’s preparedness during disasters remains a lingering issue in the Cordillera. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 43, December 2-8, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) - Local government’s preparedness during disasters remains...

At the height of the stand-off at the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said President Arroyo called him. “She asked me how we are doing here and if she still has my support,” Duterte said. “I said, ‘Yes, ma’am.’” BY CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted...

“The MTRCB will never allow the propagation of films which carries dissenting views to the current administration,” said an independent filmmaker whose work is scheduled to be shown at Indie Sine in Robinson’s Galeria December 5-11 but was rated “X” by the board....

“This government will surely do anything and everything just to stop the people’s dissent,” said National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 43, December 2-8, 2007 State fascism. This is how...

Efforts to amend the obsolete University of the Philippines (UP) Charter has spanned for 15 years, four UP Presidents, and almost three Congresses. With the commemoration of its centennial next year, the country’s premier state university intends to be free of a...

Frustrated by the “gross failures” of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 (CARL), solons of militant party-list organizations Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, and GWP are set to file what they call a bill for a “Genuine Land Reform Law.” BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatllat...

Support from the international community and the guidance of a moral revolution are important aspects in the struggle for a better society. Yet every effort would need the widespread, active support of the people to be successful. BY REYNA MAE TABBADA AND ALEXANDER...